G'day Forts fans! It brings us great pleasure today to be able to announce our new DLC, Forts - High Seas, launching on March 25th! Head to the Steam store page to wishlist!
Set sail on the United Navies’ battleships, carriers and dreadnoughts and combat the Pirate scourge in Forts’ second major DLC. With a brand new water system, new campaign, weapons, ammo system, HUD and soundtrack, High Seas takes the classic Forts physics-based fun to the next level of building, battling and causing bubbles!
NEW CAMPAIGN
Five years have passed since famed scientist Professor Fred Capacitor disappeared mysteriously on the high seas. Now his son Max, who fights the battleships, carriers and dreadnoughts of the pirate horde as a captain in the United Navies, hears rumors of his father's fate, while on the hunt for a terrifying mega-weapon.
Features include:
18 missions with unique backgrounds
Variety of mission types, such as: - Enforcement - Ships vs ships combat - Interdiction - Destroy enemy ships fleeing the area of operation - Boarding action - Take control of an enemy structure - Land vs Sea - Fort vs ship battle - Carrier strike - Bomb the enemy with ship-launched jets
Hostile & dynamic environments
Interactive graphic novel-style cutscenes
A refined learning curve that teaches the player new features and unlocked weapons mission-by-mission.
United Navies HUD
New dynamic soundtrack
NEW ARMAMENTS
Energy Dome
Creates protective energy shield against destructible projectiles.
Build low to protect against aircraft dropped munitions.
Harpoon
Fires Decoy ammo.
Fires Control ammo.
Runway
Launches Thunderbolt jets
Launches Nighthawk jets
Hardpoint
Upgradable to Deckgun
Upgradable to Orbital Laser
Deckgun
Fires high-explosive shells
Upgradable to 2 & 3 barrelled versions*
Switch between spread & focus mode
Requires Hardpoint
Orbital Laser
Fires Orbital Laser Sweep ammo.
Fires Orbital Laser Focus ammo.
Upgradable with aim assist.
Requires Hardpoint
AMMUNITION
Decoy
The Squirrel. Lures and redirects enemy Swarm and Warheads.
Fired by Launcher.
Control
Takes control of structures.
Fired by Launcher.
Thunderbolt
Drops multiple explosive munitions.
Launched from Runway
Nighthawk
Drops high penetration, incendiary Paveway bomb.
Launched from Runway
Orbital Laser: Sweep
Laser beam moves across the target area.
Fired by Orbital Laser
Orbital Laser: Focus
Laser beam focuses on the target area.
Fired by Orbital Laser.
WATER TECH
The classic proprietary physics engine Forts is known for has received a major upgrade with the addition of the new water system. Ships float with true buoyancy, listing to one side if off-balance. Any structure not connected to a reactor will sink to the ocean floor unless reconnected swiftly. The ocean surface features its own set of splash FX, water and bubbles particles, underwater explosions and sound effects. This tech opens up a whole new world of possibilities of gameplay and modding to an already very satisfying physics-based experience!
EXCLUSIVE HIGH SEAS FEATURES
United Navies HUD New in-game United Navies HUD for your enjoyment.
High Seas Music All-new soundtrack by Ella van Dyck, also available to purchase separately.
Forts Ranked Multiplayer - Season 15 Champions!
G'day Forts fans!
At last, the season 15 results. We apologize for the delays, it's been very busy around here and we needed all hands on deck getting ready for what's coming. Ready for what we can't quite say just yet, but we hope you'll come aboard as Forts embarks on a grand new voyage.
On to the results. Season 15 welcomed a new addition to the ranked map pool. The winner of Forts Map Making Contest III, Pyro's Battlegrounds 1v1. And season 15 also welcomes a pair of first time medalists to the podium. In silver position we have mcc72k who had previously cracked the top ten on a pair of occasions, finishing as high as 8th in Season 12. And in bronze we have Amburulo, whom you may recognize for their fearless dedication to Magnabeams as one half of team Danke Merkel who also took bronze in Tournament XXII.
In first place for a record 6th time is none other than EtaN who also took 2nd place in Tournament XXII as part of team Seep with teammate Matteo.
While the top 3 places receive Gold, Silver, and Bronze, every player finishing within the top 20 will receive a Season 15 Medal. Congratulations!
1v1 Leaderboard
EtaN
mcc72k
Amburulo
Bowser
von Richthausen
Noha
Teutonick
KnuffigesPuffi
YumKaaX
Mech70
SharpSwordEdge
Matteo
Cloud_
Kriegseule
botaN
bl00dparasite
Domy
Finn
Firework
hchaos
Season 16
Season 16 is already well underway and will run through March 31st.
