War of the Worlds - Livestream Highlights & Developer Progress Update 

This is a way better concept for survival horror than anything else on the market purely because of how powerless your character is going to be. It will probably be like being an ant trying to escape from a sociopathic kid with a magnifying glass, there is literally nothing you can do other than run, hide and pray you last long enough for the kid to leave on his own.

I’m so excited for this, it would’ve been cool if your game got featured on Gameranx recent video about upcoming survival games cause this looks really cool!

Wow, this is a lot in under 2 weeks. At this rate we can expect a demo or actual release in no time at all.

Imagine if your character fell from a tall place and broke their ankle or something, which made them scream, alerting the tripods and making them come to you. Then you have to hide out because you're slower now you're injured, and you have to manually hold your breath while the probe searches your house, because if you breathe to heavily for too long the probe will find you...

That Tripod coming out of the fog and blowing its horn is the stuff of my nightmares, I love it

this looks amazing! Though i will say at 2:13 it's rather obvious that the military's AI is firing at the center of the tripod's physical model, and not the tripod's sort of head y'know? Perhaps give the military more of a spread when firing at tripods

Awesome work! Just wanted to offer some of my usual feedback: -The long distance beam sounds, closer to the film, are a huge improvement. I hope you'll also develop something for the close-range beam sounds similar to the buzzing sound for the beams heard in the intersection scene; the current closeup sounds are a little too electric/scifi sounding. And I still would love to see the alien lightning flash sound effect (from the first storm in the film) make a return! -The new tripod IK animations are fantastic and very lively. Much less robotic; I'm excited to see where you go with that. The turning animations in particular (such as at 8:42) look *amazing.* I've really got no comments here other than keep it up. -I like that you seem to have extended the range the military and tripods can attack each other, which is much more believable. -I'm sure it's already planned, but I'd love to hear some of the different horns we hear in the film. In particular, in the film when Ray's talking to the news crew, you hear a tripod in the distance do two distinct horns, making it sound like it's communicating a specific message. You also see this when the tripods discover the Hudson ferry, as if they're speaking to each other beyond just calling attention to humans. -Messages could range from "humans found," "hostiles found," "don't kill all, leave some for harvesting," and so on. During the Hudson ferry scene there was definitely an effort by the first four tripods on the scene to take humans alive, while the only ones that were killing were the ones intercepting refugees on the other side of the river. Seeing coordination like that would really make them feel alive and in control. -I think the colors could be de-saturated a bit and the bloom and fog toned down, if you want to match the film aesthetic. Many of the nighttime scenes in the film are VERY dark and have little color, but are still quite clear out to long distance, in particular the ferry scene. There's definitely a balance to consider between looks vs playability (gotta be able to see after all), but I do think you could go a little darker and more black/gray. This applies especially to the red fog--it's so bright it makes it look like the sun is rising when it should be more of a deep subtle red, akin to what Ray saw when he left the basement to chase Rachel. It seems like less of a "fog" and more like, it's changing the way light from the horizon looks. -The day scenes really need less of a haze; I know limitations of the engine might make it ugly but it's really kind of blown out and overbright in day/morning/evening scenes, to the point that it's almost easier to see the tripods at night. It almost feels like a dreamscape; I think part of this could be mitigated by reducing how aggressive the light eye adjustment is. There's definitely an attempt at atmospheric fog here but I think it should really be pushed out to a much longer range. -The new tripod cage looks fantastic! And that little peak at the "choosing" event is terrifying. The improvement I see in every update blows my mind. You guys clearly love this project and I'm so excited to see where you go next.

Looks amazing here some feedback tho: For what I’m aware all the humans do is stand around and run when there’s a tripod, maybe add some very few npc’s that hide in buildings to stay away from the tripod. Would be cool to see tripods looking for other humans in other buildings and to see what happens if they found them. Other than that everything looks amazing can’t wait to see more. Keep up the good work

This is getting way to epic now, the way the trees light up as the heat ray passes give me the same vibe from the hill scene attack in the movie. Uber Pod on point. The whole atmosphere is coming together nicely, can't wait to see how it looks when better road and building textures come in.

