Version History

For Wargroove 2, see Version History/Wargroove 2

Wargroove released on 1 February 2019 for Windows PC, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch after almost three years of development. The Playstation 4 version was released on July 23rd, 2019.

PC Version[edit]

2.1.7[edit]

Wargroove 2.1.7 was an update which included a number of fixes. It was released on 04 August 2020.

Features/Fixes

Players will unlock characters when the campaign is progressed online as well as offline
Fog of War: Thieves can't ransack structures that they can't see
Fog of War: Transports can try to drop units on occupied spaces, but they will get ambushed
Spectators will only fast forward if it is an online campaign

Bug Fixes

If a player deletes local campaign online match data they will be able to replay their match
Fix chess timer race condition online bug
Fix bug where an online player could select a unit before the server returned the first set of orders

2.1.6[edit]

Wargroove 2.1.6 was an update which included a hotfix for online matches. It was released on 26 May 2020.

Fixes

Hotfix for bug where online users cannot start moving units until given control

2.1.4[edit]

Wargroove 2.1.4 was an update which included a hotfix for online campaigns. It was released on 19 May 2020.

Fixes

Hotfix for bug which could happen if local progress was deleted for an online campaign.

2.1.3[edit]

Wargroove 2.1.3 was an update which included a hotfix for online campaigns. It was released on 13 May 2020.

Fixes

Hotfix for a new bug which could break online campaigns

2.1.1[edit]

Wargroove 2.1.1 was an update which included some new features for multiplayer and online, and some balance changes. It was released on 11 May 2020. It included all the changes in 2.1.0 for consoles, but also included a few additional hotfixes

Gameplay Balancing

Change fog of war sight distances
Nuru's groove charges slower
Co-op campaign balancing due to sight distance changes
Spectator can spectate online campaign matches
When a unit is ambushed and therefore ends on a neutral unit, it will backtrack instead of dying

Other

Extra multiplayer timer option
End current campaign map from lobby screen command
Spearman in tutorial sometimes spawned in incorrect location
Can use codex on outlaw faction units
Only the host can add cpu players to multiplayer matches
If a spectator has more than 10 turns to watch on an online match the game will fast forward and if a player has had their local progress reset it will fast forward

Bug fix

Save/resume desync bug in online matches (Command to reset your online match detailed here)
Harpoon ships don't die on reefs when its raining
Changed so spectator fast forwarding only works on campaigns
Fix for bug which happens when deleting local progress of an online match

2.0.3[edit]

Wargroove 2.0.3 was a minor patch to resolve a few issues introduced in 2.0.2. It was released on 10 February 2020.

Game Changes

Public lobbies that are full will no longer be shown on the listing
Public lobbies using custom maps that you haven't downloaded will now be shown
Fix for crash on playing online levels with child commanders (notably, the last mission in the DLC campaign)
Fix missing image on codex
Fix spawning of summons in the map editor
Fix crash on campaign editor
Fix lava waterfalls being visible on other biomes
Fix name of emote

2.0.2[edit]

Wargroove 2.0.2 was a major content update titled Wargroove: Double Trouble which added three new commanders, two new units, new arcade missions, lobbies and more. It was released on 6 February 2020.

Game Changes

A brand new Co-Op Story Campaign (can be played couch co-op, online co-op or solo)
3 New Roguish Commanders - Wulfar, Errol & Orla, and Vesper
2 New Units – Thieves & Riflemen
New Arcade missions
Competitive online Quick Play maps, including some of the community’s most competitive maps as voted for by the Groove of War team. Map Pool link: imgur.com/a/4EPb3lX
Public and Private Multiplayer Lobbies
New Volcano map theme
More updates to the custom Editor tools
Outlaw music tracks, composed by Phonetic Hero

Editor Changes

Unit Modifiers – Enables players to modify the damage that any unit/structure receives as a percentage, including making them invulnerable.
Metalocations - Added support for ‘metalocations’ which indicate where things last happened on the map, for example the last attacker, last defender, last recruit, last unit used, last movement path, last death etc.
New actions for locations, such as copying a location area, moving location by (x,y), and boolean operations between locations.
Gizmos – New place-able entities with an on and off state such as levers and chests. Using gizmos players can override terrain (e.g. draw bridges) and can also enter new actions to set and toggle the gizmo state, as well as new conditions to check it.
Counters – We’re adding new actions to perform arithmetic between counters as well as setting the counter to random value, and load/storing counter values to some other variables (HP, Groove etc.). There’s also a new condition to compare counters.
Actions can now play sounds
Map upload slots are increased so players can upload more maps at once.
Volcano biomes now available in the map builder.

Balance Changes

Spearmen – Cost increased 150 => 250 gold
Dogs – Cost decreased 200 => 150 gold
Amphibians – Damage vs structures reduced, crit damage now 45-55 => 35-45
Amphibians – Cost increased 250 => 350 gold
Trebuchets = Cost increased 900 => 1000
Balloons – Cost decreased 500 => 450
Balloons – Can now only carry the same units as wagons
Harpies – Minimum base damage vs structures 45% => 50%
Koji – Drones now take 50% damage from all units instead of 800% damage
Sedge – Sadistic rush charge speed, very slow => slow
Tenri – Tornado charge speed, medium => slow
Greenfinger - Vines can now Reposition up to two spaces each turn. This does not require passing through units.
“M” (secret Commander) – Groove charge speed, slow => medium
Ryota – Blade dash charge speed, medium => fast
Ryota – Blade dash now starts at 50% commander damage
Ryota – Blade dash now increases in damage by 5% commander damage per “jump” on blade dash route.
Ryota – Can now dash through neutral structures
Commander – Minimum base damage vs soldiers 95% => 115%
Commander – Minimum base damage vs spearmen 65% => 75%
Critical hits no longer increase RNG damage range. All damage is max +/- 5%, even after crit
Killing non unit summons (vines, crystals, etc) will no longer build groove

1.3.0[edit]

Wargroove 1.3.0 was a minor update which added Korean language support and some new features and bugfixes. It was released on 1 August 2019 via Steam.