Discord
If you haven't already, join our Forts Official Discord server for discussions on weapons, strategies and modding with our friendly and helpful community!
Cheers, EWG
Forts Tournament XXII - 2v2 - Winners!
G'day Forts fans.
Congratulations to team Sussles, winners of Tournament XXII! With qualifying over, the FPL invitees showed their strength as both teams made it through to face each other in the finals. Former 4v4 teammates in Tournament XX, Sussles (AlexD and Firework) faced off against Seep (EtaN and Matteo) in pairs this time to determine the winner. Sussles proved victorious in dramatic fashion, coming down to the very last second in sudden death to claim the spectacular upset.
The overall level of competition was markedly high despite one team being forced to withdraw due to scheduling conflicts. The remaining seven teams produced amazing matches and debuted newly innovated strategies. Third place finishers Danke Merkel in particular showed off a devastating magnabeam build along with the most intricate tech sharing seen in any tournament to date.
If you enjoy high level Forts we highly recommend watching the replays, now available from the Featured tab of the Forts Replays menu. Watch the builds step by step and see the level of coordination on display as the teams execute. Also track their resources live, courtesy of Ximsa's Observer tools.
If you haven't already, join our Forts Official Discord server to connect with other players, share strategies, create maps and mods, and for more information on upcoming events.
Cheers, EWG
Forts Tournament XXII Qualifier Update
G'day Forts fans!
Eleven teams fought for the five remaining spots in Tournament XXII. Congratulations to teams Danke Merkel, ToxicTryhard, Copium xd, Genesis, and EtaNsCoaches who have emerged from the qualifiers and tiebreaks to face past finalists from the FPL, and their teams Seep, Volemageddon, and Sussles. The final seeding:
Seep
Volemageddon
Sussles
Danke Merkel
ToxicTryhard
Copium xd
Genesis
EtaNsCoaches
The qualifier replays are now available in the Featured tab of in the Forts Replays menu (round numbers correspond to the qualifier Challonge) and you can watch the qualifiers here:
Tournament XXII will be a 2v2 Team Death Match event. As with Tournament XXI, we will once again be extending invitations to past 2v2 champions for direct entry. We will also be holding another qualifying event where anyone may compete to earn a spot in the tournament.
What past 2v2 champions you may ask? Anyone familiar with the Forts competitive scene will no doubt have guessed that we're talking about the Forts Pro League which was run by Reloflex for 2 seasons. The FPL was one of the primary forces behind the shifting meta, popularizing everything from the shotgun support base to tinydoors to anti-greed buzzsaws. Nearly every ranked and tournament champion was at one time a competitor in the FPL and we are more than thrilled to see them reunite in Tournament XXII.
Any finalist from seasons I and II of the FPL and the teammate of their choice will be granted direct entry into Tournament XXII without needing to qualify. Their teammate does not need to fulfill any requirements. Everyone else will need to compete in a qualifying event in order to secure their spot.
The qualifying event will be held on Feb 19th at 3PM EST and hosted by Bobereto and Project Incursus. Tournament XXII will take place Feb 26th at 3PM EST where our casting crew will also be joined by special guest EtaN, winner of Tournament XXI.
The FPL's legacy lives on
How will qualifying work?
Spaces in Tournament XXII will first be reserved for the previous winners and runners-up from Seasons I and II of Reloflex's 2v2 Forts Pro League who wish to participate. FPL finalists may pick any teammate and will be granted automatic entry directly into Tournament XXII. Additional teams may gain entry by signing up and competing in the qualifying tournament.
How do you earn entry into Tournament XXII from the qualifying tournament?
The remaining spots will be awarded to the top finishers of the qualifying tournament with tiebreakers held as needed.
How large will the qualifying tournament be? How many tournament XXII spaces will be available?
This will depend on the total number of entries and the number of FPL finalists who choose to enter. There will be a maximum of 8 positions in Tournament XXII.
What format will the qualifier have?
This will also depend upon the number of participants. We may use a mix of single elimination and double elimination rounds depending on the final size of the tournament in order to fit time constraints. We may also give first round byes to top seeds if there is an asymmetrical bracket, such as 12 total players.
Please note however. As before, both tournaments will also feature commander bans. At the start of each match both competitors will be asked to select the commander they would like to ban. The two banned commanders may not be chosen by either player for that game on penalty of immediate disqualification.
Seeds? How will players be seeded?
Players in the qualifying tournament will be seeded first on the basis of FPL performances if available. Then using Ranked and tournament history, otherwise randomly determined.
