SkillWarz
A downloadable game
About
Development on the Itch platform has come to an end. Thank you all for your support and assistance during the game's development on Itch. A lot of work has been done, but we are not at the finish line (yet).
In the coming months, we'll be transitioning the game to the Steam platform. It brings new benefits and some challenges. Please add the game to your Steam wish-list once it becomes available. Wish-lists help the game get noticed and do well on Steam.
To stay updated: https://skillwarz.com
Download links have been removed, so you can't download the game anymore. However, we have started testing SW Legacy Edition, which will serve as the base for the web and mobile versions. Feel free to join the testing phase.
SkillWarz is a modern first person shooter game. Game is in development and more content will be added in future updates. At this moment game has 8 game modes (Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Gun Game, Elimination, Team Gun Game, Capture The Flag, Domination and Skull Hunt) on more then 40 maps. Also Training mode, where you can learn/practice movement and shooting.
Some features:
* Statistics
* Progression
* Unlocks
* Map vote
* Customization
* Leaderboard
* Seasonal Leaderboard
* Voice chat
* In-game Shop
* Contracts & Challenges
* Aim Trainer
* Ping/Spot system
* Skill-based matchmaking
* Autobalance
* Skill-Shots / Wallbangs / Ricochets
Join our community forum (https://skillwarz.com), where you can read all kinds of information about the game, download modding tools and content created by our community members, suggest your ideas, report bugs and cheaters. Members who are active in the forum and on the Discord server may even be granted administrator rights in the game.
We also have Map Editor which can be used to create your own community maps. You're free to play on these maps with your friends and even share them on the forum for others to see! Additionally, you can create your map using modeling software such as Blender or 3DS Max, and then import and finish it within the Map Editor.
You can create and load your own community skin for any weapon in the game using the Skin Designer. Note that you will need to be top 100 of the previous season to load custom skins.
Controls
You can change controls in game settings.
System Requirements
OS: Windows 7 SP1+, macOS 10.13+, Ubuntu 18.04+
Graphics card with DX10 (shader model 4.0) capabilities.
CPU: with SSE2 instruction set support.
RECOMMENDED
Processor: Intel Core i5 2500 / AMD FX 8350 or better
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: Geforce GTX 570 / AMD Radeon HD 7850 or better
Storage: 5 GB available space
Frequently asked questions!
Q: Do i have to register?
A: Yes. To play game you must create account in game.
Don't try to login with forum account. It will not work.
Q: How to update game?
A: If you play via itch.io app, then game will update automatically.
If you download manually, then delete old version and download newest version.
Q: Game has Anti-Cheat?
A: Yes. Also we have game admins and players can report in forum.
Was added Bad Word Filter. Swearing in chat will lead to Mute/Ban.
Q: How to launch game on Mac?
I get error "application cant be opened", and/or "Unidentified Developer".
A: You can install game via itch.io app, or watch tutorials on YouTube.
Q: Game crashes. What to do?
A: There are many reasons why game can crash and only in rare cases it's developers fault, so don't hurry to delete game and give the game bad rating.
Create topic in forum and provide information about your system (CPU, GPU, RAM and OS). If possible, try to record video and show us when exactly game crashes.
Guides
Download links have been removed, so you can't download the game anymore. However, we have started testing SW Legacy Edition, which will serve as the base for the web and mobile versions. Feel free to join the testing phase.
Development log
- Patch Notes 0.98Mar 15, 2024
- Patch Notes 0.97Feb 07, 2024
- Halloween update | Double XPOct 14, 2023
- Patch Notes 0.94Aug 30, 2023
- Patch Notes 0.86Jun 13, 2022
- Patch Notes 0.81Oct 02, 2021
- Patch Notes 0.73Apr 23, 2021
- Patch Notes 0.71Mar 29, 2021
Comments
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This game is really good, I used to play SkillWarz everyday in Digital Media class with my friends, and we we're so surprised by how little player counts this game used to get. I hope eventually this game will be put on steam and get more players.
Thanks. The game was in development on Itch. The low player count was expected due to the lack of an active player base and no money spent on advertising. Unfortunately, it's not enough to just create a good game and upload it. Developers and publishers often need to invest a lot of time and money into marketing to reach a larger audience.
Why did you remove it from itch IO??
Answer in description.
how can i download the game
i used to play it but changed devices and cannot download it now
all info in description. SW is no longer in dev on Itch and hopefully soon will be on Steam. For now you can play Legacy Edition.
ohh
thanks for the information
ngl. liked the game. its great
how did you download it
I played it when it came out on Itch lol.
YOWW MAN!! HOW TO CHANGE THE GAME BUTTONS THE FIRE AND SCOPE HOW TO CHANCE!!???
Hi, go to in-game menu Settings/Controls.
Just to inquire since SW:LE's Itch page has disabled comments, will the bots in SW:LE be available to play against offline? When I tried the mobile version of the game without internet it just says it cannot connect to server. I've always thought it was bizarre mobile games locked single player behind internet requirements like that.
Maybe in final builds. Will see.