4:55. This scene. Is absolutely perfect. Keep up your work

I would have nightmares similar to 7:45 as a kid. It’s so cool to see this

It was so cool to see that now the tripods can communicate with the horn, and the new improvements to the AI ​​are great, keep it up!

0:27 that EXTREMELY seems like a scene that could be added to the film! And 4:44 is just amazing, that tripod is literally an eldricht abomination! Raf, with all your great updates i can say that you're doing god's work. Was it worth a lifetime for finally get something i ever desired in a game? Absolutely yes, and i'll still wait until it's perfect! Take your time and remember that we all love your work!

Mate you're making such big progress it's awesome to see!

Looks phenomenal, attention to detail is on point too. Looking forward to the demo.

Looks amazing, cant wait to play the game! Here some little feedback :) - screams are by far too loud! - the siren is pretty annoying over a longer period and could be a bit quieter - some city places/landscape needs some more detail, especially to hide (and would make it look more alive) - can literally be any asset or more cliffs, mountains, hills, rocks etc - NPCs could run a bit faster, in reality you would do everything to survive - how about using weapons too to shot aliens when they come out of their pods and search in the houses for survivors? AND: Never forget - graphics are important but gameplay even more. Interactions/things to do are important for longer periods of playing. Example building a small base in different places or crafting weapons until the aliens arrive can be nice :)

@War of the Worlds Game make it so that when there are large groups of tripods, they will pick neighborhoods to do mass searches in, and inspect each individual house. make it as a random event though, so it adds a hidden layer of terror when you see multiple tripods arriving on your position.

Im glad I randomly stumbled across this project, its crazy to see how much progress is being made so quickly !

Wow this is starting to really come all together. Keep up this amazing work.

The thing just standing there over the burning trees gives me anxiety lol. This looks so good! It's come so far! I've got a friend in game dev, I can only imagine how much time and effort is going into this project. Youv'e seriously outdone yourselves. Its one thing to make a game. Its a whole nother thing to make a game that actually makes me want to yell at the screen "move away from the window!"

9:58 The harvesting door opens up slightly different the way it did in the movie. There is also a small door on the top of the cage which opens and closes when humans are dropped in and taken out. Also, I think the animation, sound and detail are really cool!

A developer like you, continues to update the game, is a successful developer.

This is looking quite amazing so far. I only have one glaring concern about the recent update to Tripod AI. Noticing how sharply they turn their heads for targets below them(2:03, 6:10 and 6:25) makes me think they'll be able to "see" humans that are hiding right below them(say, around a corner right outside of physical view) and blast away, regardless of potential obstacles. Beyond that, I'm excited to see where this goes and will eagerly pick it up once released.

For survival mode, it would be really neat to add a disease counter after so many days, or once the red vine progresses enough. You could turn this into a survival game customizer where players set how long a survival campaign might last before sickness eradicates the aliens. I would love to see other game modifiers for survival mode too, such as tripod amount, loot abundancy, or red vine growth speed. This would add so much replayability to survival mode

That war horn playing as the tripod emerges from the fog is the coolest thing I've seen all year!

The sweeping attack at 1:57 is very cool and intimidating, the new distant heat ray sounds are fantastic as well

Just a few things to work on: The scenes in the suburbs and city’s feel empty and could feel more realistic with - Posters / graffiti on walls Broken or abandoned cars in roads Paper on ground and in some places being blown around in the wind. The environment seems very repetitive and other things to add could be - Add different places like a beach/water front or industrial area Fences around farms and around most cities And most of all, the HUD needs to be changed at least later on because it is a very boring reminder of most unfinished indie games and not at all representative of the great game this should be.

Imagine if you could play as a tripod just go around blowing everything up

The scene from 2:09 is quite terrifying if you imagine you were there irl, this alien thing coming towards you and your guns have no effect.

2:02 is a good wallpaper shot.

4:50 is such a quintessential War of the Worlds kinda atmosphere. Tripods in the distance, enveloped in the haze of distant smoke and many fires. It’s so eerie to look at and I love it!

4:41 imagine one day you're walking outside your house and see that thing in the distance

My only feed back is that you guys don't push yourself to much. So much has changed since the last video's and i cannot image it being without its moments of stress. Want you guys to stay healthy and release the game as you see fit! With what's been made already i can only say thank you! I've always envisioned a game based on Spielbergs take off the franchise and you guys are making a dream come true!