Tournament XXII seedings will first be assigned to any participating FPL finalists and for the qualifying teams on the basis of their results from the qualifying tournament.
If you have any additional questions please contact us on Discord.
In order to participate, you must do the following...
Welcome to another regular update of Forts. If you've glanced at the change list: yes, this is a relatively small update. In fact, it's small enough that we've focused on bugs and improvements that won't render replays made with the previous version obsolete. The reason for a small update is that, as you might know, we are working on something in the background. Of course there are always improvements that need to be made. You can find the list of changes below.
Also, With the new season we've got a new pool of maps for the ranked competition. The maps for Season 16 are:
Abyss
Hang Time
Ledge Grab
Stalactites 1v1
Vanilla
Battlegrounds 1v1
As always we invite you to provide constructive feedback here or via the Official Forts Discord, Have fun!
Cheers, EWG
Changelist 2022-02-02
Improve: (AI recording) when node deletion is blocked, show all unstable links Improve: reduce map and mod suggestion cooldown from 30s to 20s Improve: German translation (thanks, asca) Improve: Chinese translation (thanks, Rothes)
Fix: crash when the drive letter is reported in lower case Fix: crash when a structure separates and a linked portal is no longer valid Fix: desync when joining or replaying a game with custom AI (thanks, asca) Fix: weapons are permanently unable to fire after being disabled while firing (thanks, LZjun) Fix: weapon reload animations can loop if disabled while reloading (thanks, Mando) Fix: idle device animations continue to play while disabled Fix: weapon muzzle flash is not turned off if disabled during firing Fix: Placing a device overlapping Armour while it is converting to BG does not give correct visual feedback (red cross on link) or audio cues Fix: SetViewExtentLeft and SetViewExtentRight use incorrect values as the current view limits (thanks, asca) Fix: cladding triangles sometimes appear elongated and detached from actual structure (thanks, LZjun) Fix: Hide Overlays in Replay also hides the Forts watermark Fix: missing client disconnect messages for players in chatroom while host is playing (thanks, Bobereto & Samster) Fix: (OnTerrainHit) error message string formatting has too many parameters (thanks, Gxaps) Fix: (OnNodeCreated) game does not list parameters correctly on script exception (thanks, Gxaps) Fix: (AI recording) inconsistent/illogical restrictions on node and link deletion (thanks, asca) Fix: (Lua scripting) ScreenPosition Get does not correctly set MaxY Fix: profanity filtering missing from chatroom system messages for the local player Fix: privacy issue in logging
Changelist 2022-02-02b
Fix: replacing materials temporarily opens holes in the cladding Fix: devices have their idle animations paused on construction Fix: when restoring a replay keyframe, disabled devices still have their animations run Fix: crash in Multiplayer::DispatchPacket when shutting down without a World set Fix: crash in GetWeaponAmmo when the projectile is invalid Fix: crash when effect positions or directions are set to invalid values Fix: crash when ClientDatabase::IsDev doesn't find the local client Fix: crash in Multiplayer::DispatchPacket when shutting down without a World set Fix: crash in GetWeaponAmmo when the projectile is invalid Fix: privacy issues in logging
Changelist 2022-02-04
Fix: some mods broken (e.g. Observer Tools commander identification) by another fix Fix: (Buster) crash when side 2 is Buster and depleted uranium rounds are reflected Fix: the watermark is visible in two locations or duplicated during instant replay Fix: replay watermark moves with the panel Fix: sprites loaded from mods are not freed after each game, causing duplicate sprite errors if rerun Fix: crash enforcing population caps when an inverted device doesn't have a non-inverted counterpart
Welcome Josie!
G'day, Forts fans!
We have a big year planned at Earthwork Games, and to help us get the word out we're happy to say we have brought on a new Social Media Manager. Please give a warm welcome to Josie, otherwise known as @KnightSinclair on socials.
Josie is an experienced twitch streamer and content creator, and will be taking advantage of the visual treats of destruction that pour out of Forts to spread the word and appeal of the game across Tiktok, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube etc. If you have anything you think worthy of reaching a wider audience, feel free to get in contact with either her, or Romerolagus, with whom she will be working.
Welcome to the team, Josie!
Cheers, EWG
Forts Tournament XXI - 1v1 - Winners!
G'day Forts fans!
Six 2021 Ranked medalists. Two survivors from last week's qualifier. Double elimination. Tournament XXI started off the new year with everything we could hope for. Classic matchups revisited and new rivalries formed. Strategic innovation and miraculous comebacks. Doorsnipes, massive explosions, sudden collapses, and above all outstanding play from all parties.
