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Steam News29 June 20233y ago

6/29 Update - Arena Mode

Here’s what’s been changed and added: Gamemodes: New game mode: Arena! Battle infinite waves of NPCs while defending the core. Can be played solo or with friends!

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What changed

3 fixes9 additions10 changes0 removals
  • Gameplay
  • Performance
  • Fixes
  • Balance
  • UI and audio
  • Events
addedHere’s what’s been changed and added: Gamemodes:
addedNew game mode: Arena! Battle infinite waves of NPCs while defending the core. Can be played solo or with friends!
fixedFixed a server crash when grabbing the tops of surfaces/floors.
changedMisc fixes and improvements.
addedPark - Added arena support.
addedAdded a new weapon - UMP.

NervBox changes

addedHere’s what’s been changed and added: Gamemodes:
addedNew game mode: Arena! Battle infinite waves of NPCs while defending the core. Can be played solo or with friends!
fixedFixed a server crash when grabbing the tops of surfaces/floors.
changedMisc fixes and improvements.
addedPark - Added arena support.

Here’s what’s been changed and added: Gamemodes:

  • New game mode: Arena! Battle infinite waves of NPCs while defending the core. Can be played solo or with friends!

  • This is only version 1 of arena, we’ll be listening to feedback and doing playtesting to figure out what needs changing.

Networking:

  • Lobby lists now auto-searches upon starting the game.

  • Fixed a server crash when grabbing the tops of surfaces/floors.

  • Misc fixes and improvements.

Levels:

  • Park - Added arena support.

Items/Interaction:

  • Added a new weapon - UMP.

  • Replaced PM40 with Glock 22.

  • Holstered items now drop upon player despawning.

  • Guns now have grab indicators in all pre-authored positions.

  • Fixed various weld gun issues.

Combat:

  • Rebalanced combat and overhauled how melee combat works.

  • Players can now punch, stab, slash, smash, or bonk other players with melee weapons.

UI:

  • Added a thank you panel on the main menu with a link to our Discord.

NPCs:

  • Tweaks to how NPCs balance, this should result in more consistent walking and movement.

  • Improved NPC sync.

  • Added sounds to better indicate when an NPC deals damage via punching.

  • NPCs will now target the closest surface of NPC bait instead of the very center.

  • Fixed NPCs sharing a memory of events they should not share.

  • Improved NPC getup reliability.

  • Reduced NPC scale by 15%.

  • Other NPC tweaks and improvements.

Audio:

  • Added: Ladder sounds, baseball bat sounds.

  • Revamped ambience spatialization in warehouse.

We’ve also heard your feedback regarding private lobbies and we are resolving the last technical issues with them. We are aiming to push private lobbies in a small patch with some other bug fixes in the next few days.

Check out our roadmap, so you can follow along with that to see what we’re currently working on and what we plan on doing next: https://trello.com/b/EZ9qQMyu/nervbox-roadmap If you have any questions, feedback, bug reports, or suggestions, or just want to chat and hang out, join our discord! https://discord.gg/EkRXj9YxXD

Hope you enjoy this update! -Quantum Lion Labs Team

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Steam News / 29 June 2023

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