- Quick update before new major changes - 20 December 2020
Hi all. Long time no post :P UPDATE: New update is now live. I have been working on other projects so have not had time to fix LBA. In the past couple of weeks I have added a couple of things to LBA though that I know has probably pissed people off since I launched the game back in 2018. So with no further ado, I am current making the build that fixes hit registration from the AI. This has plagued the game since I wrote the AI systems and I know it must piss people right off that they dont know where the AI is when they are being shot at. It makes it feel like they are shooting you from nowhere and through buildings (which is not the case I assure you. The AI I have written are amazingly good at LBA and they will fight each other and you like pros!). I have added in a new directional hit detection. This will show you where the AI is shooting from - this makes life allot easier when figh…
- LINX BATTLE ARENA: MAJOR UPDATE RELEASED - 4 February 2019
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F30433631%2F4c5e429fc2711c8cbd32f344a8700b480e27f963.png Finally I am releasing the update for Linx Battle Arena. This update will include the new DLC, major stability updates, 24 new characters, new gun system, a complete new NPC and AI enemy system, improved multiplayer networking, a bespoke ranking and progress system, new skill based play system, achievements and a shed load of other behind the scenes improvements. Get Your Rank and Achievements Show off your skills to your fellow players with achievements and ranks! Ranks can be achieved during play by killing enemies, living like a boss, not killing NPC's and general skilful play. There are currently 15 rank badges. Achievements are now available for your hard work Weapon specific, kills and deaths, NPC slaughter and much more fun activities will help you gain the cur…
- Final Builds and Testing of LBA - 25 January 2019
I think there is about 2 weeks to go before I release the new version of Linx Battle Arena. I still have a few things to do but they will not take too long. I will be sending out the Testers Password and DLC keys at the start of next week. If you want to become a tester please let me know. Whats done: ranking system AI weapons done 24 new characters Teriach Island integrated Gun sounds fixed UI improvements DLC integrated and ready Whats not done: All achievements not finished (will be done by the end of next week!) Teriach Island 1st mission (will be done by the end of this weekend!) I am going to be adding missions to Teriach Island as it develops. I had these working pretty sweetly in builds I was making at the end of 2017 (open world missions where you find an ingame boss or protagonist and get a mission from them) and I am going to be adding them one at a time in the new version. I…
- Achievement Icons etc.. quick update - 20 January 2019
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- LBA: MASSIVE UPDATE INCOMING!! Oh and some news :P - 9 January 2019
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F30433631%2Fe961c0d435ac5213da09c7836f307c8557dc804c.png WALL OF TEXT AHEAD Big updates, new stuff coming soon, check out some new pwetty pictures... So on to the major news etc :) Its been a long long almost 5 years since I first came up with this idea of making a third person shooter that 'I' would love to play. Well the game I wanted to make is so close I can almost smell it! I have been working allot, and I mean ALLOT on LBA in the past few months. The game runs like butter off a hot knife, the guns feel like they should and the new AI system that I have built from absolute scratch in the past 2 months feels almost exactly how I want the AI to feel in LBA. I have been doing a hell of allot of play testing recently just to actually play LBA and I can honestly say the result is better than I though it could be. So whats s…
- LBA:Redux RANK ICONS: Sneek Peek - 2 December 2018
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- LBA:Redux - Major updates, Mechanics and More! - 1 December 2018
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F30433631%2F87e7877533cb96b0e097ac224f4111d59d06fb45.jpg First up.. silence is not golden so I need to appologise for not posting for months! I have been working allot on LBA, building a new scoring system, progress system, removing the old server based scores and adding in Steam scores and achievements.. Ok with that out of the way, I am doing a RE-RELEASE of LBA as LBA:Redux which will be coming to Steam as a DLC in the first quarter of the new year. I will be looking for testers soon so feel free to hook me up for early access to LBA:Redux! The game right now is free to play and I know the game as it is released right now on Steam is still broken so here is what I have done to fix and re-release LBA. completely new AI system for playing singe player (see below) reworked gun aiming and gun movement system completely new (…
- LBA IS NOW FREE TO PLAY... - 26 June 2018
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- LBA Is free to play from Friday 22nd June at 4pm GMT - 22 June 2018
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- Free to play is almost here.. - 16 June 2018
I have applied to Valve to make LBA free to play. this should be implemented in the next week or so. In the meantime I am working on a new lobby and game join system. If you have any comments please post them here or feel free to start a thread in the forum.