Please, allow offline mode. Can't play when there is no net.
will my account progress be kept or will it be reset when transitioning the game to Steam
Dear Creator, could you also, if possible, add an option to play with players/friends and bots at the same time? It's a really fun game. I would love to see my friends getting lighten up by bots as the same time I play with them. Thank you for your time. And I love the mobile idea, can't wait for the next features. I've been playing this game when I was just a little guy :)
That's the plan for the main game (SW).
We have started testing SW: Legacy Edition, which will serve as the base for the web and mobile versions. Feel free to join the testing phase.
https://armedunity.itch.io/swle
Dear Creator, After playing this dope as fuck game for 3 hours i have only one complaint. THERE'S NO BOT MODE!!! If you add that then we wouldn't have to complain bout the low player count. Yes I know we can talk bout this game to people but still bots would be great thank you:) Overall 9/10 game (no bots so no 10 rn)
Added bots in SW-LE. Bots has multiple difficulty levels and they can play all game modes.
thank you man 85 days later an you deliver much love to this game 10/10
game auto goes onto my vertical monitor then when i try to change it to my main it doesnt let me then when i finally set it to the resoluution on my main monitor it shrinks to a really small display which covers the save button so i cant apply the fullscreen settings
Try to use command line arguments:
https://skillwarz.com/topic/2473-command-line-arguments/
And if you need to reset all settings, then hold keys R and P for 5 seconds on login screen. Game will auto close.
This game is actually so sick. I think if you just worked on upgrading the maps to make them more, like realistic, it'd be even better. Also, a few more mechanics would be cool too, like maybe a little bit better of a healing system or just like upgraded movement. But overall, this game is acually really f*ckin cool and it has a lot of potential.
In last update (v0.98) was added realistic/more detailed maps.
I think we already have top-notch movement. Maybe you played Classic preset where most of movement features are disabled?
Yes, I plan to change how healing works.
piz when i say check for update in itch it says already updated but when i launch it it says download update from skillwarz.com what do i do
You can manually download from page. Or if you want to play via itch app then try to reinstall game.
But wait for release of v0.96 (most likely today).
yes i got the new version thatts how i got to install it thnks for the help
in the itch.io app, go to the "Downloads" button in the bottom left corner, and look for "Skillwarz" in the "Update Available" section, press "Update now" which is right next to it on the right, then a pop up will appear, press the giant button "skillwarz_96_x64_Windows.7z" if u have windows, or "skillwarz_96_Mac_Intel_x64.7z" if u have a mac, or "skillwarz_96_x64_Linux.7z" if u have linux. then wait for the update to finish and u r good to go my friend
I really like how clean-cut this game is just straight up classic PVP with no gimmics plus it runs on my low end pc. However it has a small player base, any plans to get the game on steam? Could possibly boost the player base but I am not sure thats how it works. Anyways keep up the goodwork its a great game!
Thanks! Steam release is planned after some more improvements. Post YT/TikTok shorts for easy views!
Is this game not played by many people, or is it because of my login time?There is often no one when I am online.I usually land at 2 pm.
At this moment online is small. Try at different times of day.
Or tell your friends about game and play with them.
This might be one of my favorite FPS games out there. Good player controller, PvP is fun even if I'm bad at PvP. It's nice that you can choose between many places to get a better ping. It's really sad that there is only a small number of players.
Low number of players is expected here on Itch. Also we need active community to raise numbers.
What happened? why did you rated game with 1 star?
oh sry, drunk rage quit after absolutely got demolished by a mobile player who had 200 base hp while I had only 100hp and a big serious of only hit marker with L86, I'll change the rating. Sorry for the unfair, and irrational rating. Had some tough weeks behind me with personal problems in privat life and at work, bill stacks up ec. and anything brought me easy to rage. I know this behaviour were wrong, especially to someone who put a lot of hard work out for free, to bring entertaiment to other people. Hope you accept the apologize.
Don't worry about it. I was just surprised to see 1 star from game developer, from someone who knows how much work was put in and how hard/time consuming process is game development. I see you changed rating. Thanks.
This Game is Quite Amazing and I love to Play it With My Friends in the Free Time.
I Hope you Guys will Add this Game on Steam and Make this game more optimized and more like cod and add some details to the map that dont effect game performance but makes the game much better looking than before.
This game has alot of potential and i think just map work and other things are remaining to put this on steam.
Hope you guys will act upon my request and surprise me and the Community with best looking maps and more enjoyable gameplay ans ui system.
Thank You TeamSkillWars🌟😊
You Guys are the best keep up the work ❤️
Thanks.
Write in forum about "more optimized and more like cod" and in details, so I can understand what exactly you mean. Game already has similar to COD preset and game runs well even on low-end PC's.
There are few reasons why most maps are prototype (not completely finished).
1. Less details = faster loading and better performance.
2. Smaller download size. If all maps will be detailed, then you will have to download 4+ GB and 10+ GB on disk.
3. I don't have 3d artists in team. I am making this game alone and it will take 3+ months just to redo and finish all maps.
4. I personally prefer clean look of prototype maps. Easy to spot enemies, not like in some AAA games, where it's very hard to spot/see enemies.
