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Kehef

Mar 1, 2018 @ 5:17pm

Is there local coop?

I see there's online multiplayer but i want to play with some friends and before i buy this i would like to know if there's local coop just like the last game.

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Originally posted by KellyFromSales:

fwiw, the steam discussion guidelines specifically mention +1 posts, https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=4045-USHJ-3810

it's just not a hill i particularly feel like dying on.

Keep things friendly in this thread, please. <3

In general, I wouldn't expect to see local added at this point. I think if it was going to happen, it would have happened much earlier, whereas now focus has shifted to HW2.

It's a shame that a slightly poor choice of words by a Dev back in 2018 has lead to this ongoing thread, but it is what it is. I think Hipshot's reply from the same time (9th March 2018) gives a better idea of things.

"We know people want this feature and we might look into it a bit later, but I can't promise that. Don't buy the game expecting this feature before it's in."

source: https://www.gog.com/forum/heroes_of_hammerwatch/when_will_local_coop_be_implemented

For context, the original post that was marked as a solution (first reply to this thread I believe)

Originally posted by Miss:
There is no local coop right now. If there's enough demand, we will be patching it in later!

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abkorman Nov 4, 2017 @ 12:48am

No Local Co-op?

Your past games have local shared/splitscreen co-op. Is this an exception?

freezeman42 has Heroes of Hammerwatch

Nov 7, 2017 @ 9:39am

I am looking forward to this too! I finished hammerwatch with my friend in local coop. I would like to be able to do so with this game too! Any chance we will see this? That would be great! Thanks in advance for the answers and keep up the good work!

Timblegoorn has Heroes of Hammerwatch

Nov 25, 2017 @ 6:37pm

+1 would love to see local splitscreen mode and may buy the game solely for that

Intra

Nov 26, 2017 @ 10:48am

Developing for split screen isn't profitable. Not unless the game was specifically developed for that purpose. I was involved in the Crawl beta, the game that was developed for that explicit type of play. In Halo, you'd have to either limit the single player experience or make "cheat" for code that would allow an acceptable coop.

If you have to split the screen you have to load more of the game's resources or limit the player movement to one person controlling the screen. In some games this is resolved by forcefully teleporting the player who is going off the controller's screen back to the player, or rubber banding them like a dog leash. Both of these could work, but design-wise could be problematic in the heat of battle functionally. That's why most games are phasing it out (unless they're those "one screen" games with waves like Hero Siege).

In this case, why can't you just LAN a couple of cheap computers together? This is Hammerwatch, not some GPU consuming monster that requires expensive machines.

Last edited by Intra; Nov 26, 2017 @ 10:57am

hipshot [developer] Nov 27, 2017 @ 5:03am

We really like local play, but this game won't have that until after release (perhaps) cause we need to figure out the best way of doing that. Just getting multiplayer in a game like this is pretty unique, even if it's not local play.

Sunshine_Killer Nov 27, 2017 @ 9:40am

Please add local co-op. I play hammerwatch with friends with my steam link and controllers with one being the steam controller, very fun. If you did splitscreen and it was 3 payers make that extra box the map box. Im okay waiting for the after release to add it and figure out how and the best way.

Melissa [developer] Mar 1, 2018 @ 5:33pm

There is no local coop right now. If there's enough demand, we will be patching it in later!

About47Pandas has Heroes of Hammerwatch

Mar 1, 2018 @ 6:45pm

Originally posted by Miss:
There is no local coop right now. If there's enough demand, we will be patching it in later!

There is me and my girlfriend and her two kids...

Jaal Mar 1, 2018 @ 7:19pm

my fam of four too!

mini.dancing.girl has Heroes of Hammerwatch

Mar 1, 2018 @ 7:42pm

Local Co-op would be super awesome as it does not run on a mac.

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Эмма

Mar 1, 2018 @ 9:16pm

Yes !!! Local Co-op pleaseee

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DeLastOne Mar 1, 2018 @ 9:36pm

Why not !!!!?? We loved Hammerwatch and spent days playing that game in famlily. I was so much waiting for this game and I am so disapointed you took a step backward... This is just a let down for us...

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