It’s our full release out of Early Access. As part of this launch, Write Warz is no longer free-to-play, and we’ve removed the marketplace: one purchase includes every theme and cosmetic, forever. The biggest new feature is Mobile (Beta): only one person needs to own the game on Steam to host, and everyone else can join from a mobile browser device at writewarz.tv to write and vote.

MOBILE:
New way to play! 
Join a game for free on the mobile version of the game through any browser!
This is a beta.
For now you can write, use bonus words, and vote!

How does it work?
Create a game of Write Warz the usual way through the game on steam. 
You'll need to either be in the same room or share your screen so that mobile players can see it.
Once a game has been created, mobile players can go to writewarz.tv, choose their name, and enter in the join code!

Once everyone is in, start the game!
You can mix steam players and mobile players (as well as twitch players), but at least one player will need to be on Steam (to host the game).
Events/minigames are disabled by default when mobile players connect, but you can turn them back on (just note that mobile players won't be able to participate in minigames, as we are in beta).

Currently the themes that are compatible with mobile are:
Apocalyptic, Sci Fi, Western, Horror, Elves vs Samurai

Let us know if you love playing like this so we can expand to be compatible with all the themes and all the ways to play!

ELVES VS SAMURAI
A brand new theme!
In this theme you'll be split into two teams: Elves and Samurai, locked in a generations-long war, each with unique UI and backgrounds.

After each round the highest voted elf and highest voted samurai will face off in one of three unique duels:
A strategic rock/paper/scissors duel, a speed typing battle, and a word hot potato that the whole team gets to participate in!
The winner of the duel gets their sentence in the story.

There's also a day/night cycle that affects the scenery, additionally the elves get an advantage during the night and the samurai get an advantage during the day: fire arrows will fire at the writing panel preventing the disadvantaged team from writing for a few precious moments during the writing round.

Finally, scoring good judgement, using bonus words, and winning duels will grant your team points towards the ancient orb at the heart of the war between the factions. The team that manages to sway the orb by the end of the game will earn a massive influx of points!

TWITCH WRITING INTEGRATION
We've heard you've loved letting your Twitch chat vote on the best sentence, well we've added a new option for streamers to allow their viewers to submit sentences to be used in game!

How does it work? 
When making a game, simply choose how many of your bots will be controlled by Twitch chat. Then, during each writing round, anyone in Twitch chat can type "!write" and then their sentence (yes, it will be screened for profanity if you have the profanity filter on). Once writing is over, each Twitch bot will choose a random viewer's sentence and you'll see those in voting! When voting is done you'll even get to see which Twitch chatter submitted that sentence if you want to shout them out!

Each chatter can only submit one sentence each round, if they write another one it will replace their old one, so you don't have to worry about spamming!

Combines great with Twitch voting!

NEW BASE EDITIONS
New base edition character art has been created to match our party game style!

EVERYTHING IS FREE
With the purchase of the game, every cosmetic item is free for everyone forever!
Every character, every character edition, every font, every font color.

That's nearly 100 cosmetics including beautiful art in a variety of styles for every single character!

This also means the marketplace is going away! Bye bye microtransactions! (sorry about that)

Also all the themes are free and unlocked from the beginning!

NEW MENU SCREENS
Our intro and loading screens have gotten a party game face lift!
Same with the story saver screen!
You may notice some new faces on the main menu screen as well!

CHARACTER ART LOOKS BETTER
In game the character art should be bigger and more clear, showing off your character choice to everyone!
In the selection screen the character art should look less pixelated and more clear!
Every character should have a consistent outline!

SPELLCHECK FIXES
Spellcheck should look and act way more consistent. 
Each font has it's own red underline and there shouldn't be any more weirdness with hovering for corrections or going to new lines!