I think if you made the generation of NPCs and military decrease over the course of the game, it'd both sell the horror of the invasion (the aliens are winning and a lot of people have died), as well as save on some processing power during the course of the game (the game would spend less time rendering and processing AI)

As an onlooker that had never seen the movie back then: This looks rather good! I once bought "Sir, you are being hunted" as I liked the idea, this one feels a bit the same, only that it isn't with robots and the enemies tower way taller above you! Some said the HUD could use a bit of an improvement. Maybe simplistic is king, but I do agree the.. symbols/colour/style could be different. For me, the human pedestrian NPS(and maybe slightly some military soldiers, haven't seen them that much) seem slightly weird. Proportion compared to the world they're in, maybe slightly how they "look", but mostly the behaviour at the moment. They seem to be "busy" screaming and running away when the tripods close in, but at some distance away, they kinda seem... "lost" about what to do, standing around, frozen in place, kind of? I guess that's supposed to change later on, and they might act different(or not stop awkwardly as if someone pulled out the plug or forgot they were chased and running away seconds ago) and maybe are even interactable? I like the atmosphere of the game though. It's not been long, but I've already seen several better comments being posted addressing things.

I’m buying this soon as I can

Love how you spotted the fact that the middle Tripod in the Ferry loading scene was far taller and larger than the normal ones. Good to see it got added as the Commander variant which I think it was. Also, eyyyy the USMC's LAV-25 is added!

I really hope a lot people play this when it comes out. there’s so much potential here and I never imagined the game would get this far. It’s hard to explain to people how excited I am for this, I’ve been waiting for this exact thing for a decade

1:15 wild fire 2:06 war 6:02 Uberpod The leader of the tripod

SO GOOD! I'm pumped boys. Amazing updates. More thoughts to come! ♥👽

Every time i think the game looks perfect, you all somehow always add something that makes it look even more better. Keep up the great work, I'm extremely excited to play the game myself and to see what else you'll bring to the table

Next thing to focus on heavily now is the Human AI. Civilians are very dumb currently and that breaks the immersion. Will there be traffic driving around at the start before the first machine rises?

8:01 - 8:40 that whole time of them walking to you is terrifying and the fact that it's A.I is amazing! and that horn is just badass 8:43

That’s horrifying seeing a few little search lights slowly morph into a forest fire and heat rays

I really hope that the more days you survive the more horrifying and inhospitable the world becomes, maybe even diverge from the movie and make the red vines attack you or have the aliens actually come out later on

The sound is SO much better in this, the guns, tanks, and MG are have more base, and its perfect I can agree with others about the siren being a bit too loud at some parts though

5:06 scared the hell out of me 😂😂 In times of an alien invasion you have to fear the humans themself 😂😂

This looks really amazing! I am looking forward to the official release! Can't wait to play the official game!

Absolutely take your time developing this masterpiece. It’s going to be worth the wait!!! I’m stoked and terrified! 😆

5:03 might need to adjust those gas prices to account for inflation in the next update ;)

1:29 Man... the sight of the tripod standing in the distance just obliterating the army is terrifying..... This has insane quality! Keep up the amazing work!

I remember watching the 50s movie when i was kid in the 80s. And being so terrified at the same time. I've been hooked on this story since. I cant wait to try this out!

Just a thought but you do have the opportunity to add a detail the 2005 film missed, the black smoke, it would complete the abilities of the tripod while also adding a new danger to the player, the game is looking epic btw, I am looking forward to it's release.

You’ve created such a tense atmosphere on par with Alien Isolation

Genuinely great work! the quality here is astounding and i can't wait to play this

This is awesome! Truly can't wait to see where this goes!! Keep rocking on!!!

Been watching the improvement lately and I’m genuinely excited for this! Though I will say a few things. For one maybe lower the bloom a bit, I feel in certain parts it’s too bright which is a bit distracting personally. Secondly I feel like the NPC’s should have voice lines? Obv not full on conversations but stuff like “They’re coming!” Or “Run!”. That way it doesn’t feel like they’re just mindless running chickens. I saw someone else mention to make them also hide in houses which would be cool too! That way it doesn’t feel like you’re the only one hiding from them. One more thing is the screen shaking. Obviously if there’s a 150 foot tripod stomping I do expect there to be shaking but I think it can be toned down just a bit? Other than that thought everything looks amazing!

