War of the Worlds - 1 Hour of New Gameplay (2024) 

FAQ Were the 2005 tripods replaced? : No, as you can see in the video you can play with both the 2005 tripods and the new tripods we've added. It's up to you. Why were sounds replaced?: Sounds were NOT replaced. The 2005 tripods still have their original sounds, the new tripod we've added has its own sounds. Was the Tripod changed cause a copyright strike?: No, there has been no issues regarding copyright since the project began. War of the Worlds is public domain meaning anyone can make an adaptation of it. We made our own tripods as to not use the movie tripod designs in a way that could be considered a copyright infringement. The 2005 tripods are a free addition to the game while the new design is the new default tripod. This game is boring, all you do is run and hide: There is a lot that we haven't shown or is not ready to show yet. There are hostile NPCs, probes and aliens that can search inside buildings you are hiding inside of, NPCs you can team up with, Multiplayer, extermination mode where you can play as the invaders. There is more we have planned to bring more depth and replayability to the game Do the tripods always know where you are?: No, they treat you like any other NPC. They wander and search on their own not constricted to paths. This video is meant to serve as a development update. Not as a gameplay trailer or marketing for a public release. All of our videos are meant to be interpreted as a development update to show what we have worked on and improved. Many comments criticize certain aspects of the game such as graphics, performance drops, lack or unfinished nature of some gameplay elements etc. This is pre-alpha. We try to be transparent by showing actual gameplay with the FPS counter open so people can get an idea where we are at in the process.

Players: *hides in the woods* ha now those aliens wont ever look for me here WotW game developers: woe, wildlife upon ye

42:26 You hear lasers with delay, like you would in real life. Crazy detail that many games don't have.

16:23 This fucking part man. Just hiding in near pitch black darkness as you hear the Tripod's distant footsteps gradually get closer and closer, then complete silence for around 30 seconds most lulling you into thinking it's gone until suddenly its horn blares out indicating that it's basically RIGHT ON TOP of you. Genuinely pants-shitting levels of horror. Really hope this game ends up being good because it's easily one of the most unique concepts for a survival horror game I've ever seen.

23:45 sent chills down my spine. you dont know if the tripod knows your there or not. thats what makes it genuinely bone chillling

fauna and insects going completely silent as a tripod approaches, is near or makes a sound in the distance would be such a nice touch that'd contribute to the great ambience you guys have created.

I was repeatedly like "turn that f**kin flash light off!" " What are you crazy? Get your ass back in here"

It's terrifying how the Tripod at 10:25 rising from below the hill and creepily lighting the surrounding areas with its search light. I LOVE IT.

The sound enginnering development for this independent project is Award worthy. Great minds have come together to bring the essence of HG Well's book and of course Steven Spielberg's the 2005 film War of the Worlds.

That radio station being destroyed by a tripod is just *chefs kiss*

This may be a minor detail, but will help immersion. When the lightning at around 2:21 comes in, the sound will be delayed depending on the distance from it. Kinda like how thunder takes time to travel in real life.

23:50 "Bro turn on your f*cking stealth mode, they gonna hear me" "No"

Cant believe no ones talking about that pants shitting moment around 29:00 where you think: "Why would the devs make the sun rise so suddenly like that?" To realizing: "Oh, thats not the sun..."

50:20 when the tripods crouch down at the player is so cool and terrifying at the same time.

Me: “I wish there were more scenes of the tripods…” War of the Worlds Game: “Allow me to introduce myself.”

I'm no expert but 48:30 really got me. The developers must be genius, this is IMPRESSIVE!

Suggestion: add more NPCS (military and civilian); raise the possibility of aliens leaving the Tripod; Tripod searching inside houses, with that tentacle.

I love how the machine starts getting close, and he's driving around with lights turned on and emergency broadcast blasting on full volume 🤣

So you can A) walk B) drive GOAT!!!

Love the progress of this game. I've watched all the videos. The audio from 21:45 to 22:40 is phenomenal, that's terrifying to listen to. Also the nature has improved amazingly as well. I think a cool feature would be that if the player walks into a house and finds tools, boards or plywood somewhere, maybe they could board up doors and windows to stop the aliens from getting inside. Or make it harder to prob the house. Along with that, the ability to move objects or stack them to make a hiding spot to try and survive. Another suggestion would be coding small buildings to be destroyed if the tripods walk through them. Just a couple suggestions :) Keep up the great work, this has been fun to follow progress of, and I also love these videos. Thumbs up!!!

