War of the Web

War of the Web is a 2012 online multiplayer real-time strategy Flash game developed by Jacob Grahn.
It serves as a spiritual successor to the vBulletin add-on Conquest. The game was positively received, being voted the best submission of the day on Newgrounds, as well as one of the top 10 of the week and top 5 games of the month."Top entries from 03/17/2012!" - Newgrounds"Top entries from 03/20/2012!" - Newgrounds"Best of March 2012" - Newgrounds It was also featured on IndieGames, who named it among the best indie games of the week."Browser Game Pick: War of the Web (Jiggmin)". IndieGames.com. March 25, 2012."Best of Indie Games: From Outpost Kaloki to Manor of the Damned". IndieGames.com. March 26, 2012.
==Pre-Release==
Jiggmin hinted at a new game in December 2010 when he announced he was upgrading his website to vBulletin 4. He lamented the loss of Conquest, saying: "If only someone who makes games for a living could program a replacement! Wait..."."Vb4". Jiggmin. December 8, 2010. He officially announced War of the Web once the new layout launched a month later."Announcing things". Jiggmin. January 21, 2011.
War flags for 5 websites were shown off the following week and he confirmed they'd be fighting each other shortly afterwards."War Flags". Jiggmin. January 27, 2011. A possible unnamed 6th site was mentioned, but ultimately scrapped."4 outta 5 (or 6)". Jiggmin. February 4, 2011.
An update towards the end of February revealed each site's unique soldiers, and various weapons were showcased in March."Soldiers". Jiggmin. February 25, 2011."War of the Weapons". Jiggmin. March 27, 2011.
The game was put on hold while Jiggmin worked on Platform Racing 2, Platform Racing 3 and Creation. Development resumed in October and he hosted livestreams through December showing its progress, during the last of which he announced a beta would release that night."WotW Dec 30" Several blogs were also posted beforehand that detailed some of the game's buildings."A quick WotW update". Jiggmin. December 15, 2011."Strongholds keep your enemies at bay". Jiggmin. December 21, 2011."Make some coin". Jiggmin. December 27, 2011."Noooo Freeeed". Jiggmin. December 28, 2011.
==Gameplay==
War of the Web is an online strategy game where players are split into 5 teams and duke it out against one another. The main objective is to reach Mars first by gathering research, after which their team's immortalized in the Martian Hall of Fame and research resets.
Players are automatically assigned a team based on which website they're playing on. If they're not logged in, they're placed on a random team as a guest. Each team has a unique bonus that gives them an advantage in certain areas:
*Armora - Defense +25%
*F.A.C.E. - Spying +100%
*Jiggs - Coin +10%
*Kong - Attack +25%
*New Geo - Revenge +33%
Everyone starts the game with ¢9,999, 300 turns and 13 plots where they can place various buildings. Teams have access to the same buildings, though each have unique designs based on their theme. For example, Armor Games uses medieval castles as HQs while Facebook uses skyscrapers.
Buildings cost coin to erect and upgrade, which can be stolen from enemies during raids or be created in Cities by spending turns.
Turns automatically replenish at a rate of 9 per minute and are otherwise used to collect research and recruit/train soldiers.
==Buildings==
===Armory===
Buy weapons for soldiers to use in battle. New weapons are unlocked after upgrading a building.
Unlike Barracks, players keep weapons they've purchased if they sell an Armory.
War of the Web - Armora Armory.svg|Armora
War of the Web - F.A.C.E Armory.svg|F.A.C.E.
War of the Web - Jiggs Armory.svg|Jiggs
War of the Web - Kong Armory.svg|Kong
War of the Web - Neo Geo Armory.svg|New Geo
===Barracks===
Home and training ground for soldiers. They initially only hold 3 soldiers, with each upgrade adding room for another 3 for a maximum of 27 soldiers.
If players attack someone or they are attacked without a Barracks, they instead fight with their militia, who use pitchforks and have their ranks randomly generated.
Unlike Armories, players lose their soldiers after selling their Barracks.
War of the Web - Armora Barracks.svg|Armora
War of the Web - F.A.C.E Barracks.svg|F.A.C.E.