I'm so freaking excited, I never thought we'd ever get a game like this😁

Awesome! So cool watching your progress on the project. I can't wait to play this.

Thanks for the upload progress! I waited so many years for this game!

I've always wondered why the military never shoots right below the tripods feet. Maybe as soon as they were about to touch ground would they shoot just below that spot, making the tripod trip and fall.

You deserve all the respect in the worlds for this ,im so hiped

Fantastic, amazing too see all the development, time & effort put in too this :)

So glad that I was able to support this game even more and donate to Patreon. Nothing could make me any more excited than I already am and any new video from here on will only further seal the deal for me wanting to support this game, and words will never be enough to show how much of a fan I am that this game is coming to light. It's incredible your work and what you continue to do. And have binge watched every single video on this channel, the progress made is awe-inspiring absolutely phenomenal job.

I’m so happy you added the tracer effect, it may not seem much to others but to me it will have a more cinematic effect if your character is in the distance just seeing tracer rounds go by or ricocheting off the tripod. So some feedback: *The fires could be improved to be more realistic and maybe face different directions depending on the wind and this where my next recommended feature **The game should have random times where there are no wind or heavy winds going towards a different direction which can cause forest fires in that certain direction although best recommended for realistic or hard mode as there would quite literally be no hiding spots whatsoever for the player. * another is that the city is too bland there is barely anything so what I would is add rubble (after some days passed), destroyed cars, or abandoned cars on the road because I don’t really see any cars at all in the city. Another is by adding graffiti to the buildings for e.g stuff like the world is ending and add clothes randomly around the city to add an ominous feeling. If you really want to get that sense of defeat put signs of military defences or blockades destroyed for e.g use of sand bags, tanks, artillery whatnot and it will give a sense of how powerless the player is. *The running animation or walking animation of the ai pedestrians could be improved for a more authentic experience. * add more props to the house for e.g broken glass, spoons, dropped frying pans and they make a noise when you make contact with them so when a tripod investigates a house it makes it more difficult for the player having to focus on his / her surroundings while avoiding its view, the harder the difficulty, the more props there are on the ground. * this is one is hard to do but if possible I would like the player or ai ask the player / ai for help and ask for something like medicine and return give food or water and have a random chance of the ai either betraying by trying to kill you when ai gets what he/she wants or tries to run away, if the player betrays the ai and surrounding ai witnesses it, the player will be distrusted by ai or if the ai the player betrayed survived the ai will try and kill the player for vengeance or tell the other ai that the player can’t be trusted. *Grass needs to be improved and its length varies in certain areas in which some areas can be used as hiding spots (if in timeframe). * If possible instead the ray setting fire to things especially to trees I want the rays to literally send trees flying in the air just like that scene in the movie where the tripod swept an entire highway (still love that scene btw) and that begs the question can the rays destroy houses and will it depend on the difficulty. * In terms of tripods I have barely anything to say as you absolutely knocked it out the park in that matter all I have to say is when the ray makes contact you could improve the damage models for ai tanks and military vehicles having different destroyed animations. * Also if you can , add a setting in which when the player runs, it shakes the camera / pov giving a cinematic feeling to the game. * I’d also like you to improve the look of the sky as in day time or what’s going on in the background (pretty sure there’s a word or term for this but i forgot the name), if you want a good example battlefield 1 and 5 are very good examples of this with fires and flak going on in the background, for e.g formations of helicopters or aircraft close or in the distance. * For a more realistic approach I would like time delays on when you hear shooting especially now tracer rounds are confirmed to be in the game. I would also like to hear differences In sounds depending on the calibre whether it’s tank round or 30mm round or machine / small arms fire I know this game is still in progress and I have big hopes for this game + I personally think the devs are doing a brilliant job listening to the community as well so keep up the good work guys!