Everything about this update is absolutely game changing, Raf has been HELLA cooking and it's paying off

The way mans keeps flailing the flashlight about in wide open areas while tripods are actively moving in his direction gonna give me a conniption

Fun thinng to add for horror. When the tripod is dangerously close,your heartbeat should be churning in your ear,as you hide in predictive fear of the War Machines.

The new tripods are honestly so much cooler while still honoring the 2005 versions.

The radio broadcast was a cute little detail def giving very much Independence Day vibes

This feels an actual representation of being a background character in War of the Worlds. This is really well made.

Giant terror inducing alien robot patrolling at night ✅ Survival RPG interface ✅ Destructible environment ✅ Incredible and nostalgic fear inducing sound ✅ This game has potential

Holy hell, I remember first seeing this before there were any NPC’s and no textures and thinking to myself this won’t go anywhere it’s just someone messing around with the sounds and tripods from the movies in a game format. Then when I saw the NPC’s and more detail I said WAIT A MINUTE! And now we have this… it’s something special when you can keep your audience engaged and on their toes just from gameplay footage. Way to go!

Having the music pick up as the tripod gets close to you is awesome

Sounds a bit dark. But I was think that having signs of the destruction reaching across the area could be good. For example: having ash falling from the sky, bodies floating in a stream, or burning cars and trains moving around.

You’ve officially gotten my support. I hope the development goes well. I never thought this would be a game I wanted until I seen this

As a lifelong WOTW fan, thank you for putting so much love and effort into this. Seeing that tripod advancing over the hill like a massive spectre of death was chilling.

Please never give up on this. It will be so big if the correct time and effort is put in. It will be worth every minute of development when it’s finished.

dude the national emergency broadcast gave me fucking chills it adds so much to the opening hours of the war. so hyped for this game.

Thank you so much for the update bro!!! I have been with this project since the begininng (not very begining) lol and i really am excited for the full release! how much of your life you dedicated to this amazes me as a game like this has always been a dream of mine! thank you again for the update, all the hardwork, and for really everything.

absolutely stoked to see what you guys cook up! I can tell there is a very passionate team behind this game. A very complex thing to bring to life, I wish you all best of luck!

*”The aliens are coming people! And their not here to play a friendly game of poker, their here to steal your barbecue recipes AND REPLACE THEM INTO VEGETABLE ALTERNATIVES”* truly the joke of all time.

At 23:45 the way the tripod gives a death stare gives me the chills

HUGE props to your composer team, they've done an incredible job of capturing that classic gut-twisting John Williams feel from the 2005 film. So glad y'all went that direction with it!

I LOVE the soundtrack that starts at 48:02. It goes from suspenseful to something that feels hopeful/empowering and then adds more suspense to it. Very nice dynamic. It also fits really well with the footage showing how the animation of the tripods have reached a new level of realism.

26:30 I cannot believe my ears. This sound design right here is just incredible. Did you all see how after the trailing tripod was attacks by missiles from the jets that the lead unit whipped around and provided a supporting salvo of it's lasers? This is no joke. Truly next level design. This game is going to win awards when polished up and ready for release.

Lightning: Strikes the ground several times, which in the film led to a complete shutdown of the equipment Character Van: *Don't care*

I hope this game will be released quickly, this is money to update or release the game☺️😘😍🤩 🇮🇩🤝🇺🇸

Man, you all have come a long way. Wonderful job.

Honestly if you can manually turn the RVs lights and engine off and have a tripod walk past you it’d be so incredible

I personally think it would be nice for the sounds of battle to carry much further. For one, it would be much more immersive; hearing the rumble of gunfire and dull roar of aircraft in the distance would be a constant reminder that there is a world beyond just the player's vision. And it would be much, much more apparent that the silence you hear afterward isn't because the battle is offscreen; it's because there is no battle anymore.

Watching this project come to life is Amazing. From the first Video 3 Years Ago to Today. I CANNOT WAIT for this to come out!!!

