I'm so glad this game's development came back! I'm one more person that dreams since a kid of a War of the Worlds game, so that means so much for me :)
I'm anxious for interface updates, visual updates and sound updates
I don't know how possible is it, but we REALLY NEED the 2005 movie's tripod appearance and sound effects (city sirens, tripod horn, tripod walk, tripod beams)
And just a sugestion, i sugest a good investiment in the game's panic ambience mood. The game would be amazing if we could feel scaried by the ambience in sound - people screaming, bombs and bullets noises, echoing sirens, crows and birds screaming - and in visuals - dense blood steam, proppering fire smoke, dense bloody terraformation (like in the movie), people running, army battle scenes.
I don't know how hard and important is that, but i would be surprised if there were Tripod House Searching actions, like in Harlan Ogilvy's house scenes. I don't think the game needs phisical aliens, but i would enjoy the "camera tentacles" and "person-capture tentacles", but i understand how far does that go and maybe impossible for such device.
Anyway, i know you all probably have a long way to go, and that some of the desired things can't be fully reached, so i'm here cheering for the best :)
Love your project! - Yes, as you can figure it out, i'm a 2005 version's fan