Add in fighter jets that try to shoot down the tripods and Evac helicopters that take you to ships and military bases that can get shot down

Glad you’re still working on this. TWOTW is close to my heart, and i discovered this a few weeks back and been following progress closely. Keep up the good work

This is incredible! Looking really amazing Raf! Keep up the great work! 👍

Terrifying. I hope by the last days, when the Aliens’ shields fail, you get to turn the tide and participate in the counter attack as sort of a reward for survival. Thoughts on that- the shields on the tripods fail and their craft become unstable as a result of the biological components.

no quiero imaginarme el miedo que podrias sentir jugando esto! 😅 saludos desde Ecuador!! 💛💙❤🇪🇨🇪🇨🇪🇨

I only recently discovered this channel but the amount of work you have done is beyond incredible.

This project really grown up, outstanding job!

Incredible looking game, just know you can take breaks bro👍

Looks fantastic, a brilliant homage to the movie. Great work I have an idea (don’t know if it will fit or ruin the emersion) but I think there should be a moral/anxiety meter where the longer your character looks at the destruction or tripods a bar would go up signifying how scared you are. Which the higher it is, the more noise you make to attract the tripods.- Where this can be reduced by helping strangers or by eating/drinking or any other quests that incentivises you to interact more with the environment and the humans and makes a sensation to be more careful. Just an idea I had, love the progression being made

Bro I found your channel and is already obsessed, this is my fav movie of all time and seeing you always update it and take suggestions from the fans is amazing , love this game

cant wait to play this game . thank you for a new and better way to survive looks great

The progress looks amazing!! Question: Are you planning something like a Tripod Mode where you can play as the tripods?

Idea: if you want you could add things like towed artillery, and self propelled artillery. Also can the tripods actually die?

Loving the progress! Didn't expect to see something this soon!

AAAH! It looks soooo good you guys! I'm super excited to see this be released!!

Imagine a mode where all the tripods always sprint around the map even without targets to fight I could imagine seeing a pack of them scurrying over a hillside towards the town I'm in while I cry and run for a house as fast as I can😂

Looks amazing but i have some feedback! 1. The screams are wayyy too loud even if you aren't that close to the NPCs 2. Siren is also a bit annoying after a few mins and needs tweaking Keep up the great work.

This progress update looks amazing. keep up the great work.

I'm blown away, this is beautiful!!!!

Quando estiver finalizado faiz pra versão do xbox series e coloca na gamepass isso seria massa de mais seu trabalho é encrivel cara para bens

Wow, this is becoming more and more impressive! Really amazed by the quality of work you can achieve with such a small team! I have just one question : will the environmental damage be permanent in the game world? It would be so nice to see the world being more and more devastated the more we play, to see the «scars» of this invasion.

I have had nightmares exactly like at 8:19 since the original movie came out. Seriously man, you are making my nightmares into a reality with this game...

Absolutely incredible work

are we going to be able to play as the tripod?

Sería chido si logrará salir en Xbox one, series s/x

That looks sooooooooooooooooo good, omg! I only heard about this game about like 2 weeks ago, I cant believe this has progressed so much! Great work :D

I cannot believe how good this keeps looking. Every new video gets me more excited!

Please keep going, this is freaking awesome and hope you don’t give up/get stuck

god im so looking forward to this so keep up the great work on it, man this is getting me hyped up sense its been a long time sense a horror game like this had got to me like this would

Thanks for your hard work, seriously.

Personal preference suggestions: 1. The fire seems a little bit excessive currently, as in wayyy too giant and bright sometimes 2. The screenshake from tripod steps seems excessive at close range, and then seems to stops entirely in a matter of seconds 3. The new lighting looks beautiful with the bright popping colors, but sometimes I feel as if it takes away from the feel of a grey, dim and horrible apocalypse scenario. Most of the movie colors were grey and depressing and I think that palette made it that much more anxiety inducing. Maybe toning the contrast down just a little bit would help Thank you so much for developing this, it looks AMAZING!! Every video I watch, it's better and better!

I love that we see the implementation of the varying tripods, especially the larger one

This stuff is so awesome keep up the amazing work 💖 That Uberpod horn gives me the shivers

This looks better and better each time, I love the work can not wait to play this

2:44 Me trying to run away from the Challenges of my life: