Game update26 Nov 2025WWAATD EA v0.88 Balancing PatchAVE ASPIRANTS! WWAATD Patch v0.88 is out now! Changelog - Balancing · Doubled Max Stamina Recovery (When you take damage, your Max Stamina also goes down, but recovers over time - twice as fast now) · Minimum Stamina from Max Stamina damage changed to 60 (from 50) · Slightly reduced the effects of character body physical animation (creating more stability) · Adjusted camera height up a bit (and…
AVE ASPIRANTS! 1 day 1 patch! The Anniversary Update was released yesterday and met with a lot of kind words and valid feedback - thank you! On Difficulty I've been rebalancing the game (trying to avoid resorting to dumbing down the AI) to match the added difficulty, this patch continues that. First - I want WWAATD to be a challenging game , it's part of the DNA of the game - but it has to be h…
Early Access v0.85 - Anniversary Update Hello all! Today is a special day in the life of We Who Are About To Die , as well as in my life, to be honest. The game was in solo development for 7 years until Early Access launch, and has been in Early Access for 3 (with wonderful teammates for most of that!). Today marks the 10 year anniversary of the project. The game is also 30% off to celebrate, p…
AVE ASPIRANTS! Welcome back to the third and last Preview on the upcoming Anniversary Update. First, a surprise - eagle eyed gladiators will have noticed the Anniversary for the game is actually ... tomorrow. Well, sharpen your daka's and chaka's: The update is dropping tomorrow! AI Gravitation Points A quick second dive into the AI! The AI in WWAATD uses " steering behavior " - basically, the…
AVE ASPIRANTS! Welcome to Preview #2 of the upcoming content update. (Celebrating the anniversary of the game!) In Preview #1 I gave some info about 1.0 and look at some of the new traits, attributes system as well as some of the new items. Today I'll reveal more content and dig into the big overhaul this update will have: the AI overhaul (the second one if anyone's counting!) Total AI Overhaul…
Ave Aspirants! Today the team and I bring you Preview #1 on the next update - we're doing another (regular) update to celebrate the anniversary of the game, as every year so far. Before we take a look, here is some important news about Aegic Entertainment & We Who Are About To Die! BIG NEWS: 1.0 is coming! First - over the summer I've hired 2 new full time devs, we're now 4 full time devs worki…
A patch with bugfixes and optimisations! V0.81 out now! v0.81 is primarily a bugfix patch, but we also wanted to reintroduce the teeth in the game a bit: Blood & Sand made things a bit too easy! Aside from a small army of bugfixes, in this patch, the AI is generally more competent and active, stamina has been rebalanced and Controller controls have gotten some upgrades. AI behavior and combat i…
Early Access v0.8 - Blood & Sand Full Changelog We Who Are About to Die Early Access v.0.8 is here! It's finally time to share this major update with you! We wanted to overhaul combat, add Sandbox Mode and tackle the most common feedback by the community. There's lot to explore with the Blood & Sand update! For more details, check out Preview #1 , Preview #2 or Preview #3, or check out this ove…
Ave Aspirants! It's already time for Preview #3 of the Blood & Sand update! We're getting closer and closer to the update release - we'll reveal the release date for the Blood & Sand update at the end of this post! In this Preview, let's dive deeper into the Physics Overhaul , Optimizations and more Career changes ! Combat - Physics Overhaul! Blood & Sand brings a pretty extensive Physics Overh…
Ave Aspirants! Lino here, co-developer on We Who Are About to Die. Like Jordy, I wear a lot of hats: coding, art, design,... The main difference? Unlike Jordy, I usually do my work with pants on! I'll be showing some of my work in this post! For Preview #2 of the Blood & Sand update, I'm excited to share some of the latest updates to the Career management and combat visual effects , as well as…
Ave Aspirants! Since the last update, we've been working non-stop - there's a lot to update you on, so let's jump right in. We're now Aegic Entertainment ! I'm very proud to be introducing you to our studio. It has been 10 years in the making. It's been a crazy journey, from solo dev in my underpants to game studio (in our underpants) . I'm glad to finally have a name now too. (We're also hirin…
Ave Aspirants! For the holidays, here's our last present of the year to you - a new update: new content , general game-improvements and bug-fixes! . The game is also 30% off for the Winter Sale! Before we get into it, I want to take a moment to reflect on 2024 and thank everyone for standing by the game and by us: thank you . It has been an incredible year of massive updates and I feel like the…
Gladiator's Revenge v0.71 changelog Ave Aspirants, 0.71 is here: a small bug-fixing patch! Bugfixes · Fixed an issue where players saw a debug backstory · Fixed issue where you couldn't claim victory on Condemned after your target week has passed · Fixed an issue where passing Baegar as Veteran Aspirant without defeating him would trigger victory condition · Fixed an issue where you could roll…
Early Access v0.7 - Gladiator's Revenge Full Changelog This update celebrates the 2 year anniversary and doubles down on the gladiator theme of the game by introducing new backstories as well as many new items (50!) and unit types that fit this theme. In addition to that, the game has also finally been translated to 11 languages and we've overhauled the loading screen to provide tips as you pla…