Changes

Add 'delete progress' option to the campaign menu for downloaded Campaigns
Add hotkey to change Players in Map Editor; PC users can now use Spacebar to toggle between players when placing units
Add ‘Duplicate’ to Triggers, Flags, Counters, Conditions and Actions in Event Editor
Removed Weather from Quick Play
Added Korean support
Slight visual change to commander selection screen
Added new "Mods" button to the pre-game "Match Settings" screen for enabling installed mods

Fixes

Fix Overview causing various graphic overlays during matches
Fix Can use D-Pad while battle animations are playing, causing mouse to be in weird location
Fix Cannot select 'Open to friends' in match lobby if using controller
Fix No Counter attack displayed when Merfolk attack from Land>Water tiles
Fix Downloading a map sends you back to page 1
Fix Ending cutscene 6-3, Mercia's walking animation has the sword when she exits the scene, even though it's supposed to be gone
Fix Pressing Esc on keyboard takes user to highlighted menu option instead of trigger the exit game prompt
Fix "Your Turn" prompt doesn't work correctly with CPU's in scenarios
Fix Overlapping Effectiveness images when using 'esc' to close recruitment screen
Fix Crash when too many locations are being used in custom maps
Fix End point of 3-2. User can go to the last flag and skip the whole mission
Fix Tenri doesn't get the option to reinforce when her groove is active
Fix Match Settings on Quick Play doesn't show correct 'Turn Timer' information
Fix Air units previewing on land
Fix Auto-end-turn not triggering on Online matches
Fix User can freeze the quick play timer if units are inside wagons
Fix Crash when removing Mercia if she has 'Pet' emote and 'Move' in Cutscene editor
Fix Able to force transparent commander in Multiplayer Lobby
Fix Groove modifiers not working correctly in custom maps
Fix Emeric’s Crystal being placed over water
Fix Spawning Crystal stops all other spawn or 'beginning of turn' events if it's at the top of the event list
Fix Alchemist and Witch attacks displaying on wrong grid in Cutscene editor
Fix Lava Descriptions
Fix playing with Groove disabled still displays Groove FX
Fix When returning to the puzzle map selection from in-game, the wrong background is loaded.
Fix The attack grid does not appear when selecting a blocked unit
Fix Mercival can fish on neutral nautical buildings
Fix End Turn doesn't trigger if player dies with unit in an allied transport
Fix Crash if barracks is open when TurnTimer runs out in Local games
Fix Able to S Rank a mission when using Checkpoint saves.
Fix Shouts and Emotes of some non-commander units no longer working in Cutscene editors
Fix Halley error sometimes appearing when using Checkpoint saves
Fix #MISSING# Dark Mercia emote in cutscene editor
Fix ‘Retry' and 'Quit' in arcade do the exact same thing
Fix When editing the "Create Actor" event, the movement resets from "Angry" to "Normal"
Fix Auto-turn does not trigger when Unit turns are spent using event triggers
Fix Custom campaign missions may be overlapping with each other
Fix Merfolk don't swap map state when you draw terrain under them on the map editor
Fix Requiem text states 'unlock via campaign', except it's unlocked in the Arcade
Fix Koji has '#MISSING' Walk type in cutscene editor
Fix Sparrow Bomb displays as Balloon in damage preview
Villager has been moved in the Editor list so it is no longer first
Miscellaneous typo corrections and localisation tweaks

1.2.6[edit]

Minor change to add support for the Steam Summer Sale 'Grand Prix' quest event. Patch released on 25 June 2019 via Steam.

1.2.5[edit]

Wargroove 1.2.5 was a bugfix patch released on 1 April 2019 via Steam.

Fixes

Fixed issues with suspend
Fix for save data corruption issues

1.2.4[edit]

Wargroove 1.2.4 was a bugfix patch released on 15 March 2019 via Steam.

Fixes

Fix "desync" issue with online matches that prevented players from seeing any activity on matches

1.2.3[edit]

Wargroove 1.2.3 was a small bugfix patch released on 13 March 2019 via Steam.

Fixes

Attemped fix for desync issues

1.2.2[edit]

Wargroove 1.2.2 was a small bugfix patch released on 11 March 2019 via Steam.

Fixes

Attemped fix for desync issues
Fix 2v1 disconnect after victory screen
Fix crash when right clicking map
Fix crash when selecting barracks

1.2.1[edit]

Wargroove 1.2.1 was a bugfix patch released on 6 March 2019 via Steam.

Fixes

Fix issues with players being stuck in Quick Play matches
Fix issues with timers running out in Quick Play matches
Fix examine does nothing in Tile Info window
Fix tile info displaying a large gap when using controller
Fixed crashes on maps that spawn "Any Commander"
Fixed lingering tooltips when closing recruit screen
Fixed some issues with playing with bots in online play

1.2.0[edit]

Wargroove 1.2.0 was a the first major update which added some QoL changes and bugfixes released on 6 March 2019.

