War of the Worlds - New Cinematic Gameplay & Development Update

This month marks 3 years of development on War of the Worlds and 100,000 YouTube subscribers!

In this video we show some new survival and exterminator mode gameplay. Building and environmental destruction, new Red Weed effects, probe and alien action and more!

Thank you to all patreon supporters who have made this possible!

Credits:

Lead Developer & Creative Director - Raf
Tripod 3D Artist - EldeBH
Procedural Movement System Developer - Temno
Sound FX - Kenickie, 6ar6oyle, Legosi, Cassius
Official Game Soundtrack - Cordax, AndyFTW, & Kenickie

[steezygaming]

To any developer reading the comments. DO NOT stop making this game! It looks incredible & will be a tribute to the survival genre 👊🏼

[caylusyt]

this was the scariest movie to me as a kid. I cannot wait to relive that fear in this game 😮‍💨

[jesper]

Press H to honk aka. assert dominance. Probably the single best feature in the game.

[qui-gontimtherandomraptor]

What honestly might make things creepier is if when something happened like a probe or an alien showed up, all the birds just... stopped. Like they do when there's a predator nearby. Just imagine you're in the woods and suddenly the birds go silent and then you see an alien out of the corner of your eye

[Scar_]

I like how the crickets and wildlife are still making noises during an alien assault but when I take one step outside my backyard all crickets and birds stop.

[alexy.]

When those jets rolled in and that commercial plane came crashing right after was a cinematic masterpiece

[dinolover_]

*100 foot tall alien machine shoots lasers, destroying entire city and killing thousands of people*
"It's starting to get a little dangerous around here"

[jailanautry]

The more NPCs on the map the better, imagine a online experience with other players and seeing them get eliminated by a tripod

[Hexo]

Tripod: I got a Remodel!
Uberpod: Same!

Probe: chop me down, ray

[TheRealTanSeeker]

A "look over your shoulder" button would be quality of life and feel immersive. Being able to run forwards and hold a button to see slighly behind you but able to run while you peek would be more fluid and natural.

[EnclaveSOC-]

It feels so satisfying to know that the player will be able to actually kill the Martians when they're outside of the Tripods, although you should probably make them a bit more reactive to being injured when attacked by the player and maybe other armed human NPCs such as the military and looters if they manage to encounter the alien pilots while hiding in nearby structures.

Like a flinching animation and maybe some blood decals with visible wound textures on the character models for the Martians shown in the video.

[kotamere]

Timestamps:
0:39 New forcefield effects
1:04 Added crowds of NPCs and distant sound effects
7:10 More improvements on tripod movement
9:04 Building and environmental destruction overhaul
13:58 New military base attack event
14:58 Improved ferry scene
22:49 Invaders now prioritize harvesting in the later days
23:45 The environment and atmosphere dynamically change overtime
23:53 New red weed coverage effects
23:58 Added atmospheric height fog
24:17 You can wake up to your building being probed
30:02 You can now attack the probe with weapons
30:12 New procedural movement system for aliens
35:15 Improved probe controller

[VyKeR]

16:26 most badass tripod horn of all time💀

[placebo]

I always loved cowarding indoors while an unstoppable threat looms just outside. Makes me feel alive.

[DaniilYUMA]

14:05: The siren sounds
The developer of the War of the Worlds game: The only daredevil who will never be afraid of tripods💀

[Scar_]

Aliens: Your weapons are inferior compared to our advanced shielding technology.
Humans: Your advanced technology is inferior compared to our atmosphere and ecosystem.

[Capri_]

26:42 the way he turns towards the room and then just hears a random creature all while he can’t see anything apart from reflective eyes is freaky

[BigWillyRecords]

HOLY CRAP MY MIND WAS BLOWN WHEN YOU SHOW The PLAYER CONTROLLING THE MACHINES. And I am very happy to see destructible environments!

[shinranarukami]

I know this has probably been said several times but I cant help but love how fluent the movements of the tripods are. Every update the game just gets better and better and I really cant wait to play it.

[paulgerald]

12:26 was a real "oh shit" moment when the uberpod turned off its spotlights and turned around quick to look right in your direction.