Developer posts and news about this game.
The new arena update has been released!! All you need to do is update Rivalry when it prompts you too and you can start playing on the new Arenas! Overall the update includes: NEW ARENAS The largest addition to this update are the eight new Arenas you can fight within. Originally
After ironing out the networking issues and polishing the remaining features I'm happy to announce that the Maps feature is now live on the Open Beta with the camera zooming feature fully functional! To access the open beta right click on Rivalry in your library, go to properties
Hey guys! Rivalry progress has been slow. My university work has been my number one priority which hasn’t left me much time to work on the game. Progress is being made but just at a much slower rate. The latest improvement is camera zooming! This allows players to zoom the Camera
With the start of university break I have started once again working on the map feature! I initially fixed some bugs surrounding arena choice rubberbanding and different edge cases in the network UI. After this I focused on tweaking each map. I added a velocity threshold to all p
Over the past three months I’ve had to put my head down and focus on university study, who knew machine learning courses could be so time consuming? At least what I have learnt from these courses could possibly be applied to making AI opponents for Rivalry further down the line!
Over the past two months I've implemented the last three maps that will be included in the Map Update!! The first one being "The Tavern". The tavern starts with both players on a long table. Various plates, candles, pints and other objects scatter the table. These objects can be
Over the past month I have managed to update the Replay UI to work with the Arena update as well as added two entirely new arenas! The Replay UI now correctly displays mice and can record, render and playback all props involved in an arena. The first new Arena to be added after S
Over the past week I have fixed a variety of bugs relating to the mapping feature with now only a few remaining! Initially there was a problem whereby props in the Arena would begin to jitter more and more violently as time went on until they began to teleport in and out bounds o
My final term of University has now ended! I was able to get some work done last break but I wasn’t able to get the Mapping feature complete in time. This was because the server protocol was not designed for dozens of prop transforms to be relayed by the server. This, and the cha
My term of University has now ended which means I can get back into development! I’m planning on assigning a couple hours every day to working on the game and hope to get the mapping/arena feature fully implemented by the end of next week. More news updates coming shortly! Remain
Arenas The basics of arena/map functionality are now finished. It is possible to not only play different maps locally but also over network games. However, there are still some aspects of the map feature that need to be implemented before it can be released to the public. The fir
After finishing my first term at University I can safely say that I am back at work developing Rivalry and have even begun work on a new feature, Maps! The map feature will enable players to play the game over much larger and more varied arenas. The first step in implementing thi
Over the past weeks I have been working on both the Scimitar and Buckler. Now they are in the game! The Scimitar in terms of both damage weight is somewhere between the Katana and Longsword. However, what differentiates it when compared to other weapons is both its curved shape a
As the number of online players and games has rapidly increased in recent weeks the Rivalry server has been having more technical issues such as crashes and service failures. Because of this I have increased the power and memory of the current Rivalry server! This should hopefull
I have added a new weapon to Rivalry! The Scimitar is a long curved sword that is somewhere between a Katana or a Longsword in both length, damage and mass. What differentiates it from other Rivalry weapons is its curved shape which allows for some interesting new tactics. Only o
Development of Rivalry has restarted! My aim is to continue both working on and refining the skin feature in the coming weeks. My latest change now enables the user to rename their personal skins through the UI instead of manually through the YAML file. I am also planning on addi
I have posted this to make aware that I'll be restarting development on Rivalry soon(ish)! I haven't been able to develop Rivalry recently because of both high school final year studies and a robot platypus. However, now that my finals exams will be over within the next month I c
The Skin Feature is live on the default and Beta version of the game! It's still missing some minor components like ingame renaming but all its major features are complete. I will be fixing bugs and features when people find them. Some major bugs may also be present but I can onl
Over the last weeks I have polished the template limb sprites and fixed an issue relating to network skins loading into local games after a network game has been setup An issue was discovered that related to how skins in network games including sideloaded skins would attempt to d
Over the last few weeks I have been continuing to polish the skinning feature as well as look a little at possible new weapons with a focus on implementing the spear. It has also been harder recently to work on the game with my final year assessments occurring. The most prominent