Patch 0.5 Preview 4: Rooms, UI and… Multiplayer!

Hey folks,

Happy Wednesday! Today we’re going to wrap up the list of changes and additions in the upcoming monstrous patch by revealing a bunch of new rooms (and a few that have been revamped thanks to your feedback), show off our new Unit Grouping panel and explicate the room upgrade system.

Room Upgrades & Revamps

Within the Veins of Evil you will now find a few Aspects that you might mistake as already unlocked at first glance. These Room Upgrades allow you to improve the effectiveness of a handful of core rooms within your dungeon. While their effects differ, they will apply retroactively to existing rooms and can give you that extra edge when locked in the throes of mortal combat with another Underlord.

Note: the Barracks also has an Upgrade but does not have any supplementing art – it will be properly discussed in a future WFTO Wednesday.

Foundry Upgrade

Your mechanically minded minions have worked tirelessly for the past few months to create a Foundry that is more aesthetically pleasing, and they unintentionally made some improvements to the number of defence parts you can keep stored within its walls.

Additional storage for Defence Parts means quickly reforming a second line of traps after the first have been reduced to tinder

Archive Upgrade

We sent your Cultists out into the world with a single mission. Some declared it insane, others impossible, yet as almost all hope was lost they returned – triumphant – wiith libraries of hidden volumes. Fortunately for you additional shelf space was created while your Cultists were on holiday, the upgrades to the room allow two Cultists to research upon each prop.

The person who said “you can’t steal knowledge” survives as stains upon a few of your new tomes

Beast Den Upgrade

Your Beastmaster has grown bored of his beasts and has traveled deep into the underbelly of the world to wrest still more away from their hidden holes. With the Beast Den Upgrade implemented you will now receive the proper minions when building the standard Beast Den (Skarg, Oculus). By upgrading your Beast Den you will also have access to the Bafu and Shadow.

Perhaps the depths have horrors yet unfound

Arena Revamp

The Arena is no longer a glorified, recoloured, Prison. Toss in your prisoners with some of your minions and listen to the cheers, jeers and bloodlust of the crowd* as they are torn to bits!

Let the games begin

Sanctuary Revamp

We’ve made a few changes to the Sanctuary to improve balance and visual clarity, however, the room visuals have not yet been updated to reflect these changes – we’ll be adding them in at a later date.

Blood for the blood god

Spirit Chamber Revamp

The unknown forces at work within the Spirit Chamber have altered their agreement with the Witch Doctor’s who unquestionably rule over this place. Instead of sequestering a portion of your mana reserves away these greedy souls will now require heaps of gold before they implant their experiences and knowledge into the minds of your intelligent minions… they also seem to be able to spend it incredibly quickly as the rate of experience gained is much swifter.

Pneumatics have been improved; platforms now unpredictably shuffle up and down when in use

UI Improvements

Unit Grouping Panel

The Unit Grouping, Rally All and Beast Rally UI is finally completed and ready for testing! We’re incredibly proud of the artwork and are excited to hear your feedback on this reworked feature.

Organized murder has never looked more beautiful

Potion Panel

No longer shall you click upon placeholder programmer art, and no longer shall you be confused about which potion you hold or the state of a concoction!

We raise our glasses to improved features

Ritual Panel

We’ve hooked up all the code for the Ritual Panel and have tossed in the finalized art for the Rituals that are currently implemented. To use this new feature click upon the Ritual bar on the top left of the screen to open the menu, then select whatever incantation you wish to channel!

Your Cultists have a ritual shaped hole in their hearts that your hand will soon fill

Multiplayer

With Multiplayer officially released you’ll find a host of new challenges within that shiny new main menu button! Face off against rival Underlords from around the world, challenge other backers to a test of true mettle and prove your dominance against friends, family, and strange foes.

The Underworld just got a little smaller

We’ll cover the Multiplayer feature, including the first map rotation, in finer detail when the patch is released.

WIth Eurogamer soon upon us you can rest easy while we pump in the caffeine intravenously as we attempt to get everything ready for the show. We’ll be back next week with your regularly scheduled War for the Overworld Wednesday.

Until next time Underlord,

– WFTO Team

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