WarSphere News

• Added audio setting: Player Motor SFX
  
• Hullbreach warning message now displays [Q] (or any other keybinding) if HRU is ready.
  
• Player now keeps currently equipped primary weapon type when entering horror-level in daydream/delusion difficulty
  
• Implemented high velocity collision damage: Enemies now receive damage when player dashes into them. Only affects "massive" enemies and static enemies. "Light" enemies get either pushed (no damage) or overrolled. Damage scales with enemy level.
  
• Implemented DLC button in new run dialog when player selects difficulty not covered in base game
  

All the improvements mentioned are based on community feedback. Thanks to everyone who gave their feedback! It is much appreciated.

- fixed glitch where the QA Engineer could be killed in the prologue
- fixed instruction text offset in prologue

The last patch announcement was December 11th with V5. Now 1.5 months later I’m happy to announce the release of V9, which should be pretty much the quality of the final product. The patch is live for the demo as well as the pre-release version. What happened to V6, 7, 8? They existed for sure, I just didn’t talk about it :) A lot of stuff has changed, I’ll outline the biggest changes in the following.

• Improved GUI massively
  
• Increased font size of small text. Also added an option in settings to further increase the font size of inventory item stats
  
• Improved Corner HUD visuals
  
• Improved visual quality of damage numbers
  
• Profile now saves best times per act. Delta time to personal best time is shown in act result window as well as run result window.
  
• Finalized difficulty mechanics (now there will be 6 difficulties: 3 game-length altering modes x 2 difficulties = 6)
  
• Improved game mechanics (including less bouncyness when dashing against walls)
  
• A lot of balancing: Player weapons and abilities. Rebalanced all enemies and elite modifiers.
  
• Storyline for first 2 difficulties implemented.
  
• Added player guiding message in main menu
  
• Improved log file stories
  
• Quality of life stuff based on community feedback
  
• Improved steam integration
  
• much more stuff
  

Thanks to everyone who provided feedback!

WarSphere will release on 15th of February and the base game will be free. No micro transactions, since I don't like this concept. There will be a DLC to unlock further content.

What's the reason for this release strategy?
I’m doing game development as a hobby. Getting my game in front of people is more important to me than maximizing revenue. It is my first release and I want everyone to be able to ensure themselves that WarSphere is a well polished and fun game before purchasing the DLC.

Is the free base game a demo?
No. The free base game covers the first 2 out of 6 game modes that are available for the main game loop. All game modes unlock archive entries upon a successful run. End game features like community maps, daily time trials and ranked realms, will also be available in the free version. Therefore its a full experience.

What exactly will the DLC unlock?
The DLC 'The Worthy Branch' will unlock 4 new game modes, featuring 3 additional acts and worlds and additional endings. In these 3 acts, 35 new enemy types will be introduced.

Have fun! And don't let yourself get pushed into explosive barrels by giant mechs.

Dear community, happy to announce the release of WarSphere Demo v5R.2160. A lot of polishing and balancing has been done. Next to that, most noteworthy: 3D environment is now implemented and lots of new weapons, elite modifiers, etc. have been added. Some of which you'll find in the new version of the demo.

Dailies and endless dungeon mode have been removed from the demo for now. However, the time-trial dailies will come back with the full version of WarSphere.

Which leads to the next exciting news: WarSphere will be fully released after the Steam Next Fest mid of February! Don't forget to wishlist the game, so you'll get notified once its released.

Cheers!