War of the Web - Jiggs Barracks.svg|Jiggs
War of the Web - Kong Barracks.svg|Kong
War of the Web - Neo Geo Barracks.svg|New Geo
===City===
Houses citizens and where players can produce coin by spending turns.
The amount of coin generated per turn depends on how many Cities they have and how large they are. They begin with a population of 1,000, with each upgrade adding another thousand.
They can also modify their empire's tax rate to generate further coin. It starts lowering their empire's happiness if it's above 50% however, causing their soldiers to perform poorer in battle. Likewise a tax rate below 50% increases their happiness.
To prevent players from getting stuck, they can spend 9 turns to repair their Cities if they lack the needed coin.
War of the Web - Armora City.svg|Armora
War of the Web - F.A.C.E City.svg|F.A.C.E.
War of the Web - Jiggs City.svg|Jiggs
War of the Web - Kong City.svg|Kong
War of the Web - Neo Geo City.svg|New Geo
===HQ===
HQs are required for players to attack enemies, with its amount of upgrades determining the number of soldiers they send into battle.
They include a search system for finding specific players, along with several lists of people on enemy teams:
*"Personal Revenge" - Those who've attacked the player. They're given a 50% attack bonus for retaliating.
*"National Revenge" - People who've attacked their team in general. Adds a 25% attack bonus.
*"Recent Targets" - Others that were recently attacked.
*"Recently Active" - Anyone who's played the game lately.
War of the Web - Armora HQ.svg|Armora
War of the Web - F.A.C.E HQ.svg|F.A.C.E.
War of the Web - Jiggs HQ.svg|Jiggs
War of the Web - Kong HQ.svg|Kong
War of the Web - Neo Geo HQ.svg|New Geo
===Spy Hub===
Spy on foes who have a large amount of coin, Launch Sites, turns or weapons.
Also includes a list of every team that shows their team bonus, total number of active players, combined citizen population and current research levels.
War of the Web - Armora Spy Hub.svg|Armora
War of the Web - F.A.C.E Spy Hub.svg|F.A.C.E.
War of the Web - Jiggs Spy Hub.svg|Jiggs
War of the Web - Kong Spy Hub.svg|Kong
War of the Web - Neo Geo Spy Hub.svg|New Geo
===Stronghold===
Provides surrounding buildings with an extra defense bonus.
War of the Web - Armora Stronghold.svg|Armora
War of the Web - F.A.C.E Stronghold.svg|F.A.C.E.
War of the Web - Jiggs Stronghold.svg|Jiggs
War of the Web - Kong Stronghold.svg|Kong
War of the Web - Neo Geo Stronghold.svg|New Geo
===Launch Site===
Gather research. All Launch Sites in the game reset to level 1 once a team reaches Mars.
War of the Web - Armora Launch Site.svg|Armora
War of the Web - F.A.C.E Launch Site.svg|F.A.C.E.
War of the Web - Jiggs Launch Site.svg|Jiggs
War of the Web - Kong Launch Site.svg|Kong
War of the Web - Neo Geo Launch Site.svg|New Geo
==Weapons==
Each team has their own ultimate weapon, though they can be stolen by enemies during battles.
Weapon	Name 	Price 	Power
 	Pitchfork 	¢0 	0
 	Potato Gun 	¢100 	1
 	Fairy Slingshot	¢125 	2
 	Spikes! 	¢225 	3
 	Sun Death Ray 	¢340 	4
 	Awesome Cannon 	¢500 	5
 	Magic Foot 	¢760 	6
 	Meteor Magnet 	¢1,140	7
 	Black Hole Mini	¢1,700	8
 	Excalibur 	¢2,500	9
 	Watering Can 	¢2,500	9
 	Bubble Gun 	¢2,500	9
 	Queen Call 	¢2,500	9
 	Portable Tank 	¢2,500	9
==Music==
Main article: Songs
Audio	Song 	Length
 	Thanks – Jiggmin 	2:00
 	War Machine – Colin Willsher 	2:18
 	Machinations – LimblessAvenger	1:36
===Removed===
This was briefly used as the building theme in the beta. As it's a remix of a copyrighted song, Jiggmin replaced it to avoid issues.
