Homebrew Release: Warnel Chawpiovs v1.1.0 (PC, Nintendo Switch), adds “The Mad Titan’s Shadow” cards

I’m proud to release version 1.1.0 of “Warnel Chawpiovs”, a homebrew game for PC (Windows, Linux, MacOS versions are now available) and Nintendo Switch. This new release adds cards from the Mad Titan’s Shadow and the Captain America Hero pack. Specifically, this brings 3 new heroes (Adam Warlock, Spectrum, and Captain America) as well as 5 new scenarios (Ebony Maw, Tower Defense, Thanos, Hela, and Loki).

Additionally, version 1.1.0 adds sound and music support. The game provides a default “music.zip” archive which contains some music and sounds, but it is possible (and somewhat easy) to use your own music and sounds in mp3 format if you want to.

Last but not least, several bugs have been fixed in multiple cards since the last release.

This is a fan-created work and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Fantasy Flight Games. All characters, settings, and related elements are the property of their respective owners.

What is Warnel Chawpiovs ?

Warnel Chawpiovs, aka WC, is a homebrew game for multiple platforms (included, but not limited to, Nintendo Switch and Windows), based on the popular cooperative board game Marvel Champions. WC lets you play the popular card game with full rules enforcement. The game does the heavy lifting of handling all the rules, so you only have to focus on your strategy.

Please note that Warnel Chawpiovs doesn’t hold your hand. Although it automates all of the gameplay, you will still need a basic understanding of the original rules to know what’s going on. The rules can be found here if you’re interested: https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/products/marvel-champions-the-card-game/  (scroll down to the support/rules section and download “Learn to play“)

You can play on your own with one or multiple heroes, and there’s also a multiplayer mode, although I need to emphasize once again, multiplayer doesn’t exactly work*

 

Warnel Chawpiovs – What’s new in 1.1.0

• Adds support for “The Mad Titan’s Shadow” and Captain America hero pack:
  • New heroes : Adam Warlock, Spectrum, and Captain America
  • New villains: Ebony Maw, Tower Defense, Thanos, Hela, and Loki
• Support for music and sound
• Various bug fixes

How to install – Windows/Linux

Download the binaries below or on the github page:

• Warnel Chawpiovs Download page

(alternatively on github)

extract anywhere on your computer, then run the binary file (Windows: WC.exe, Linux:WC.x86_64)

How to install – Nintendo Switch

You will need a hacked Nintendo Switch to run this game.

Download the binaries below or on the github page:

• Warnel Chawpiovs Download page

(alternatively on github)

extract the WC folder inside your switch folder on your SD card.

Launch the homebrew Menu in “full speed” mode (not in applet mode). This is done by pressing the Right Should button (R) while launching a cartridge game.

From there, you can run the game

How to install – Mac OS

Download the binaries below or on the github page:

• Warnel Chawpiovs Download page

(alternatively on github)

The Mac OS app isn’t officially signed, so in order to run it you can ctrl + click and select “open”

Running your First Game

On your first run, unless you already have the appropriate resources files (some of these files are included on the packages hosted on my website, but not on github), the game will attempt to download images and other resources. You will need internet access for that step. This step can be pretty long, in particular on the Nintendo Switch (roughly 30 minutes in my experience). Again, that step is not needed if you have the appropriate “*.zip” resource files.

Once you’re in the game select “Sivgle Player”, then choose one hero and one villain, then click on launch.

Note: On your very first run, the game will only let you select one hero and one villain. This is intentional, as the game’s “adventure mode” requires you to win games in order to unlock more heroes and scenarios. If you don’t like this you can deactivate it in the options/gameplay menu, this will unlock all content.

Check the Videos below for examples of gameplay

 

Status of the Switch port

The Switch port is… slow. You might want to overclock your console when you play the game. I know it’s not ideal, but it makes the gameplay much more comfortable.

I would not recommend playing with more than one hero at the moment, if only for performance reasons

 

Troubleshooting, bug reports, etc…

I do not have a dedicated forum or discord in place for this game yet. You can open issues on the github project, or contact me by email (wagic.the.homebrew at gmail), but please understand that I might dismiss or ignore most of those depending on free time and interest.

If there is enough interest for this little game, I might open a discord or something eventually.

Known issues

• Multiplayer should basically be considered broken for now.
• Loading/Saving games is hit and miss depending on the hero/villain
• Switch port is slow. You might want to overclock your console
• There are still lots of issues with specific cards, but feel free to report issues you find on the github
  • In particular multiple cards behave strangely when playing with more than one hero. This isn’t intentional so feel free to report those

 

Want more details?

check the Readme on github

What’s next:

There is still lots of work to do with this game. I’ve given up on Multiplayer support for now (Getting multiplayer to work would still be awesome, in the long run.) and am instead focusing on adding more cards to enjoy with a solo hero. Short term, I am also planning to streamline assets download so that it doesn’t block the game for hours at startup.

If by any miracle you are looking at my code and can help, in particular with multiplayer issues, please submit a PR on github

 

Download

• Download page

Or on the project’s github page

*  If you badly want to play Marvel Champions with friends online, the Marvel champions digital edition, another unofficial fan game, does a great job at it.