Update Wolvesville
Hey guys, update Wolvesville is finally here 🥳 This update brings a lot of new exiting features, the highlights are:
- Rebrand to Wolvesville, goodbye “Werewolf Online”
- 2 brand new roles + 1 fun role for Easter
- Dynamic loading screens
- Configurable backgrounds
- A “dark mode” offer
- 20 outfit remakes
- Daily challenges for extra xp
- New music
- Battle pass bundle offer
- Option to send multiple roses at once
- Gems in daily rewards
- Ranked updates: hide roles in lobby, lower join requirements and updated rewards
- New social media items and tiers
- More outfits for daily rewards, loyalty tokens and quests!
Please see below for a full list of changes, some background on those changes and additional notes on ranked updates. We will also talk about the future of Wolvesville!
Happy hunting! 🐺
Rebranding to Wolvesville
“Werewolf Online” has been officially been renamed to “Wolvesville”. The reason for this is twofold:
Firstly, when we originally picked the name “Werewolf Online” we didn’t know that our game would ever reach the level it has today, so we picked the first name that came to mind: a Werewolf like game played online -> Werewolf Online 🤓 While this was great from a “marketing” perspective, it never much inspired us to create a story / theme around the game. Think of a fictive game called “Poker Online”. You can probably guess what it would be about, it’s not very inspiring though, is it? 😅 So while not a priority, on some level this has always bothered us, and we are happy to make a change!
Secondly and probably more importantly, we want to invest in the future of our game and want to make sure we are still alive and kicking years from now 💪 Part of this is making sure we have the legal foundation to deal with “copycats”. By picking a new name we can build a solid foundation for the brand “Wolvesville”. Going forward you can expect “Wolvesville” to appear in many more places.
New roles
Say hello to the Alchemist (solo) and Grave robber (team village, probably …)! Both roles will first be enabled in custom games and will become available in sandbox games shortly after. There is also a third new role available, we will let you discover that one on your own though 😉
Backgrounds & dynamic loading screens
With the village moving to Wolvesville, a change of scenery felt appropriate. Starting with this update you will be able to change the background for the main screen and in-game 😎 Choose a background and POOF everyone will appear in your style! This is only on your side though 😉 the other villagers might prefer seeing everyone in another style!
For now everybody has a default background and one new background can be unlocked by purchasing the battle pass (soooo pretty 😍 If you don’t have the battle pass yet, you should definitely check this out!).
A new village also means a new way to get there! That is why we are happy to announce that the loading screen got an overhaul! It now uses the same system as the backgrounds: you get one default screen and can unlock more in the future! 2 of these loading screens are available in the battle pass for example 😉
Dark mode
This feature has been requested for a long time, and we are so happy to finally see it come to life! 😍 As a small thank you to all the dedicated supporters of Wolvesville, dark mode will initially be part of an offer that includes the above “darkness fear” outfit 😱 This offer will only be available until the end of March. Afterwards this offer will be replaced by a new offer with a reduced price which does not contain the outfit. You will not be able to unlock the outfit after the end of March! If you want to unlock dark mode early and support us in the process, now is your chance! 😊
Outfit remakes
Not much to say here, other than they are super crazy awesome 😍 Players that previously purchased these outfits will get the updated version for free (visible in the inventory!). We will also offer each outfit separately in the coming weeks. Checkout this site for an overview of all remakes!
Daily challenges
Daily challenges are small tasks like “Win 2 games” or “Spend 3 talismans” which, when completed, give you bonus xp at the end of a game. We are super excited about this and at the same time very unsure about balancing. That’s why this feature will only be available to some players initially, so we can fine tune some numbers before releasing it to everybody 🛠 Currently regular xp is reduced a bit to experiment with the additional xp coming from challenges. Please send us your feedback on this, we would love to know what you think and which challenges you would like to see in the future! 😊
New music
Thanks once again for Peter Cleaver for updating the existing soundtracks and adding so many new pieces! Complete list of updates:
- Updated main music
- New lobby music + role reveal effect
- Update night music for werewolves + arsonist
- New night music for fool, headhunter, bomber, sect leader, serial killer and zombie
Battle pass bundle offer
This offer gives you access to the battle pass and immediately unlocks the first 25 tiers. Ideal if you want a head start 😉
Option to send multiple roses at once
A long overdue feature: you can now send multiple roses (single or bouquets) to other players at once! The animation for sending stays the same. The recipient will be notified of the amount via a chat message 🌹
Gems in daily rewards
You can now collect additional gems via daily rewards! This feature was previously only available for new players and is now available for all players 😊
Ranked updates
Ranked games have gotten a total of 4 updates:
- The list of roles is now hidden in the lobby to prevent players from repeatedly joining and leaving.
- The required amount of wins to join ranked has been lowered to 50 (was 100 before).
- Ranked outfits have been remade and now include more items per outfit (previously 4, now at a minimum 7 distinct item types) and female items (hair, shirt, etc.). Additionally, “winners” of a season receive a complete outfit of a tier (copper, bronze, etc.) instead of a single item only. If you previously owned a ranked reward item you will receive the complete outfit automatically.
- New role setups for all leagues: let us know what you think! 🏆
New social media items
To spam celebrate our new name Wolvesville, new social media items and tiers have been
added! 🥳 All platforms (Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Instagram) now have 4 tiers with
each tier giving a single item. In addition, tier 4 will grant the badge (same as before).
If you already have the badge you can still unlock the item at tier 4.
To help with the migration period between our old name and Wolvesville, here are some rules to keep in mind:
- “Werewolf Online” rewards can only be obtained if they are claimed before the 28th of February.
- Posts about Wolvesville must be created on or after the 22nd of February.
- All previous rules still apply, so the post must not promote gamethrowing, hate speech etc.
Outfits, outfits, outfits, and more outfits!
Daily rewards, loyalty tokens and clan quests have all gotten more rewards 🥳 If you currently have enough loyalty tokens for the new outfit, you will receive the outfit automatically.
Other small changes & bug fixes
- The “auto double xp” offer can now be sent as a gift to others.
- Fixed music sometimes not restarting in game
- Fixed some players not receiving the previously new daily reward outfit “sadsick”
- Fixed bandit creating multiple accomplices
- Fixed iOS notification permissions
- Fixed iOS emojis missing eyes and other elements (hopefully)
- Fixed tough guy protection message in Dutch games
- Fixed lovers not seeing lover role after rejoining a game
- Fixed corrupted message not showing when being corrupted while offline
- Fixed spirit seer not getting results message when offline
- Fixed nightmare werewolf using ability too many times
The future of Wolvesville
Going forward, here are some topics we want to focus on next:
- More roles: we still have a small set of roles that we think are really cool and would love to see in game!
- Login as guest: to help new players discover Wolvesville that otherwise would have shied away from the registration requirement. For those thinking this will lead to an increase of cheating, don’t worry, we have you covered 😉
- Challenges: the current form of daily challenges is just the beginning, there are so many more options to explore here!
- More game modes: also heavily requested, we want to try adding another type of game mode that sits somewhere in between quick games and ranked games (maybe called “advanced games”?).
- Web version: while not yet clear how feasible this is from a technical perspective, we definitely want to take a very close look at it and see how we can port Wolvesville to PC, either as a standalone version (Steam?) or a web version.
If you have any feedback or just want to stop by and chat, please make sure to visit our Discord server at https://discord.gg/AadMQKnhNX 😊
Thank you for reading and happy hunting! 🐺