Audio	Song 	Length
 	Vital Mech – MF-Greth	3:59
==Updates==
See also: War of the Web/Update History
==Medals==
Main article: Achievements
Newgrounds medals were available for the game that've been removed since its shut down.
Badge	Name 	Requirements 	Points
 	Saboteur 	Spy on an enemy and destroy their defenses. 	5
 	Exotic Tastes	Steal an enemy team's level 9 weapon during a raid.	25
 	Rich Ass 	Acquire 99,999 coin. 	50
 	Launch 	Successfully launch with your team to Mars. 	100
 	Trollo 	Attack someone on your own team. 	5
 	All In 	Spend 300 turns on research. 	10
 	Divine Master	Reach 100% empire happiness. 	10
 	Slave Driver 	Reach 0% empire happiness. 	10
==Shut Down==
Unlike most of his multiplayer games, Jiggmin supported War of the Web past September 2015 since Pagoda Box hosted it."Downtime". Jiggmin. February 4, 2012.
Features were gradually discontinued starting around then however. The chats went offline in January, and it also became impossible to fight for Facebook after jiggmin.com closed that summer since it hosted their file too. Waroftheweb.com went offline that autumn, while Kongregate's build was mistakenly unpublished during July 2016, leaving only Newgrounds and Armor Games. The game quietly shut down in January 2018 while Jiggmin was moving his site's servers.
There have been no fan projects to revive the game or set up private servers, leaving it unplayable.
==Trivia==
* This was the last game Jiggmin finished and released on other websites.
*Team Jiggs' soldiers were originally aliens as seen in this early photo:
*Newgrounds' team name is a reference to the Neo Geo console.
*F.A.C.E.'s 100% spy bonus is a jab at the site's controversial privacy policies.
*Kong's ultimate weapon was originally the Portal Device from Half-Life. It was changed due to copyright issues, though an altered version was reused for the Black Hole Mini.
*While the game was published on Armor Games, the site removed it after a couple days."War of the Web" - Armor Games (March 2012 archive)"Strategy Games" - Armor Games (March 2012 archive)"War of the Web". Armor Games Forums. Februrary 5, 2012. Its file was still accessible however, so players could continue fighting for them.
*This is the only one of Jiggmin's multiplayer games to purge accounts after several weeks of inactivity.
*Despite Kongregate removing the game, its comment section is still up. Its forum also remained up until Kongregate removed all game-specific forums in 2020, outlasting even PR2's forum.
*A glitch during battles can cause all soldiers to stop moving while one continually fires at nothing, creating a neverending fight.
==Gallery==
War of the Web - Beta.png|Early screenshot of the main hub from January 2011.
War of the Web - Armora Title Screen.png|Armor Games' title screen.
War of the Web - F.A.C.E Title Screen.png|Facebook's title screen.
War of the Web - Kong Title Screen.png|Kongregate's title screen.
War of the Web - New Geo Title Screen.png|Newgrounds' title screen.
War of the Web - Armor Games BG.jpg|Armor Games' hub background.
War of the Web - Facebook BG.jpg|Facebook's hub background.
War of the Web - Jiggmin.com BG.jpg|Jiggmin.com's hub background.
War of the Web - Kongregate BG.jpg|Kongregate's hub background.
War of the Web - Newgrounds BG.jpg|Newgrounds' hub background.
War of the Web - Newgrounds Screenshot (Beta).jpg|Newgrounds' hub background during the beta.
War of the Web - Armor Games Thumbnail.png|Armora's icon.
War of the Web - Facebook Thumbnail.jpg|F.A.C.E.'s icon.
War of the Web - Jiggmin.com Thumbnail.jpg|Jiggs' icon.
War of the Web - Kongregate Thumbnail.png|Kong's icon.
War of the Web - Newgrounds Thumbnail.png|New Geo's icon.
==Links==
*Play War of the Web on Newgrounds
*Full Screen Link (New Geo)
*Full Screen Link (Armora)
*War of the Web's Facebook page
==References==
Category:Games
Category:Multiplayer Games
Category:Online Games
Category:2012 Games