Changes

Checkpoint system:

While playing in campaign mode, you can set a checkpoint in a mission
If you are defeated, you can retry from the checkpoint
You can set a checkpoint whenever you want, but you can only have one active at a time (the previous gets overwritten)

Difficulty system overhaul:

Five difficulty presets, Story, Easy, Medium, Hard (Default) and Custom
Hard difficulty is the default, and is the standard rules of the game. It’s the only mode where you can obtain S-ranks
Medium difficulty is a bit easier and still lets you obtain up to 3 stars
Easy limits you at 2 stars
Story limits you at 1 star, and is VERY easy

Multiplayer:

You can now add CPU players to online games
There’s now a message clarifying that you must join a match if you don’t have any in progress
A number of fixes to Quick Play timers
You can no longer suspend Quick Play matches and play other games in the meanwhile, since they’re supposed to be realtime
9 maps designed specifically for co-op have been added
Fix issue where user’s couldn’t get into Online multiplayer
Fix issue were main menu could not be invoked during opponent’s/AI turn

General Quality of Life

The effectiveness chart on unit info and recruit screens has been reworked to be far more readable and informative
Skipping battles, captures and cutscenes is now much faster
Display the S rank requirements on the overview screen for a mission
“Exit” has been renamed to “Suspend” to avoid confusion
You can now see teams on the Overview screen
Fix international text input on Switch
Display the Controller Select Applet on Switch less often
Add Korean font
Resigning will now destroy all units simultaneously instead of one at a time

New options:

Add “Movement Speed” option that allow you to set all units to move faster
Add “Confirm End Turn” option to avoid accidental end of turn
Add “Damage Range” option to display minimum and maximum damage on previews, instead of average damage

Fog of War:

Allies now share vision
Eliminated players can still see their team vision; eliminated teams become spectators
Spectators can view the current team’s vision
Hide enemy income and funds
Don’t spawn effects or show building colours inside fog of war
Don’t show battle and capture animations unless at least one of the units is visible to the current player
Fog of War now updates faster
Fix “sonar” bug that allowed you to obtain extra information within fog of war
Fix allies being able to move units into each other and becoming stuck

Fixes

Fix Tenri’s groove charge rate to the intended value
Change Ryota’s groove to allow him to dash through his own units
Fix team options; all teams should display correctly in 2v2 matches
Fixes for Vines and Crystals acting as Units
Fix for 7-2; commanders no longer change team after suspending
Fix sound effects in Cutscene editor causing crash
Fix Cutscene Attack animations causing crash
Fix Empty dialogue event boxes causing crash
Layering of actors and props in Cutscene editor should now work as expected
Fix crash when entering non-numeric text into Counter events
Fix issue with Tutorial 1.3 where user could get stuck when asked to select a barrack
Misc language fixes
Misc minor fixes

1.0.2[edit]

Wargroove 1.0.2 was a bugfix patch released on launch day, 1 February 2019 via Steam.

Fixes

Fix for issues related to Windows user directory paths, including being unable to start the game, losing progress, and being unable to create maps and campaigns.

1.0.1[edit]

Wargroove 1.0.1 was a bugfix patch released on launch day, 1 February 2019 via Steam.

Fixes

Fixed a crash that could happen if users had an accent character in their username

1.0.0[edit]

Wargroove 1.0 was released on PC on launch day, 1 February 2019 via Steam and Humble.

Switch[edit]

Pre-orders for the Nintendo Switch version of the game were opened alongside the release date announcement on 23 January 2019.

2.1.7[edit]

Wargroove 2.1.7 was an update which included a number of changes and fixes. It included all updates in versions 2.1.1 through 2.1.7 on the PC version and introduced the ability to crossplay with PS4 players. It was released on 04 August 2020.

Features/Fixes

Players will unlock characters when the campaign is progressed online as well as offline
Fog of War: Thieves can't ransack structures that they can't see
Fog of War: Transports can try to drop units on occupied spaces, but they will get ambushed
Spectators will only fast forward if it is an online campaign

Bug Fixes

If a player deletes local campaign online match data they will be able to replay their match
Fix chess timer race condition online bug
Fix bug where an online player could select a unit before the server returned the first set of orders
Hotfix for bug where online users cannot start moving units until given control
Hotfix for bug which could happen if local progress was deleted for an online campaign.
Hotfix for a new bug which could break online campaigns

2.1.0[edit]

Wargroove 2.1.0 was an update which included some new features for multiplayer and online, and some balance changes. It was released on 11 May 2020.

Gameplay Balancing

Change fog of war sight distances
Nuru's groove charges slower
Co-op campaign balancing due to sight distance changes
Spectator can spectate online campaign matches
When a unit is ambushed and therefore ends on a neutral unit, it will backtrack instead of dying

Other

Extra multiplayer timer option
End current campaign map from lobby screen command
Spearman in tutorial sometimes spawned in incorrect location
Can use codex on outlaw faction units
Only the host can add cpu players to multiplayer matches
If a spectator has more than 10 turns to watch on an online match the game will fast forward and if a player has had their local progress reset it will fast forward

Bug fix

Save/resume desync bug in online matches (Command to reset your online match detailed here)
Harpoon ships don't die on reefs when its raining

2.0.3[edit]

Wargroove 2.0.3 was a minor patch to resolve a few issues introduced in 2.0.2. It was released on 14 February 2020.

Game Changes

Public lobbies that are full will no longer be shown on the listing
Public lobbies using custom maps that you haven't downloaded will now be shown
Fix for crash on playing online levels with child commanders (notably, the last mission in the DLC campaign)
Fix missing image on codex
Fix spawning of summons in the map editor
Fix crash on campaign editor
Fix lava waterfalls being visible on other biomes
Fix name of emote

2.0.2[edit]

Wargroove 2.0.2 was a minor update to fix a few issues introduced in 2.0.1. It was released on 10 February 2020.

Fix logo showing up on the sub-screens of Title screen
Fix a rare crash that can happen when entering a campaign level
Fix Tenri's puzzle maps not being completable

2.0.1[edit]

Wargroove 2.0.1 was a major content update titled Wargroove: Double Trouble which added three new commanders, two new units, new arcade missions, lobbies and more. It was released on 6 February 2020.

