It's A Wipe! News

Hello All,

I just wanted to wish everyone a Happy New Year!

The sixth anniversary of the game being released on Steam was earlier in December. And, while I was hoping to have something to release this year, it didn't end up working out. The Windows 10 compatibility issue that came up a few months back not only impacted It's A Wipe!, which is built on an older version of the Torque game engine, but also the newer version of that engine as well. With It's A Wipe! I was able to revert back to the DirectX graphics instead of OpenGL to get around the issue, but the newer engine had DirectX completely pulled out of it.

Long story short, the good news is that someone figured out how to get around the Windows 10 graphics issue with the newer engine. So, instead of having to abandon the work I had done on a new game and switch over to a completely new engine, I can pick up where I left off. So, if I can focus up hopefully I'll get a new game out by the end of 2020 :D

Anyhow, thank you for picking up It's A Wipe and I hope that you have a great new year!

- Harry, Parody Games

Hello All,

The main build has been switched to Direct 3D forced compatibility mode, as the latest version of Windows 10 (1903) does not seem to be compatible with the OpenGL version used in the game engine.

For anyone wishing to still use OpenGL on older version, it is still available. If you go to the game in the Library and bring up the Properties window for it, then go to the Beta section there should now be an "opengl" version (if it doesn't come up, put in the testing code "testing12345". Effectively, I've made the nonOpenGL executable the new main build. Please let me know if you run into any issues playing with this change.

Hello All!

It's been four years since It's A Wipe! was released on Steam!

Now, I wanted to have something big to announce, like a new game release date. But, I haven't made enough time to get anything ready by today... Except for a small update to It's A Wipe!

I've posted up version 1.9.95, which contains a few new Player made Raid controls. I had been helping someone with a set of player made raids, and added these controls. I haven't heard anything further from him in a couple of month,s so I think they may have dropped making their raid idea :unhappyraider: But, it did give me something to post about at least! The new commands are listed in the Player Made Raid guide on Steam, under the "Monster Actions, Part 3" section.

Unfortunately, my main computer's hard drive went bad over this past weekend. So, while I had hoped to do a little bit more, this is all that I got done for today. Thanks to everyone that has played it over the years! Hopefully for the 5th Anniversary I'll finally have a new computer game done!

- Harry, Parody Games

Hello All,

Happy Halloween from Parody Games! ːsteamhappyː As you may have seen the game is on sale through tomorrow. But, if you are reading this then odds are you probably already have a copy.

In other news, there is an upcoming Live Stream of It's A Wipe on Veterans Day (11/11/2018) over at the hobbitbilboman's Twitch channel. Full details can be found here . There's a lot of retro gaming streams on there. I don't know if It's A Wipe! is quite old enough to merit that tag. But, I think the game does have a certain old style RPG vibe. Check it out if you get a chance!

I should also be in attendance if anyone wants to come harass me on chat :spazwinky: Thank you for reading and I hope that you have enjoyed the game!

- Harry, Parody Games

Hell All,

I hope that everyone is having a great start to their Summer and getting some good deals on games!

In response to a request for additional Player Made Raid functionality there is a small update to It's A Wipe! (Version 1.9.9.4S)!

What's new in this version:
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* Moar Monster Commands *

- A large number of new versions of monster commands have been added to the list of exposed commands that you can use for making your own raids.
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You can see them all in the Monster Actions sections of the Player Made Raid guide.

Hopefully there will also be a new set of player designed raids coming at some point soon on the heels of this update :veryhappyraider:

One minor note is that I did not extensively test these. They're mostly exposure of existing mechanics, or checks on additional parameters, so I expect that they should behave properly. But, if anyone does find any issues please let me know.

Thank you for playing It's A Wipe! and have a great Summer!