MORE STUFF!!
Press escape in game to see the join code if someone needs to reconnect!
Good Judgement icons are back with a new look. Look for them after voting when the points are being tallied!
Voting Scoreboard looks better overall 
Refined our profanity list.
New fonts!
It should be more clear when you disconnect what the reason was (internet issue vs being kicked etc)
Winning with crew points in Sci-Fi should be easier.
Shared bonus words: Everyone can get any bonus word! Go wild!
Intermission tooltips now match the theme that you are playing.
Point distribution for tied players should be more fair and consistent
The host can now hear a TTS readout during the story readout at the end of the game
Brand new writing song for the Western theme!
New Edition! Anime Kiyoshi
New Edition! Chibi Kiyoshi
New Edition! Anime Lysandra
New Edition! Comic Book Lysandra
New Edition! Chibi Lysandra
Font in the writing panel now scales properly depending on the remaining space
Scriptorium button spacing more consistent

BUG FIXES
The timer should always show the right number and the numbers should not be stretched anymore at certain states.
Reconnecting to an existing game should be way more consistent.
If no one votes in the game and there are no bots, the game will no longer stop
Better spacing on voting buttons to prevent overlap with surrounding UI.
Quickly skipping the tutorial should no longer glitch the curtains
The load screen for loading into a lobby for the first time has been found and reinstated
The above loading screen is also shown when leaving a game before getting to the main menu
There is no longer a noticeable lag when toggling TTS settings on and off
Word Zombies should be way more consistent at picking up your input and typed words, and triggering when you lose
Fixed several typos in tooltips and tutorials
The tutorial video on Mac is loaded more consistently
Loading quickly between tutorials should no longer break the curtains
Bonus words are displayed more consistently in the story and in the writing box
Joining friends from Steam is now more consistent
TTS should load more consistently

Word Warriors,

It is time to assemble!

Our 3.0 announcement trailer is live — and it marks the biggest milestone in Write Warz so far.

On April 17th, Write Warz is officially leaving Early Access with our full 3.0 release.

At the same time, Write Warz is also leaving Free-to-Play.

Check out our trailer!

https://youtu.be/GNVruUL-HCA

Claim Write Warz FREE forever (deadline: April 17)
If you download and play Write Warz before April 17th, you will be grandfathered in and keep the game for free permanently.
After April 17th, the game will be $9.99.

Action steps:

1. Download Write Warz on Steam

2. Launch it and play a match (ideally with friends)

3. You’re locked in before the switch

What’s in the 3.0 Full Release

NEW THEME: ELVES VS SAMURAI
Our anime high-fantasy theme is ready for battle. At the start of the game, each player is assigned to a faction. Work with your team to write an epic story, rack up points, and settle tiebreakers with DUELS. Earn Orb Points to swing the final outcome and change the ending of the story.

MOBILE SUPPORT (BETA) — PLAY WITH ONE PC HOST
To make Write Warz truly party-ready, we’re bringing players onto phones. With the mobile beta, you’ll only need one PC as the host. Everyone else can join from any internet device.

Writing and voting work great in the beta. Some theme mini-games may be limited while mobile support finishes baking — but the core experience is ready to play.

Important: Only one person in your friend group needs to own the game on Steam. Others can join for free on mobile (beta).

TWITCH INTEGRATION UPGRADE — AUDIENCE CAN WRITE
We already have Twitch voting so chat can influence the winning sentence. Now we’re pushing it further: viewers can participate in writing too.

Streamers can add up to 5 audience bots. Chat submits sentences, and our system selects one valid audience entry to join the round for voting. That means your audience can genuinely play alongside you.

Release Stream + Community Night (April 17 @ 6 PM EST)
We’re celebrating launch night with a stream and community play session.

Twitch:

https://www.twitch.tv/writewarz

Discord Event: https://discord.com/events/1092866675809996861/1489259919843786955

Thank you

This is a huge moment for us. Early Access feedback shaped Write Warz into the game it is today, and we’re excited to move into full release with you.

~ The Write Warz Team