Thanks, there are many detailed Editor Maps made by community which you can play with others. We want to hear your suggestions, write here (make separate account) https://skillwarz.com/forum/6-ideas-and-suggestions/
the best from the best
I loved the game. Keep It up bro.
Is it possible to have a mini-map so its more fun as for now there are very few players so finding player will be easy using mini-map ,right?
If it's ok can you also tell what technology did you use with Unity for multiplayer(Photon, Netcode, Mirror or any other..)?
Thanks.
We have radar in Classic preset.
I use Photon (PUN 2).
Ohh Ok.
Thanks 👍
I have this problem "could not connect to server (2) please check you internet connection" im using windows 10
In such situations you just have to wait 10-30 min and try again.
Will it be compatible with Android?
I would like to make mobile version, but I don't have time and resources. Maybe in future.
one of the best multiplayer games
I love this game so much man, details, multiplayer services etc...
I've been playing this game from 2021 and it keeps getting better and better!
And now I have more irl friends :)
Keep it up superstar :thumbs_up:
Thanks
Server in south america?
Yes, in Sao Paulo
when i play and find a server i need to put a password in to play and idk it
These are private rooms. You can join them only if player who created this room will give you password.
oh ok
It's fun, we need more simplicity these days. The gunplay is too slow though, it's alot of rng.
what exactly you mean with "gunplay is too slow"? TTK, or weapon handling, recoil, or?
rng (if you talk about recoil) helps balance game as we have small player base where high skill players have to play against low skill players.
What i would advise is to toy with lowering visible recoil and ads speed.
Lowering recoil? It's already very low... and ADS is fast. Which games are you playing? We have similar speeds to COD and CS for guns, and movement is much faster.
this game might get some attention if it was released on other platforms. its a fun game. steam might be a good place to start in my opinion
Game is on itch because it's in development. Release on Steam is planned.
got it, nice
this game is realy good...the visual and gameplay is better than most of popular fps...but it woud be great to have ranking system...and even better, have servers for each rank...its shame that the player basse is far too little for this...but yeah, keep up the good work
Thanks, but what exactly you mean with "ranking system"?
You mean matchmaking system, so low skill players don't have to play against high skill players?
he mean ranks
andlevels:>
Yeah, it woud be nice to have rank bassed matchmaking... but i mean ranks in general so that when you play you can focus on some bigger goal than just win... like getting next rank or getting higher place in leaderboard
How many hours you have played this game? We already have leader-boards (main and seasonal), ranks, unlocks (unlock perks, weapons, skins, attachments and game features) and prestige system.
Rank/skill based matchmaking requires much bigger player-base. At this moment it's simply not possible.
i know that this player base is to little for that... i even said it in my first post... and yeah i know that there is a lvl system, i have 43h... well i guess it was just some idea from me so thanks for conversation and have luck with other ideas and new features :)
A lot of times there's only a couple lobbies, we can't sort by skill lol
Just browse lobbies until you find one you like :)
its kind of sad that the game doesn't have a bigger player base i mean this game has real potential i have had this game for over a year now and I love it. keep up the good work.
Thanks. I think soon situation will change.
I was one of the first to play this game, how is the development going?
Overall very good. Slower in last 2 years, but it will change very soon.
Dude your developer skills are insane your FPS asset is incredibly good, you must have years of experience! Keep up the good work.
Thanks. Yeah, I am using unity engine 12+ years, but it's more like hobby for me.
32 bit when?
is it worth the time to build 32 bit (for less than 2% of playerbase)? I very rarely see someone who needs 32 bit build.
Your computer is how many years old?
nice, i reccomend a better skin system so instead of modding in skins you and only you see you have an ingame free or non money rank based skin shop see each invidual player with their own skin
Just added this update! :D
Игра супер прошу ее дальше делать и доделовать
What a good game, it's good to play with friends if you like low-fps consume, shooting games. It's all i coulv'e asked for
glad you like it!
U stoopid thinking i only like it, i LOVE it!
nice
the game is good and all but there are like no players.
check at a different time of day, there are many daily players
I'm stuck in the loading, it appears loading and it goes forever.
First launch of the game, or you played before?
Hi, OneMan, I joined into the discord and figured out that even downloading the game for the first game I got some corrupted maps. The fix was just deleting them.
is this game good ? :
just download and try, or watch some gameplay videos on youtube, then you will understand if YOU like it or not
yes it's good but there is no many players in the game in some server .. But at all it's a good game :like:
Hey uhm, is it possible to upload this game as simple .zip file, since not everyone has 7Zip. Thanks a lot!
With 7zip size of archive is way smaller.
Just download 7zip. It's free.
Or install games via itch app.
Oh ok, I could've guessed that. Well, I'll use some 7zip to zip coverter. Thank's for replying!
yeah its fun but i accidentally changed a setting and now i can only see small section of the screen and its now unplayable. hope i can fix it and be able to play your game again!! Edit: i had to delete it and then install it and it fixed it then i got to the resolution and changed it back and now its fixed :)
You can reset settings by holding keys R and P for 5 sec on login screen.