Forts News

G'day Forts fans!

To celebrate the launch of the new Forts DLC High Seas we have invited Incursus and Frazzz to compete in a contest between Captains! Come along as they recruit sailors from our testing group to crew their ships. Then watch as the captains deploy their fleets against each other in a series of challenges armed with all the new content.

The captains will take turns challenging each other with scenarios and then it's up to our testers to make it happen. Do they want a sky full of planes? What about endless deckgun barrages? Or maybe lasers from the sky cutting boats in half. If there's something from the DLC that you're excited to see, be sure to let the captains know in their respective chats.

Also joining us will be Bobereto and Noze, who just might be persuaded to hoist a flag themselves.

[h2]Details[/h2]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1811550/Forts__High_Seas/

[h2]When[/h2]

• The Captains Challenge will be held March 25th, 2022 at
  
• 12PM PDT (West Coast USA)
  
• 3PM EDT (East Coast USA)
  
• 7PM UTC/GMT (London)
  
• 8PM CET (France/German)
  
• 6AM AEDT March 26th (Eastern Australia)
  

[h2]Where[/h2]

• The Forts Captains Lobby
  
• The Forts Official Discord

[h2]Rules[/h2]

• Captain's Orders!

[h2]Streams[/h2]

• Bobereto
• Frazzz
• Incursus
• Tell the captains what DLC content you want to see!

[h2]The Battlefields[/h2]
To be fought across both land and sea!

[h3]Discord[/h3]
If you haven't already, join our Forts Official Discord server to connect with other players, share strategies, create maps and mods, and for more information on upcoming events.

Looking forwards to seeing you on the High Seas,
EWG

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1811550/Forts__High_Seas/

G'day Forts fans! It brings us great pleasure today to be able to announce our new DLC, Forts - High Seas, launching on March 25th! Head to the Steam store page to wishlist!



Set sail on the United Navies’ battleships, carriers and dreadnoughts and combat the Pirate scourge in Forts’ second major DLC. With a brand new water system, new campaign, weapons, ammo system, HUD and soundtrack, High Seas takes the classic Forts physics-based fun to the next level of building, battling and causing bubbles!


[h2]NEW CAMPAIGN[/h2]

Five years have passed since famed scientist Professor Fred Capacitor disappeared mysteriously on the high seas. Now his son Max, who fights the battleships, carriers and dreadnoughts of the pirate horde as a captain in the United Navies, hears rumors of his father's fate, while on the hunt for a terrifying mega-weapon.

Features include:

• 18 missions with unique backgrounds
  
• Variety of mission types, such as:
  - Enforcement - Ships vs ships combat
  - Interdiction - Destroy enemy ships fleeing the area of operation
  - Boarding action - Take control of an enemy structure
  - Land vs Sea - Fort vs ship battle
  - Carrier strike - Bomb the enemy with ship-launched jets
  
• Hostile & dynamic environments
  
• Interactive graphic novel-style cutscenes
  
• A refined learning curve that teaches the player new features and unlocked weapons mission-by-mission.
  
• United Navies HUD
  
• New dynamic soundtrack

[h2]NEW ARMAMENTS[/h2]
Energy Dome

• Creates protective energy shield against destructible projectiles.
  
• Build low to protect against aircraft dropped munitions.

Harpoon

• Fires Decoy ammo.
  
• Fires Control ammo.

Runway

• Launches Thunderbolt jets
  
• Launches Nighthawk jets

Hardpoint

• Upgradable to Deckgun
  
• Upgradable to Orbital Laser

Deckgun

• Fires high-explosive shells
  
• Upgradable to 2 & 3 barrelled versions*
  
• Switch between spread & focus mode
  
• Requires Hardpoint

Orbital Laser

• Fires Orbital Laser Sweep ammo.
  
• Fires Orbital Laser Focus ammo.
  
• Upgradable with aim assist.
  
• Requires Hardpoint

[h2]AMMUNITION[/h2]
Decoy

• The Squirrel. Lures and redirects enemy Swarm and Warheads.
  
• Fired by Harpoon.

Control

• Takes control of structures.
  
• Fired by Harpoon.

Thunderbolt

• Drops multiple explosive munitions.
  
• Launched from Runway

Nighthawk

• Drops high penetration, incendiary Paveway bomb.
  
• Launched from Runway

Orbital Laser: Sweep

• Laser beam moves across the target area.
  
• Fired by Orbital Laser

Orbital Laser: Focus

• Laser beam focuses on the target area.
  
• Fired by Orbital Laser.

[h2]WATER TECH[/h2]

The classic proprietary physics engine Forts is known for has received a major upgrade with the addition of the new water system. Ships float with true buoyancy, listing to one side if off-balance. Any structure not connected to a reactor will sink to the ocean floor unless reconnected swiftly. The ocean surface features its own set of splash FX, water and bubbles particles, underwater explosions and sound effects. This tech opens up a whole new world of possibilities of gameplay and modding to an already very satisfying physics-based experience!

[h2]EXCLUSIVE HIGH SEAS FEATURES[/h2]

United Navies HUD
New in-game United Navies HUD for your enjoyment.


High Seas Music
All-new soundtrack by Ella van Dyck, also available to purchase separately.

G'day Forts fans!

At last, the season 15 results. We apologize for the delays, it's been very busy around here and we needed all hands on deck getting ready for what's coming. Ready for what we can't quite say just yet, but we hope you'll come aboard as Forts embarks on a grand new voyage.