Dear Aspirants! Time for the final preview on Gladiator's Revenge before releasing it tomorrow, November 23rd , along with a Daily Deal discount! Gladiators Revenge: Preview 4 Loading screen Tips The loading screen has been overhauled. You now have to press a key to continue, and a Tip will show. We have many tips written out that we sorted in two categories, Combat and Career Management Tips.…
Dear Aspirants! Time for another preview on Gladiator's Revenge as well as a release date reveal ! Hint: it's very soon! Today marks the anniversary of We Who Are About To Die! 2 years ago today I released my 7-year-solo-dev project. It was an absolutely life-changing experience. Since then, we're now a game studio -- over 15 people have worked on the project by now, and we've added countless f…
Dear Aspirants! Time for Preview 2 and more details on the new backstory: Veteran Aspirant! In this backstory you are a Veteran fighter with an already established career as an Aspirant . You are hellbent on revenge after an Aspirant called Baegar was the only one to defeat you, knocking you off your throne and becoming Aspired before you. Your only purpose in life is to defeat Baegar the Aspir…
Dear Aspirants! I almost can't believe it, but we are quickly coming up on the second anniversary of the Early Access launch of We Who Are About To Die! The game has grown a lot , and we aren't done. To celebrate the anniversary we are releasing a Content Update in November - one I'm personally very excited for! The game will also have a Steam Daily Deal discount on November 23rd. Gladiator's R…
Champion's Journey v0.63 changelog A patch with some bugfixing to hold us over untill the anniversary of the game! (Nov 14th!) Bugfixes · Fixed players sometimes losing shields after a Spoils match · Fixed a cause of NPCs bumping into their attack target, in particular at high speed · The ranges of certain breakable objects that were missing new range calculations have been updated. This should…
Champion's Journey v0.62 changelog Another small patch with some minor bugfixes! Bugfixes · Fixed issue where enemies would get stuck at one of the entrances in The Great Pit · Fixed issue where enemies didn't drop their weapon when it breaks, preventing weapons from disappearing during or after a fight · Fixed a bug that allowed 1h characters to briefly pick up 2h weapons and keep them by quit…
Champion's Journey v0.61 changelog A small patch with some minor tweaks and bugfixes! Tweaks · Removed certain cases where the Backstory Character Trait set would contain many Minor Traits · Added the possibility of receiving 2 Neutral traits alongside a set of Minor or Major Positive and Negative Traits · Added exclusion of 2h weapon (skill) buffing Traits with the One-Handed Trait and of Dash…
It's already here - we bring you the Champion's Journey Update ! This update introduces massive new feature: Character Traits, and much more! Check out this overview video and get ready to unlock a whole new layer to the game. Early Access v0.6 - The Champion's Journey Update Full Changelog MAJOR new content & features New: Character Traits · New: over 50 random Character Traits · Added in-run…
Ave Aspirants! With this last and final preview on the Champion's Journey Update, we want to reveal the new Character Overview , Weight and skill systems , a new map and reveal more character traits ! The Character Overview Panel The Character Overview panel provides all the essential information about your character at a glance. You can access it in the Armory, the old shop panel can now tab b…
Dear Aspirants! With this third preview on the Champion's Journey Update, we want to highlight the all-new Calendar , different Item Modifications and reveal a bunch of patron and career management traits ! Timeline We've added a Calendar to the game: it shows you a timeline for upcoming events. This directly links to The Spectacles Update which introduced rare fights at certain weeks. With the…
Dear Aspirants! With this second preview on the Champion's Journey Update, it's time to talk about how traits are generated and embedded in the game. We'll also reveal 3 new traits and a brand new feature of the game! Trait Generation The highlight of the Champion's Journey update is the introduction of random character traits , which brings a whole new depth to the game - check out Preview #1…
Dear Aspirants! With the recent Spectacles Update having been a massive success, we are excited to already start showing off the next version of We Who Are About To Die! Introducing the next major update: Champion's Journey ! This update contains a few major character-oriented features that change the game completely, yet again. We are adding a good deal of QoL, bugfixes and - of course - conte…
The Spectacles Update v0.47 changelog An unexpected, short but sweet patch today: · Fixed (or at least drastically improved) a bug in melee weapon collision detection. Weapon attack collision should be more consistent now, eg. attacks phasing through shields and weapon blocks failing. It took a long time to find, but ladies and gentlemen, we got 'em. We who are about to die salute you, Jordy
The Spectacles Update v0.46 changelog Another patch! Mostly fixing bugs but also more balancing changes. Bugfixes · (Hopefully) fixed issue where a reinforcement soldier could get stuck in the rocks, and would not resolve to victory. * · Fixed issue where your weapon would get destroyed in career menu if you weapon broke in Draft · Fixed issue where Classic aiming didn't work (esp Up/Down aimin…
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