Game Changes

A brand new Co-Op Story Campaign (can be played couch co-op, online co-op or solo)
3 New Roguish Commanders - Wulfar, Errol & Orla, and Vesper
2 New Units – Thieves & Riflemen
New Arcade missions
Competitive online Quick Play maps, including some of the community’s most competitive maps as voted for by the Groove of War team
Public and Private Multiplayer Lobbies
New Volcano map theme
More updates to the custom Editor tools
Outlaw music tracks, composed by Phonetic Hero

Editor Changes

Unit Modifiers – Enables players to modify the damage that any unit/structure receives as a percentage, including making them invulnerable.
Metalocations - Added support for ‘metalocations’ which indicate where things last happened on the map, for example the last attacker, last defender, last recruit, last unit used, last movement path, last death etc.
New actions for locations, such as copying a location area, moving location by (x,y), and boolean operations between locations.
Gizmos – New place-able entities with an on and off state such as levers and chests. Using gizmos players can override terrain (e.g. draw bridges) and can also enter new actions to set and toggle the gizmo state, as well as new conditions to check it.
Counters – We’re adding new actions to perform arithmetic between counters as well as setting the counter to random value, and load/storing counter values to some other variables (HP, Groove etc.). There’s also a new condition to compare counters.
Actions can now play sounds
Map upload slots are increased so players can upload more maps at once.
Volcano biomes now available in the map builder.

Balance Changes

Spearmen – Cost increased 150 => 250 gold
Dogs – Cost decreased 200 => 150 gold
Amphibians – Damage vs structures reduced, crit damage now 45-55 => 35-45
Amphibians – Cost increased 250 => 350 gold
Trebuchets = Cost increased 900 => 1000
Balloons – Cost decreased 500 => 450
Balloons – Can now only carry the same units as wagons
Harpies – Minimum base damage vs structures 45% => 50%
Koji – Drones now take 50% damage from all units instead of 800% damage
Sedge – Sadistic rush charge speed, very slow => slow
Tenri – Tornado charge speed, medium => slow
Greenfinger - Vines can now Reposition up to two spaces each turn. This does not require passing through units.
“M” (secret Commander) – Groove charge speed, slow => medium
Ryota – Blade dash charge speed, medium => fast
Ryota – Blade dash now starts at 50% commander damage
Ryota – Blade dash now increases in damage by 5% commander damage per “jump” on blade dash route.
Ryota – Can now dash through neutral structures
Commander – Minimum base damage vs soldiers 95% => 115%
Commander – Minimum base damage vs spearmen 65% => 75%
Critical hits no longer increase RNG damage range. All damage is max +/- 5%, even after crit
Killing non unit summons (vines, crystals, etc) will no longer build groove

1.3.1[edit]

Wargroove 1.3.1 was a minor update which patched an issue where an error would display playing the digital version if the physical cart was removed. It was released shortly after the physical edition released, on 5 November 2019.

1.3.0[edit]

Wargroove 1.3.0 was a minor update which added Korean language support and some new features and bugfixes. It was released on 1 August 2019.

Changes

Add 'delete progress' option to the campaign menu for downloaded Campaigns
Add ‘Duplicate’ to Triggers, Flags, Counters, Conditions and Actions in Event Editor
Removed Weather from Quick Play
Added Korean support

Fixes

Fix Overview causing various graphic overlays during matches
Fix Can use D-Pad while battle animations are playing, causing mouse to be in weird location
Fix No Counter attack displayed when Merfolk attack from Land>Water tiles
Fix Downloading a map sends you back to page 1
Fix Ending cutscene 6-3, Mercia's walking animation has the sword when she exits the scene, even though it's supposed to be gone
Fix "Your Turn" prompt doesn't work correctly with CPU's in scenarios
Fix Overlapping Effectiveness images when using 'esc' to close recruitment screen
Fix Crash when too many locations are being used in custom maps
Fix End point of 3-2. User can go to the last flag and skip the whole mission
Fix Tenri doesn't get the option to reinforce when her groove is active
Fix Match Settings on Quick Play doesn't show correct 'Turn Timer' information
Fix Air units previewing on land
Fix Auto-end-turn not triggering on Online matches
Fix User can freeze the quick play timer if units are inside wagons
Fix Crash when removing Mercia if she has 'Pet' emote and 'Move' in Cutscene editor
Fix Able to force transparent commander in Multiplayer Lobby
Fix Groove modifiers not working correctly in custom maps
Fix Emeric’s Crystal being placed over water
Fix Spawning Crystal stops all other spawn or 'beginning of turn' events if it's at the top of the event list
Fix Alchemist and Witch attacks displaying on wrong grid in Cutscene editor
Fix Lava Descriptions
Fix playing with Groove disabled still displays Groove FX
Fix Overview screen 'objectives/player' tab displays wrong text on Switch
Fix When returning to the puzzle map selection from in-game, the wrong background is loaded.
Fix The attack grid does not appear when selecting a blocked unit
Fix Mercival can fish on neutral nautical buildings
Fix End Turn doesn't trigger if player dies with unit in an allied transport
Fix Crash if barracks is open when TurnTimer runs out in Local games
Fix Able to S Rank a mission when using Checkpoint saves.
Fix Shouts and Emotes of some non-commander units no longer working in Cutscene editors
Fix Halley error sometimes appearing when using Checkpoint saves
Fix #MISSING# Dark Mercia emote in cutscene editor
Fix ‘Retry' and 'Quit' in arcade do the exact same thing
Fix Cursor is always in top left when returning to custom campaign
Fix When editing the "Create Actor" event, the movement resets from "Angry" to "Normal"
Fix Auto-turn does not trigger when Unit turns are spent using event triggers
Fix Custom campaign missions may be overlapping with each other
Fix Merfolk don't swap map state when you draw terrain under them on the map editor
Fix Requiem text states 'unlock via campaign', except it's unlocked in the Arcade
Fix Koji has '#MISSING' Walk type in cutscene editor
Fix Sparrow Bomb displays as Balloon in damage preview
Villager has been moved in the Editor list so it is no longer first
Miscellaneous typo corrections and localisation tweaks

1.2.5[edit]

Wargroove 1.2.5 was a bugfix patch released on 23 April 2019.