On to the results. Season 15 welcomed a new addition to the ranked map pool. The winner of Forts Map Making Contest III, Pyro's Battlegrounds 1v1. And season 15 also welcomes a pair of first time medalists to the podium. In silver position we have mcc72k who had previously cracked the top ten on a pair of occasions, finishing as high as 8th in Season 12. And in bronze we have Amburulo, whom you may recognize for their fearless dedication to Magnabeams as one half of team Danke Merkel who also took bronze in Tournament XXII.

In first place for a record 6th time is none other than EtaN who also took 2nd place in Tournament XXII as part of team Seep with teammate Matteo.

While the top 3 places receive Gold, Silver, and Bronze, every player finishing within the top 20 will receive a Season 15 Medal. Congratulations!

1. EtaN
   
2. mcc72k
   
3. Amburulo
   
4. Bowser
   
5. von Richthausen
   
6. Noha
   
7. Teutonick
   
8. KnuffigesPuffi
   
9. YumKaaX
   
10. Mech70
    
11. SharpSwordEdge
    
12. Matteo
    
13. Cloud_
    
14. Kriegseule
    
15. botaN
    
16. bl00dparasite
    
17. Domy
    
18. Finn
    
19. Firework
    
20. hchaos
    

Season 16 is already well underway and will run through March 31st.


If you haven't already, join our Forts Official Discord server for discussions on weapons, strategies and modding with our friendly and helpful community!

Cheers,
EWG

G'day Forts fans.

Congratulations to team Sussles, winners of Tournament XXII! With qualifying over, the FPL invitees showed their strength as both teams made it through to face each other in the finals. Former 4v4 teammates in Tournament XX, Sussles (AlexD and Firework) faced off against Seep (EtaN and Matteo) in pairs this time to determine the winner. Sussles proved victorious in dramatic fashion, coming down to the very last second in sudden death to claim the spectacular upset.

The overall level of competition was markedly high despite one team being forced to withdraw due to scheduling conflicts. The remaining seven teams produced amazing matches and debuted newly innovated strategies. Third place finishers Danke Merkel in particular showed off a devastating magnabeam build along with the most intricate tech sharing seen in any tournament to date.

[h3]1st Place[/h3]
Sussles
[SUS] AlexD
[SUS] Firework

[h3]2nd Place[/h3]
Seep
[EZ] EtaN
[EZ] Matteo

[h3]3rd Place[/h3]
Danke Merkel
[DM] Amburulo
[DM] Finn

Challonge Bracket

If you enjoy high level Forts we highly recommend watching the replays, now available from the Featured tab of the Forts Replays menu. Watch the builds step by step and see the level of coordination on display as the teams execute. Also track their resources live, courtesy of Ximsa's Observer tools.

As always, thank to our hosts and casters, Bobereto and Project Incursus, Special commentator Noze, Social Media Manager Knightsinclair and special guest and competitor EtaN.

Tournament video now available:
[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]

A German cast will also be available for a short time at Offizielles Forts Turnier XXII with individual match commentarie archived on YT at Salzwerk

[h2]Discord[/h2]
If you haven't already, join our Forts Official Discord server to connect with other players, share strategies, create maps and mods, and for more information on upcoming events.

Cheers,
EWG

G'day Forts fans!

Eleven teams fought for the five remaining spots in Tournament XXII. Congratulations to teams Danke Merkel, ToxicTryhard, Copium xd, Genesis, and EtaNsCoaches who have emerged from the qualifiers and tiebreaks to face past finalists from the FPL, and their teams Seep, Volemageddon, and Sussles. The final seeding:

1. Seep
   
2. Volemageddon
   
3. Sussles
   
4. Danke Merkel
   
5. ToxicTryhard
   
6. Copium xd
   
7. Genesis
   
8. EtaNsCoaches
   

The qualifier replays are now available in the Featured tab of in the Forts Replays menu (round numbers correspond to the qualifier Challonge) and you can watch the qualifiers here:

[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]
Qualifier results Challonge bracket

Join us next week for Tournament XXI hosted by Project Incursus and Bobereto

• Tournament XXII starts Feb 26, 2022 at...
  
• 12PM (PST West Coast USA)
  
• 3PM (EST East Coast USA)
  
• 8PM UTC/GMT (London)
  
• 9PM CET (France, Germany)
  
• 6AM AEDT Jan 16th (Eastern Australia)
  

• The FORTS Tournament lobby
  
• The Tournament XXII Challonge
  
• The Official FORTS Discord
  

• 2v2 Death Match
  
• Double elimination
  
• 15 minute time limit
  
• Tons of Guns enabled
  
• Moonshot enabled
  
• Portals enabled
  
• Commanders enabled
  
• Commander bans! Each team selects 1 commander to ban at the start of each game
  
• Failure to honour the bans will result in immediate disqualification
  
• Draws decided by core damage inflicted (total damage if same core damage)
  
• Maximum of 8 teams
  
• Check-in on Discord at least 15 minutes before tournament start
  
• Late or absent players forfeit their matches
  
• Use of exploits or bugs for self-charging or any other purpose is strictly forbidden.
  
• Earthwork Games reserves the right to make changes to this event as needed
  

Bobereto Project Incursus With special commentator Nozehed


Selected From Scratch maps included with Forts.


Cheers,
EWG