This is a good idea to make the game more accessible to the standards of hotseat couch gaming of modern times that often happens on big TVs with a controller...

I think one way to do it would be to reverse the code in the WWP remake, that's the only useful feature this game had, maybe it could be turned into a wormkit module, or at least use the controller buttons they added to the UI to put them into WA...

Quote from: Tomtysti on July 22, 2020, 12:10 PM

Quote from: Idaho on July 18, 2020, 09:39 PMThey obviously want to boost the sales of the game on steam hence why they claim it's only on steam, DC and CS do free work for the community, they try to make a cash grab on it... Also I like how the tweet says "As if we'd ever forget our turn-based Worms fans!" as if they're directly implicated in the making of 3.8...

That tweet was definitely shameless.

QuoteAs if we'd ever forget our turn-based Worms fans!

By popular demand you can now celebrate the 25th anniversary of Worms with a huge free update for the one, the only...

WORMS ARMAGEDDON!

🤢

Probably like 99% of players think T17 created the update themselves from the pure goodness of their hearts. There are countless comments on the trailer "This shows Team17 is one of the few companies today that don't give up on their games <3" 🤣

ROFL, if they really cared about their old games their shitty WWP remake wouldn't be such a mess   

But yeah, they clearly made themselves look good and made some sales at no expense here, but hey couldn't care less, we the community get awesome stuff anyway...

Quote from: KoreanRedDragon on July 19, 2020, 06:42 PM
This sale is very much legit, going for another four days or so, and it gets you a Steam key:

https://www.humblebundle.com/store/worms-armageddon

Oh, I didn't know about this Humble Bundle sale, I was refering about the grey market CD keys sites...

Quote from: The Extremist on July 19, 2020, 09:18 AM

Quote from: Idaho on July 18, 2020, 09:39 PM
They obviously want to boost the sales of the game on steam hence why they claim it's only on steam, DC and CS do free work for the community, they try to make a cash grab on it... Also I like how the tweet says "As if we'd ever forget our turn-based Worms fans!" as if they're directly implicated in the making of 3.8...

Kinda seems like it...the announcement on Team17's website also only mentions the Steam version.

Tbh, I'd be interested to know if 3.8 has boosted sales and maybe they want to attract more people on steam because it's obviously better to play there but damn man, they're charging 15EUR for it, if it were 5EUR I'd be okay with them pushing people to steam but 15 is too much (yeah I know you can buy keys for 1 or 2EUR but that's nowhere near official and this does not benefit to T17)... They're doing the same with their shit ass WWP remaster btw and it's even more a scam because it has no support and community and it's bugged like hell...

Quote from: readyworm on July 18, 2020, 11:43 AM

Quote from: The Extremist on July 18, 2020, 10:59 AM
The update trailer video now has 40,000 views on YouTube with 170 comments, plus nearly 12,000 views on Twitter.

However...Team17 claimed on Twitter that the update was for Steam only:

https://twitter.com/WormsTeam17/status/1284115271830167553



Are they so against linking to a community page that they would outright LIE?? Or is their PR department just hopelessly misinformed?

That's really odd!  Maybe T17 only want to drive traffic to their site / channels of revenue for the game and forget about the CD release.  I'd love to know more about the arrangement between T17 and the current maintainers, the story of how they got the source code, the T17 approval process (since it's obviously their IP).  An interview with DC and CS would be great!   I read that T17 described 3.8 as a 'fan-made update', which while technically true I feel it doesn't quite paint the true picture.

They obviously want to boost the sales of the game on steam hence why they claim it's only on steam, DC and CS do free work for the community, they try to make a cash grab on it... Also I like how the tweet says "As if we'd ever forget our turn-based Worms fans!" as if they're directly implicated in the making of 3.8...

Well whatever, I don't care as long as DC and CS can keep on doing updates...

Btw as much as I'm enjoying the update, if one of you read this DC or CS, could you make a post about future plans?

Thank you so much, the community is forever grateful for your work guys 

Quote from: ohms on June 12, 2020, 01:23 PM

Quote from: Sir-J on June 03, 2020, 12:37 AM
Yeah, releasing games full of bugs and never bothering to fix most of them doesn't sound like they care about their reputation too much.

In the last few years Team17 have become quite a successful publisher of indie games (Overcooked, The Escapists, etc), on all platforms. No small feat for a small indie dev like them; one of the last in the UK. .

Team17 has always been a game publisher for indie games, they just happened to have bought the Worms license and employ the guy who made it in the first place...

Anyhow, wonder when 3.8 will come out, should not be long now, hopefully, it'll be here before WW3 and the collapse of society so I can play it in my bunker...

Quote from: CyberShadow on May 06, 2020, 04:46 PM
this has been at least as frustrating for me as it has been for you. The reason this is not what happened is that it has been decided that the next public update must satisfy certain requirements, or otherwise we and the community will forevermore pay the price of not doing so. It wasn't until a few weeks ago that these requirements have been overcome, so we can now finally move forward for the final stretch.

I really wonder what the requirements could be, sounds like T17 is just being boring, I know ETAs mean nothing but since it seems the requirements have been met, do you think it'll take long for the public to see the update?

Quote from: j0e on February 23, 2020, 07:45 PM
Another month has passed.. any news about 3.8?

Yeah, sadly, there's still nothing and we're kept in the dark, I believe the problem is on the Team17 side...
It has been more than a year now since the announcement, something is obviously wrong somewhere but yeah, no infos, we can only speculate here and hope that this thread will get some update soon enough...

If the game keeps getting support, it'll always attract some players, T17 took a long time to release a worms game that provides an experience that could be considered an improved version of Armageddon in the form of of W.M.D but it has no mod support, Armageddon has mod support and therefor can be more lively because of the new possibilities that modding brings to the game.

If Armageddon gets 3.8 in the coming year and workshop support on steam then it could very well for long and attract new players because the game could trend a little in the steam sales for a while because of it...

In its current state it can still live for some time and even attract a few new players because the game has decent support for Windows 10 but the game's not a shine either...

I've been stalking this forum ever since the announcement for 3.8 was made but I'm creating an account now in the hope of getting more informations... Are there any news concerning 3.8?

Its been more than a year already, I can't believe things went the way they should have, what is preventing us from enjoying the 3.8 update?

Have Deadcode and Cybershadow given news elsewhere on the internet or did they really become that silent?