Fixes

Fixed issues with suspend
Fix for save data corruption issues

1.2.4[edit]

Wargroove 1.2.4 was a bugfix patch released on 27 March 2019. It included a number of fixes from the PC versions 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.2.3, and 1.2.4.

Fixes

Fix "desync" issue with online matches that prevented players from seeing any activity on matches
Fix issues with players being stuck in Quick Play matches
Fix issues with timers running out in Quick Play matches
Fix crash on inspecting units on any maps that attempted to Spawn "Any Commander"
Fix tooltips being left behind on recruit screen
Fix 2v1 disconnect after victory screen
Fix crash when selecting a tile for info
Fix crash when selecting barracks
Fix examine does nothing in Tile Info window
Fix tile info displaying a large gap when using controller

1.2.0[edit]

Wargroove 1.2.0 was a the first major update which added some QoL changes and bugfixes released on 6 March 2019.

Changes

Checkpoint system:

While playing in campaign mode, you can set a checkpoint in a mission
If you are defeated, you can retry from the checkpoint
You can set a checkpoint whenever you want, but you can only have one active at a time (the previous gets overwritten)

Difficulty system overhaul:

Five difficulty presets, Story, Easy, Medium, Hard (Default) and Custom
Hard difficulty is the default, and is the standard rules of the game. It’s the only mode where you can obtain S-ranks
Medium difficulty is a bit easier and still lets you obtain up to 3 stars
Easy limits you at 2 stars
Story limits you at 1 star, and is VERY easy

Multiplayer:

You can now add CPU players to online games
There’s now a message clarifying that you must join a match if you don’t have any in progress
A number of fixes to Quick Play timers
You can no longer suspend Quick Play matches and play other games in the meanwhile, since they’re supposed to be realtime
9 maps designed specifically for co-op have been added
Fix issue where user’s couldn’t get into Online multiplayer
Fix issue were main menu could not be invoked during opponent’s/AI turn

General Quality of Life

The effectiveness chart on unit info and recruit screens has been reworked to be far more readable and informative
Skipping battles, captures and cutscenes is now much faster
Display the S rank requirements on the overview screen for a mission
“Exit” has been renamed to “Suspend” to avoid confusion
You can now see teams on the Overview screen
Fix international text input on Switch
Display the Controller Select Applet on Switch less often
Add Korean font
Resigning will now destroy all units simultaneously instead of one at a time

New options:

Add “Movement Speed” option that allow you to set all units to move faster
Add “Confirm End Turn” option to avoid accidental end of turn
Add “Damage Range” option to display minimum and maximum damage on previews, instead of average damage

Fog of War:

Allies now share vision
Eliminated players can still see their team vision; eliminated teams become spectators
Spectators can view the current team’s vision
Hide enemy income and funds
Don’t spawn effects or show building colours inside fog of war
Don’t show battle and capture animations unless at least one of the units is visible to the current player
Fog of War now updates faster
Fix “sonar” bug that allowed you to obtain extra information within fog of war
Fix allies being able to move units into each other and becoming stuck

Fixes

Fix Tenri’s groove charge rate to the intended value
Change Ryota’s groove to allow him to dash through his own units
Fix team options; all teams should display correctly in 2v2 matches
Fixes for Vines and Crystals acting as Units
Fix for 7-2; commanders no longer change team after suspending
Fix sound effects in Cutscene editor causing crash
Fix Cutscene Attack animations causing crash
Fix Empty dialogue event boxes causing crash
Layering of actors and props in Cutscene editor should now work as expected
Fix crash when entering non-numeric text into Counter events
Fix issue with Tutorial 1.3 where user could get stuck when asked to select a barrack
Misc language fixes
Misc minor fixes

1.1.2[edit]

Wargroove 1.1.2 was released on Nintendo Switch 4 February 2019. It included some minor bug fixes.

Fixes

Fixed bug that caused online multiplayer maps against AI to sometimes go into a broken state.

Fixed bug that caused spectating online on Fog of War maps to not work correctly.

Fixed bug that caused issues around resigning on matches.

Fixed the display of some Japanese and Chinese characters.

1.0[edit]

Wargroove 1.0 was released on Nintendo Switch 1 February 2019. The version number displayed on console was 1.1.1.

Xbox One[edit]

Pre-orders for the Xbox One version of the game were opened on 24 January 2019 and the game released on 1 February 2019.

2.1.7[edit]

Wargroove 2.1.7 was an update which included a number of changes and fixes. It included all updates in versions 2.1.1 through 2.1.7 on the PC version and introduced the ability to crossplay with PS4 players. It was released on 04 August 2020.

