Overwatch Workshop lets you build custom game modes and prototype new heroes

Blizzard's Jeff Kaplan has announced the Overwatch Workshop, a “simplified game scripting system” that will add more variety to the first-person shooter's Game Browser. Players can adjust the game at an unprecedented level to craft entirely new ways to play.

“Within the Workshop, you'll create a Script to add Rules and unique play Conditions on top of the established Overwatch game modes you already know and love,” explains the Overwatch team. “Rules can do many things, like change how a hero's movement and abilities work, modify how players are damaged or healed, or even display text under certain circumstances.”

To encourage creativity, the Overwatch Workshop will come bundled with several templates from Blizzard, including a floor is lava mode. Another suggestion is mirror deathmatch, in which all players are the same character for a minute at a time.

“We’re extremely excited to see what you do with this,” says Kaplan. “We hope it opens a whole new world of Overwatch to you all”.

With the ability to significantly adjust abilities, cooldowns, and movement, players could essentially prototype hero ideas or make their own balance adjustments.

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