- Going Free To Play and other changes - 8 June 2018
First up, I took LBA in the wrong direction after the release. I took it in a direction that was not really suited to the game. In-fact I kind of had rose tinted glasses on while taking the game in that direction and spent far too much time doing that! This drew me in to a slump where I felt like I had done too much to go back but I do back pretty much everything up as I go so I have the builds from just after release and I am going back to PRE single player (see next paragraph) where I have implemented the best NEW features. The game build as is right now has lots of AI wandering round Teriach Island, different cars, missions, a large open world and is purely single player based. This is not what I ever intended for LBA and so I have scrapped that version (i still have it of course but it will most likely never be released). It is pretty decent fun to play BUT again, not what LBA was e…
- Fixes from feedback! - 5 February 2018
Hi all. thanks for the feedback in the forum. I have been working on fixing bugs this week among other things. The main bug fix is the loading of your player details. I have never had an issues with this but some people are so I have added a Refresh Button to the start menu. If your game is not loading, just hit the refresh button and it will reload from the version test screen. I have also fixed a couple of glaring bugs that I never seen! As I move forward with LBA, I have been building new features such as character editor, new vehicles mechanics and some missions. I am not even sure if people want these things so I really need peoples opinions on what direction they would like me to take. Do you want cars? Do you want open world missions? Do you want bots in Multiplayer? Do you really need a character editor? I have implemented these features in the local builds and they all work pre…
- Fixes from feedback! - 5 February 2018
Hi all. thanks for the feedback in the forum. I have been working on fixing bugs this week among other things. The main bug fix is the loading of your player details. I have never had an issues with this but some people are so I have added a Refresh Button to the start menu. If your game is not loading, just hit the refresh button and it will reload from the version test screen. I have also fixed a couple of glaring bugs that I never seen! As I move forward with LBA, I have been building new features such as character editor, new vehicles mechanics and some missions. I am not even sure if people want these things so I really need peoples opinions on what direction they would like me to take. Do you want cars? Do you want open world missions? Do you want bots in Multiplayer? Do you really need a character editor? I have implemented these features in the local builds and they all work pre…
- LBA v1.0.0 Released for $1 (50% release discount) - 29 January 2018
Steam isnt letting me apply discount to 10am tomorrow! Linx Battle Arena is now live. The build is currently version 1.0.0 which I am sure I will be updating as I go over the next few days (and tonight)! If you have any comments or find any bugs please let me know asap below here or post in the steam forum so I can work to getting the version I am working on released. New videos and features coming very soon. Right now there are no cars to drive but I have 99% finished the new driving mechanics so this will be implemented in the coming days. Needs a wee nit more testing. New features coming very soon are: new cars (99% done) multiplayer missions (75% done) car racing (75% done) character creator (WIP around 50% done - needs more clothes and female added) I am still working alone on the project so any debug help would be appreciated - credits will be given to people with mentions in buil…
- LBA v1.0.0 Released for $1 (50% release discount) - 29 January 2018
Steam isnt letting me apply discount to 10am tomorrow! Linx Battle Arena is now live. The build is currently version 1.0.0 which I am sure I will be updating as I go over the next few days (and tonight)! If you have any comments or find any bugs please let me know asap below here or post in the steam forum so I can work to getting the version I am working on released. New videos and features coming very soon. Right now there are no cars to drive but I have 99% finished the new driving mechanics so this will be implemented in the coming days. Needs a wee nit more testing. New features coming very soon are: new cars (99% done) multiplayer missions (75% done) car racing (75% done) character creator (WIP around 50% done - needs more clothes and female added) I am still working alone on the project so any debug help would be appreciated - credits will be given to people with mentions in buil…
- Release 1.0 - Get LBA for $1 - 28 January 2018
Linx Battle Arena - 1.0 So as you may have read in my previous announcement, I was going to ditch LBA but I have been getting emails from people and messages here on Steam all weekend asking me to NOT bin LBA. I do not want to get rid of the game and it would seem that I have a silent community just waiting for something to happen (that I never knew about). I would like to thank everyone who has contacted me asking me to keep working on LBA. I would also like to thank the occasional troll for entertaining me by telling me that me and my team need to stop making this game! Me and my non existent team thank you as well :P I am going to release LBA as 1.0 release on Monday 29 January (which to me is tomorrow). I will make the 1.0 release live at 5pm GMT for $1. Moving Forward The game I am playing locally and building is bigger than 1.0 in many ways. If all goes well, I will be adding to t…
- Release 1.0 - Get LBA for $1 - 28 January 2018
Linx Battle Arena - 1.0 So as you may have read in my previous announcement, I was going to ditch LBA but I have been getting emails from people and messages here on Steam all weekend asking me to NOT bin LBA. I do not want to get rid of the game and it would seem that I have a silent community just waiting for something to happen (that I never knew about). I would like to thank everyone who has contacted me asking me to keep working on LBA. I would also like to thank the occasional troll for entertaining me by telling me that me and my team need to stop making this game! Me and my non existent team thank you as well :P I am going to release LBA as 1.0 release on Monday 29 January (which to me is tomorrow). I will make the 1.0 release live at 5pm GMT for $1. Moving Forward The game I am playing locally and building is bigger than 1.0 in many ways. If all goes well, I will be adding to t…
- LBA - End of the road.. - 27 January 2018
Due to lack of sales, I am not going to be continuing with the production of Linx Battle Arena. I will be removing the game from steam as soon as I can. I would thank the community for its support with LBA but as I have had less than 15 sales in 4 months, there is no community to speak of.
- NEW PERSISTENT LOBBIES - 29 October 2017
I have been working allot on lobbies and how people will join and leave games with friends and with the public. While testing LBA with my testers we had to constantly jump out of the game and back to the main menu where another player would then set up the game bla de bla de bla.. You get the point! Now with persistent lobbies, you can jump out of the game and right back in to the public or private lobby. This keeps you and your friends together across rounds and also allows you to meet new people and play with them more often. I will be adding the in game chat for each game to the specific lobby in the next week or so. This will allow you to jump in to a lobby and talk to people who are in the current game plus you will be able to see the chat that is going on in the specific instance of the game.
- NEW PERSISTENT LOBBIES - 29 October 2017
I have been working allot on lobbies and how people will join and leave games with friends and with the public. While testing LBA with my testers we had to constantly jump out of the game and back to the main menu where another player would then set up the game bla de bla de bla.. You get the point! Now with persistent lobbies, you can jump out of the game and right back in to the public or private lobby. This keeps you and your friends together across rounds and also allows you to meet new people and play with them more often. I will be adding the in game chat for each game to the specific lobby in the next week or so. This will allow you to jump in to a lobby and talk to people who are in the current game plus you will be able to see the chat that is going on in the specific instance of the game.