Your sound people are amazing. This is absolutely incredible. The sound detials are very precise, such as the distance delays for some sounds. I put in headphones and I feel like I'm really there. It's very engrossing, especially with how loud it gets when the fighting machines are so close and they blare their war horns. I am looking forward to this game immensely.

the new design for the tripods looks great but the sounds of the old tripods is far more terrifying

At 46:34, when the tripod is looking right down at the player, that's a new level of brown pants

Incredibly impressed, I've been waiting for a War of the Worlds game. I'll be following the progress with keen eyes. Keep up the good work!

What an awesome video. I have been "following" this game for a while now and the evolution of the tripods is awesome. Please release this for us gamers (like myself) to purchase.

im rooting for this game to be the new game of the century

I am UNFATHOMABLY hyped for this game

I love the voices you used for the radio, I hear some recognizable voices and it kinda makes it feel more real

18:07 was incredible and so chilly... I could just imagine it in real life. This game is incredible, a piece of art.

I absolutely love the whole fact that you can choose between the 2005 tripods and the 2023. It so awesome! I cannot be more excited for this game!

The fact that the people behind this game have been listening to community on their discord throughout development is amazing

This makes me want a Mass Effect survival game set during the reaper war.

This game sounds absolutely phenomenal. Of course - the visuals, the gameplay mechanics, everything, in general, looks excellent as well --- but, having been into writing music and doing sound design on the side for most of my life now, these are the things that just always catch my eye above all else. The way that the Heat-Ray sounds when the tripod is far off into the distance? The way it just splashes off the atmosphere, almost like the sound of a fighter jet engine? What's more, the mechanical clanks and cyclical noises as the things just lumber around. It's so well-done. I'm not sure if this was just added, or if it's just the first time I'm seeing it - but I absolutely LOVE that super dissonant, ring-modulator type "chirp"/croaking" sound that the tripods make now! Not sure if this was added before and I just hadn't seen it until now, but it is absolutely perfect. It's exactly the last thing you would want to break that silence at night in the middle of the woods. It reminds me a lot of that "accurate depiction of the T-Rex vocal sounds" video that had just gotten popular / was circulating around quite a bit over the last few months. Outstanding work!

It’s be a cool feature if the tripods occasionally pick up a car / van and look inside or crush it.

the addition of the EAS playing over the radio during the invasion just sends absolute chills down my spine.

I wonder if they’ll have different starting roles you could be. Imagine spawning in as a Survialist with a Headstart (basement, stockpiled food, etc) or perhaps even getting to play as the Military/National Guard!

This looks amazing I've bin following this project for a while great job guys can't wait to get my hands on it when it's finally finished definitely a day one buy for me

That explosion at 29:08 looks amazing, this game is one of the best projects I've seen in a while

05:11 alright that is scary, hearing in the radio how the aliens are attacking and killing the people

I’ve never been this terrified of a gameplay lol, I can’t wait to play this myself

It looks awesome. I hope my video card can run it. I cant wait to see the update on the probes or controlling the tripod like in the older video releases. Thank you for the progress update!

Looks amazing, and the tripod movement is fantastic..the crouching feature is absolutely terrifying as well. My only criticism would be the background/ambient birdsong, it's a bit much and personally I feel it would be more creepy if the animal noises got less and less the closer a tripod gets.

I saw the 2005 War of the Worlds movie when I was about 8 years old. I had watched all kinds of horror movies like Alien, Predator, Aliens vs Predator, Pitch Black, The Thing... other sci-fi horror stuff. My Dad loved it cos I just thought the monsters were badass and cool. But War of the Worlds...That scared the shit out of me. There's just something so unnerving and unique. I couldn't move a muscle for weeks when I went to bed because I just kept thinking about that Telescopic Probe Camera thing watching me through the window or in my room. What I'm tryna say is, I was locked into watching this gameplay and loved every second, while also shaking and shittin' my pants at the same time. The rhythmic, mechanical noise of the tripod walking closer and closer in the pitch black...I need this game in my life so bad.

I absolutely cannot wait. THIS IS FANTASTIC

I remember randomly coming across one of the earlier vids you made for this game. I'm glad to see that it's still coming along, and well it seems. Now that I'm on PC rather than console, i will definitely keep a closer eye on this game

Humanity: ayyy lmao Tripods: 36:23 Humanity: See, he gets it!