Features/Fixes

Players will unlock characters when the campaign is progressed online as well as offline
Fog of War: Thieves can't ransack structures that they can't see
Fog of War: Transports can try to drop units on occupied spaces, but they will get ambushed
Spectators will only fast forward if it is an online campaign

Bug Fixes

If a player deletes local campaign online match data they will be able to replay their match
Fix chess timer race condition online bug
Fix bug where an online player could select a unit before the server returned the first set of orders
Hotfix for bug where online users cannot start moving units until given control
Hotfix for bug which could happen if local progress was deleted for an online campaign.
Hotfix for a new bug which could break online campaigns

2.1.0[edit]

Wargroove 2.1.0 was an update which included some new features for multiplayer and online, and some balance changes. It was released on 12 May 2020.

Gameplay Balancing

Change fog of war sight distances
Nuru's groove charges slower
Co-op campaign balancing due to sight distance changes
Spectator can spectate online campaign matches
When a unit is ambushed and therefore ends on a neutral unit, it will backtrack instead of dying

Other

Extra multiplayer timer option
End current campaign map from lobby screen command
Spearman in tutorial sometimes spawned in incorrect location
Can use codex on outlaw faction units
Only the host can add cpu players to multiplayer matches
If a spectator has more than 10 turns to watch on an online match the game will fast forward and if a player has had their local progress reset it will fast forward

Bug fix

Save/resume desync bug in online matches (Command to reset your online match detailed here)
Harpoon ships don't die on reefs when its raining

2.0.3[edit]

Wargroove 2.0.3 was a minor patch to resolve a few issues introduced in 2.0.1. It was released on 17 February 2020.

Game Changes

Public lobbies that are full will no longer be shown on the listing
Public lobbies using custom maps that you haven't downloaded will now be shown
Fix for crash on playing online levels with child commanders (notably, the last mission in the DLC campaign)
Fix missing image on codex
Fix spawning of summons in the map editor
Fix crash on campaign editor
Fix lava waterfalls being visible on other biomes
Fix name of emote

2.0.1[edit]

Wargroove 2.0.1 was a major content update titled Wargroove: Double Trouble which added three new commanders, two new units, new arcade missions, lobbies and more. It was released on 6 February 2020.

Game Changes

A brand new Co-Op Story Campaign (can be played couch co-op, online co-op or solo)
3 New Roguish Commanders - Wulfar, Errol & Orla, and Vesper
2 New Units – Thieves & Riflemen
New Arcade missions
Competitive online Quick Play maps, including some of the community’s most competitive maps as voted for by the Groove of War team
Public and Private Multiplayer Lobbies
New Volcano map theme
More updates to the custom Editor tools
Outlaw music tracks, composed by Phonetic Hero

Editor Changes

Unit Modifiers – Enables players to modify the damage that any unit/structure receives as a percentage, including making them invulnerable.
Metalocations - Added support for ‘metalocations’ which indicate where things last happened on the map, for example the last attacker, last defender, last recruit, last unit used, last movement path, last death etc.
New actions for locations, such as copying a location area, moving location by (x,y), and boolean operations between locations.
Gizmos – New place-able entities with an on and off state such as levers and chests. Using gizmos players can override terrain (e.g. draw bridges) and can also enter new actions to set and toggle the gizmo state, as well as new conditions to check it.
Counters – We’re adding new actions to perform arithmetic between counters as well as setting the counter to random value, and load/storing counter values to some other variables (HP, Groove etc.). There’s also a new condition to compare counters.
Actions can now play sounds
Map upload slots are increased so players can upload more maps at once.
Volcano biomes now available in the map builder.

Balance Changes

Spearmen – Cost increased 150 => 250 gold
Dogs – Cost decreased 200 => 150 gold
Amphibians – Damage vs structures reduced, crit damage now 45-55 => 35-45
Amphibians – Cost increased 250 => 350 gold
Trebuchets = Cost increased 900 => 1000
Balloons – Cost decreased 500 => 450
Balloons – Can now only carry the same units as wagons
Harpies – Minimum base damage vs structures 45% => 50%
Koji – Drones now take 50% damage from all units instead of 800% damage
Sedge – Sadistic rush charge speed, very slow => slow
Tenri – Tornado charge speed, medium => slow
Greenfinger - Vines can now Reposition up to two spaces each turn. This does not require passing through units.
“M” (secret Commander) – Groove charge speed, slow => medium
Ryota – Blade dash charge speed, medium => fast
Ryota – Blade dash now starts at 50% commander damage
Ryota – Blade dash now increases in damage by 5% commander damage per “jump” on blade dash route.
Ryota – Can now dash through neutral structures
Commander – Minimum base damage vs soldiers 95% => 115%
Commander – Minimum base damage vs spearmen 65% => 75%
Critical hits no longer increase RNG damage range. All damage is max +/- 5%, even after crit
Killing non unit summons (vines, crystals, etc) will no longer build groove

1.3.1[edit]

Wargroove 1.3.1 was a minor update which added Korean language support and some new features and bugfixes. It was released on 1 August 2019.

Changes

Add 'delete progress' option to the campaign menu for downloaded Campaigns
Add ‘Duplicate’ to Triggers, Flags, Counters, Conditions and Actions in Event Editor
Removed Weather from Quick Play
Added Korean support