Congratulations to EtaN the first Forts Champion of 2022! The road to victory for the number one seed weaved like a smoking warhead. The first scare came in the second round against perennial nemesis Matteo. Then a loss in the semifinals against Noha who put on a clinic of efficient Architect defense. For the first time EtaN found himself in the position of underdog, needing to battle back from the lower bracket.
The prospect of sudden death did nothing to encourage a more conservative approach. But who anticipated an all-in portal mortar rush? The high risk, high reward strategy paid off and earned him a spot in the finals and a rematch against Noha. Mortars again carried the day as he took the next two matches with a series of pixel perfect shots.
Congratulations also to Noha and Firework, our runner-up and 3rd place finishers. While Noha's colorful journey onto the competitive scene has had its ups and downs his stellar performance here solidifies his position as a top player and title contender. Firework's consistent results have made him a permanent fixture within the top 10, reaching a high of 2nd last Season.
bl00dparasite is another competitor to watch moving forward. Advancing through qualifying with unique builds and playing seldom picked commanders they've demonstrated unconventional tactics can compete at the highest levels. Will this inspire the next wave of players?
The matches from Tournament XXI and the qualifying event are now available to download through the Featured tab of the Forts Replays menu. You absolutely need to see Matteo's spectacular comeback showing how the loss of your heavy weapons can be countered with map control.
As always, thank you to Ximsa, creator of Observer Tools. Thank you to our competitors for investing their time and effort into mastering the game, the mapmaking competition winners who provided two of the current battlegrounds, Bobereto host of the qualifiers.
And thank you Special commentator Noze and our tournament host, Project Incursus. The full cast of the live tournament is available now on his channel.
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Discord
If you haven't already, join our Forts Official Discord server to connect with other players, share strategies, create maps and mods, and for more information on upcoming events.
Cheers, EWG
Forts Tournament XXI Qualifier Update
G'day Forts fans!
Congratulations to Amburulo and bl00dparasite who emerged from a field of 12 to place 1st and 2nd respectively in qualifying. For their efforts they each earn a spot in Tournament XXI where they will compete against opponents comprised entirely of past medalists from the 2021 ranked seasons. The finalized bracket is as follows:
EtaN
Firework
Noha
Matteo
Geiger
KillerGruetze
Amburulo
bl00dparasite
In 3rd and 4th place respectively, Teutonick and Malme will be our alternates should any of the seeds be unable to attend. Thank you to Bobereto for hosting. You can watch the qualifying event on his channel, and the qualifying match replays are now available in the Featured tab in the Forts Replays menu.
What better way to start off the new year than to crown a new 1v1 champion? We're extending an invitation to all 2021 Ranked medalists to compete for a chance to be the first winner of 2022. Anyone with a top 3 finish during the 2021 seasons (9-14, Leaderboards) will be granted automatic entry into Tournament XXI. If you did not earn a medal in 2021 fear not! A qualifying event will be held on January 8th at 3PM EST and hosted by Bobereto. Tournament XXI will be hosted by Project Incursus.
How will qualifying work?
Spaces in Tournament XXI will first be reserved for any 2021 Ranked medalists who wish to participate. Additional participants may gain entry by signing up and competing in the qualifying tournament.
How do you earn entry into Tournament XXI from the qualifying tournament?
The remaining spots will be awarded to the top finishers of the qualifying tournament with tiebreakers held as needed.
How large will the qualifying tournament be? How many tournament XXI spaces will be available?
This will depend on the total number of entries and the number of 2021 medalists who choose to enter. We have a minimum number in mind but if enough people register we may expand that at our discretion. If it becomes necessary to cap the qualifying event we may also offer some additional direct invitations on the basis of past tournament performances.
What format will the tournaments have?
This will also depend upon the number of participants. We may use a mix of single elimination and double elimination rounds depending on the final size of the tournament in order to fit time constraints. We may also give first round byes to top seeds if there is an asymmetrical bracket, such as 12 total players.
Please note however. As before, both tournaments will also feature commander bans. At the start of each match both competitors will be asked to select the commander they would like to ban. The two banned commanders may not be chosen by either player for that game on penalty of immediate disqualification.
Seeds? How will players be seeded?
Players in the qualifying tournament will be seeded first on the basis of their Season 14 ranked position. If they were unranked, consideration will also be given to placements in prior seasons, then past tournament performance, and finally hours in-game.
Tournament XXI seedings will first be assigned to any participating 2021 medalists on the basis of their season 14 position, and for the qualifying players on the basis of their results from the qualifying tournament.
If you have any additional questions please contact us on Discord.
In order to participate, you must do the following...