Multiplayer proximity chat is going to be the greatest thing added to this. Some tripod blasting out "another one bites the dust" by queen or Guns and roses "you could be mine" . I will be Blairing out the Jeff Wayne war of the worlds theme

The sound design is absolutely amazing.

this is MIND BLOWING! the visuals and animations are INCREDIBLE! this will definitely be one of my favorites

i like the radio in the beginning, they are joking about something that is really coming, small details like that make the game so much more enjoyable espically easter eggs

The radio talk show is perfect

This looks splendid. Phenomenal work!

Man this looks so good!! Can’t wait to see/play the finished piece 🫡🫴🏽

16:45 I'd love to see a scene like this where you're exploring and suddenly all the animal noises stop, and a short while later a tripod comes out of the ground. it'd make players so much more on edge.

God I hope RU-vidrs gives this game the attention it needs.

man u got the perfect adaptation for a game, everything about the atmosphere to those tripod models. if i could i would love to develop this game

3 things I would love to see would be: -The little camera arms from the tri pods scouting houses so you REALLY have to hide -Trees should stay knocked down after tri pods walked through them -A little more detail to destruction as falling broken parts of big buildings kinda look sus right now (7:28) The flawless walking animation is just *chefs kiss* The Horn sounds are nice (and scary) Would love to game this piece of gamery

Love the dieselpunk tripod design spewing black smoke like they're run on combustion engines. They look sick!

Tip for devs: Where are the small ones - aliens? Player have to fight also time to time. It semms good... but, try to imagine if there will be opportunity after tripod came to you & after a few minutes you can be exposed by small ones creatures like in the movie - they're trying to find you or search for treasuare (scene with the bike wheel).

Hats off to the sound designer, ...this is beautiful work!

Alex jones predicting the alien invasion is just great

If I may, another indie developer wrote about how he implemented building destruction. He said: "First idea: at the time of the explosion, the engine takes a snapshot of the house just as it’s seen from the camera . . . Next it generates a particle effect that fills the space of the exploded zone, and apply the snapshot to the particles as a texture, so that from the camera, the first frame of the explosion is seen exactly the same. Continuity achieved! You can follow every detail with your eyes during the explosion until they disperse. Besides the particles are GPU-accelerated 2D billboards. The PS4 can handle bazillions easily." He also said: "Second idea: given a building and the position of an explosion, how do we generate the wrecked version of the building, including thick inner walls? The trick is to keep a “paper” version of the building (with walls with no thickness), that the player doesn’t see, and an “inflated version” with thick walls that’s displayed on screen. The engine has the feature to “inflate walls” of a “paper” mesh very fast. When a new explosion takes place, we discard the inflated version, we remove the triangles of the “paper” mesh near the explosion (updating the paper version), and we regenerate the inflated version based on the paper version." His ideas might be worth a try if you have the time.

I’m loving your work man!!

8:57 I have to admit, the audio effect of the radio and the speaker's speech on the side of the line is just wonderful.

I really like how you set the stage with the ignorance and over confidence of humans by having that radio show on

I have a cool idea in real life when a predator comes around crickets and other noisy bugs go silent. Imagine when a tripod gets close the crickets at night go silent indicating one is close. It could be a cool warning of an enemy and if you don't pay attention you will die.

Like legit i cannot describe how much i am blown away by this game. Ive been waiting for games with massive bosses that actually feel massive. Closest thing to that is the utility room and subnautica but this is a league of its own. And the sound design too

This game just keeps getting better every development video thats released. Its amazing how much it has evolved over the past few years. The 2023 tripods here are also really good too! I can't wait to play this when it comes out. Keep up the great work guys! Also can we all have a moment of silence for the victims of the radio station attack? They should have just listened to the guy warning them.

33:52 “Commander, there are humans in that direction.” “Understood, removing that direction.”

This game is gorgeous. The radio announcements give me chills. Love every bit of it. Can’t wait to play it.

That's some good writing with the radio bit there. Really adds some flavor to the whole thing. And some scary irony.

For people who want to skip to playing as the new pod 50:43

I would never use the flashlight outside during the night, unless it’s pitch black and the Tripods are nowhere near me. The flashlight is just an invitation for trouble.