Overwatch Has New "Workshop" For Custom Game Modes And Rules - Ultimate Guide

Blizzard announces Overwatch Workshop to offer new custom game modes with own rules.


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Some context about Overwatch

Overwatch is a videogame of first person, multiplayer shots. During 2015 its beta version was closed so that, successively, it was published on May 24, 2016. for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Microsoft Windows platforms.

The gameplay of Overwatch groups players into teams of 6. Players can choose among the various heroes that are available, where each of them has unique abilities. The reason why they form teams is because the heroes complement each other, since they are classified into three categories: Damage, Support and Tank, which means that each one plays different roles.

The characters categorized as Damage high mobility and are characteristic for causing great amount of damage in a short period of time. However, given that the former have a great ability to cause damage, they lack defensive capacity, so they need heroes like "Tank"; These are characterized by having a greater number of defenses and life, being their specialty to protect the allies from the massive damage of the enemies, intercepting the damage. Then there is the third category of heroes, "Support", characterized by applying healing effects, shields, invulnerabilities or any other type of advantage for allied characters, among other skills that benefit the team.

About Overwatch Workshop

The Workshop is a new feature of Overwatch that will allow creating new custom scripts, including the rules that will govern it and as if that were not enough, also the variations in the heroes. Among the tools described in the official announcement, it is indicated that Overwatch Workshop will be able to change the way in which a hero moves or the properties of his abilities, change the damage or the healing outputs, among other environmental aspects.
There is also a tool to test your script, once you have finished them. The Workshop Inspector, you can perform a test of your script as well as allow you to share it for other players to try.

The developer Blizzard made available two modes as tests to show the potential in the Workshop. In one, the molten soil is literally that, because you catch fire when you touch the ground.

Aspects to consider

Video game designer and vice president of Blizzard Entertainment, Jeff Kaplan, described the Workshop as an "advanced user feature", ideal for people familiar with scripts or programming languages. He also emphasized that Overwatch Workshop is not a map editor, so it will not allow creating a custom geometry; instead, the behavior of the maps and characters can be modified.

Currently, Workshop is only available in Public Test Realm (PTR) on the PC. However, once it starts completely, you will also have the availability of the Workshop in console.