Fixes

Fix Overview causing various graphic overlays during matches
Fix Can use D-Pad while battle animations are playing, causing mouse to be in weird location
Fix No Counter attack displayed when Merfolk attack from Land>Water tiles
Fix Downloading a map sends you back to page 1
Fix Ending cutscene 6-3, Mercia's walking animation has the sword when she exits the scene, even though it's supposed to be gone
Fix "Your Turn" prompt doesn't work correctly with CPU's in scenarios
Fix Overlapping Effectiveness images when using 'esc' to close recruitment screen
Fix Crash when too many locations are being used in custom maps
Fix End point of 3-2. User can go to the last flag and skip the whole mission
Fix Tenri doesn't get the option to reinforce when her groove is active
Fix Match Settings on Quick Play doesn't show correct 'Turn Timer' information
Fix Air units previewing on land
Fix Auto-end-turn not triggering on Online matches
Fix User can freeze the quick play timer if units are inside wagons
Fix Crash when removing Mercia if she has 'Pet' emote and 'Move' in Cutscene editor
Fix Able to force transparent commander in Multiplayer Lobby
Fix Groove modifiers not working correctly in custom maps
Fix Emeric’s Crystal being placed over water
Fix Spawning Crystal stops all other spawn or 'beginning of turn' events if it's at the top of the event list
Fix Alchemist and Witch attacks displaying on wrong grid in Cutscene editor
Fix Lava Descriptions
Fix playing with Groove disabled still displays Groove FX
Fix When returning to the puzzle map selection from in-game, the wrong background is loaded.
Fix The attack grid does not appear when selecting a blocked unit
Fix Mercival can fish on neutral nautical buildings
Fix End Turn doesn't trigger if player dies with unit in an allied transport
Fix Crash if barracks is open when TurnTimer runs out in Local games
Fix Able to S Rank a mission when using Checkpoint saves.
Fix Shouts and Emotes of some non-commander units no longer working in Cutscene editors
Fix Halley error sometimes appearing when using Checkpoint saves
Fix #MISSING# Dark Mercia emote in cutscene editor
Fix ‘Retry' and 'Quit' in arcade do the exact same thing
Fix Cursor is always in top left when returning to custom campaign
Fix When editing the "Create Actor" event, the movement resets from "Angry" to "Normal"
Fix Auto-turn does not trigger when Unit turns are spent using event triggers
Fix Custom campaign missions may be overlapping with each other
Fix Merfolk don't swap map state when you draw terrain under them on the map editor
Fix Requiem text states 'unlock via campaign', except it's unlocked in the Arcade
Fix Koji has '#MISSING' Walk type in cutscene editor
Fix Sparrow Bomb displays as Balloon in damage preview
Villager has been moved in the Editor list so it is no longer first
Miscellaneous typo corrections and localisation tweaks

1.2.5[edit]

Wargroove 1.2.5 was a bugfix patch released on 31 March 2019. It also included all fixes in PC versions 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.2.3, and 1.2.4.

Fixes

Fixed issues with suspend
Fix for save data corruption issues
Fix "desync" issue with online matches that prevented players from seeing any activity on matches
Fix issues with players being stuck in Quick Play matches
Fix issues with timers running out in Quick Play matches
Fix crash on inspecting units on any maps that attempted to Spawn "Any Commander"
Fix tooltips being left behind on recruit screen
Fix 2v1 disconnect after victory screen
Fix crash when selecting a tile for info
Fix crash when selecting barracks
Fix examine does nothing in Tile Info window
Fix tile info displaying a large gap when using controller

1.2.0[edit]

Wargroove 1.2.0 was a the first major update which added some QoL changes and bugfixes released on 6 March 2019.

Changes

Checkpoint system:

While playing in campaign mode, you can set a checkpoint in a mission
If you are defeated, you can retry from the checkpoint
You can set a checkpoint whenever you want, but you can only have one active at a time (the previous gets overwritten)

Difficulty system overhaul:

Five difficulty presets, Story, Easy, Medium, Hard (Default) and Custom
Hard difficulty is the default, and is the standard rules of the game. It’s the only mode where you can obtain S-ranks
Medium difficulty is a bit easier and still lets you obtain up to 3 stars
Easy limits you at 2 stars
Story limits you at 1 star, and is VERY easy

Multiplayer:

You can now add CPU players to online games
There’s now a message clarifying that you must join a match if you don’t have any in progress
A number of fixes to Quick Play timers
You can no longer suspend Quick Play matches and play other games in the meanwhile, since they’re supposed to be realtime
9 maps designed specifically for co-op have been added
Fix issue where user’s couldn’t get into Online multiplayer
Fix issue were main menu could not be invoked during opponent’s/AI turn

General Quality of Life

The effectiveness chart on unit info and recruit screens has been reworked to be far more readable and informative
Skipping battles, captures and cutscenes is now much faster
Display the S rank requirements on the overview screen for a mission
“Exit” has been renamed to “Suspend” to avoid confusion
You can now see teams on the Overview screen
Fix international text input on Switch
Display the Controller Select Applet on Switch less often
Add Korean font
Resigning will now destroy all units simultaneously instead of one at a time

New options:

Add “Movement Speed” option that allow you to set all units to move faster
Add “Confirm End Turn” option to avoid accidental end of turn
Add “Damage Range” option to display minimum and maximum damage on previews, instead of average damage

Fog of War:

Allies now share vision
Eliminated players can still see their team vision; eliminated teams become spectators
Spectators can view the current team’s vision
Hide enemy income and funds
Don’t spawn effects or show building colours inside fog of war
Don’t show battle and capture animations unless at least one of the units is visible to the current player
Fog of War now updates faster
Fix “sonar” bug that allowed you to obtain extra information within fog of war
Fix allies being able to move units into each other and becoming stuck

Fixes

Fix Tenri’s groove charge rate to the intended value
Change Ryota’s groove to allow him to dash through his own units
Fix team options; all teams should display correctly in 2v2 matches
Fixes for Vines and Crystals acting as Units
Fix for 7-2; commanders no longer change team after suspending
Fix sound effects in Cutscene editor causing crash
Fix Cutscene Attack animations causing crash
Fix Empty dialogue event boxes causing crash
Layering of actors and props in Cutscene editor should now work as expected
Fix crash when entering non-numeric text into Counter events
Fix issue with Tutorial 1.3 where user could get stuck when asked to select a barrack
Misc language fixes
Misc minor fixes

1.0[edit]

Wargroove 1.0 was released on Xbox One 1 February 2019. The version number displayed on console was 1.1.6.70.

PS4[edit]

The PS4 version of the game released on 23 July 2019.

2.1.7[edit]

Wargroove 2.1.7 was an update which included a number of changes and fixes. It included all updates in versions 2.0.2 through 2.1.7 on the PC version and introduced the ability for Playstation players to crossplay with PC, Switch, and Xbox players. It was released on 04 August 2020.

Features/Fixes

Players will unlock characters when the campaign is progressed online as well as offline
Fog of War: Thieves can't ransack structures that they can't see
Fog of War: Transports can try to drop units on occupied spaces, but they will get ambushed
Spectators will only fast forward if it is an online campaign

Bug Fixes

If a player deletes local campaign online match data they will be able to replay their match
Fix chess timer race condition online bug
Fix bug where an online player could select a unit before the server returned the first set of orders
Hotfix for bug where online users cannot start moving units until given control
Hotfix for bug which could happen if local progress was deleted for an online campaign.
Hotfix for a new bug which could break online campaigns

1.3.0[edit]

Wargroove 1.3.0 was a minor update which added Korean language support and some new features and bugfixes. It was released on 1 August 2019.

Changes

Add 'delete progress' option to the campaign menu for downloaded Campaigns
Add ‘Duplicate’ to Triggers, Flags, Counters, Conditions and Actions in Event Editor
Removed Weather from Quick Play
Added Korean support

Fixes

Fix Overview causing various graphic overlays during matches
Fix Can use D-Pad while battle animations are playing, causing mouse to be in weird location
Fix No Counter attack displayed when Merfolk attack from Land>Water tiles
Fix Downloading a map sends you back to page 1
Fix Ending cutscene 6-3, Mercia's walking animation has the sword when she exits the scene, even though it's supposed to be gone
Fix "Your Turn" prompt doesn't work correctly with CPU's in scenarios
Fix Overlapping Effectiveness images when using 'esc' to close recruitment screen
Fix Crash when too many locations are being used in custom maps
Fix End point of 3-2. User can go to the last flag and skip the whole mission
Fix Tenri doesn't get the option to reinforce when her groove is active
Fix Match Settings on Quick Play doesn't show correct 'Turn Timer' information
Fix Air units previewing on land
Fix Auto-end-turn not triggering on Online matches
Fix User can freeze the quick play timer if units are inside wagons
Fix Crash when removing Mercia if she has 'Pet' emote and 'Move' in Cutscene editor
Fix Able to force transparent commander in Multiplayer Lobby
Fix Groove modifiers not working correctly in custom maps
Fix Emeric’s Crystal being placed over water
Fix Spawning Crystal stops all other spawn or 'beginning of turn' events if it's at the top of the event list
Fix Alchemist and Witch attacks displaying on wrong grid in Cutscene editor
Fix Lava Descriptions
Fix playing with Groove disabled still displays Groove FX
Fix When returning to the puzzle map selection from in-game, the wrong background is loaded.
Fix The attack grid does not appear when selecting a blocked unit
Fix Mercival can fish on neutral nautical buildings
Fix End Turn doesn't trigger if player dies with unit in an allied transport
Fix Crash if barracks is open when TurnTimer runs out in Local games
Fix Able to S Rank a mission when using Checkpoint saves.
Fix Shouts and Emotes of some non-commander units no longer working in Cutscene editors
Fix Halley error sometimes appearing when using Checkpoint saves
Fix #MISSING# Dark Mercia emote in cutscene editor
Fix ‘Retry' and 'Quit' in arcade do the exact same thing
Fix Cursor is always in top left when returning to custom campaign
Fix When editing the "Create Actor" event, the movement resets from "Angry" to "Normal"
Fix Auto-turn does not trigger when Unit turns are spent using event triggers
Fix Custom campaign missions may be overlapping with each other
Fix Merfolk don't swap map state when you draw terrain under them on the map editor
Fix Requiem text states 'unlock via campaign', except it's unlocked in the Arcade
Fix Koji has '#MISSING' Walk type in cutscene editor
Fix Sparrow Bomb displays as Balloon in damage preview
Villager has been moved in the Editor list so it is no longer first
Miscellaneous typo corrections and localisation tweaks

1.2.5[edit]

Wargroove 1.2.5 was the release version on PS4 on 23 July 2019.

This release was identical to the 1.2.5 releases on all other platforms, with the exception that it does not support cross-platform play with non-PS4 players. Player created content can still be shared and accessed regardless of platform.

Differences

Does not support cross platform play

Version History

PC Version[edit]

2.1.7[edit]

2.1.6[edit]

2.1.4[edit]

2.1.3[edit]

2.1.1[edit]

2.0.3[edit]

2.0.2[edit]

1.3.0[edit]

1.2.6[edit]

1.2.5[edit]

1.2.4[edit]

1.2.3[edit]

1.2.2[edit]

1.2.1[edit]

1.2.0[edit]

1.0.2[edit]

1.0.1[edit]

1.0.0[edit]

Switch[edit]

2.1.7[edit]

2.1.0[edit]

2.0.3[edit]

2.0.2[edit]

2.0.1[edit]

1.3.1[edit]

1.3.0[edit]

1.2.5[edit]

1.2.4[edit]

1.2.0[edit]

1.1.2[edit]

1.0[edit]

Xbox One[edit]

2.1.7[edit]

2.1.0[edit]

2.0.3[edit]

2.0.1[edit]

1.3.1[edit]

1.2.5[edit]

1.2.0[edit]

1.0[edit]

PS4[edit]

2.1.7[edit]

1.3.0[edit]

1.2.5[edit]

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