Happy New Year & new plans

Hey everyone,

Happy 2019!
I hope this year will destroy every remains of 2018...

I have been thinking a bit lately, and I have decided to change some of my plans for Mayhem Arena.

Mayhem Arena will undergo a metamorphosis, and look completely how I want the game to look and sound. That includes maps, characters, SFX and the like. It will have to be completely robust as well with a few tweaks and having the spectator work and such.

This means that any idea of multiplayer is going to be put on hold...



When Mayhem Arena is released as an alpha release, you won't be able to dominate your friends right away in an online match.

The reason for this decision is funding. I cannot afford a server at this time, at all, and I am actually starting to financially suffer...

Also, I want people to dip their toes in the water that is called Mayhem Arena, to give them an idea of the game and have them more involved in the growth and development of this game. An active community is something that will really help me and motivate me even more.

I am still planning on making the game multiplayer, of course. It's just really hard to maintain a server for that ideology.

For the first release, I am planning:
- four maps
- four characters
- speech for characters
- better and more SFX
- tweaks, tweaks, tweaks
- some bug removals
- visuals finalised

After the releases, I will work on a campaign for singleplayer as well, but that is just a shelved idea for the more distant future.

Who knows, maybe I can get the first release done a lot faster now? We'll just have to see how things unfold.

Also, the deadlines of uni are creeping up, so that is going first...

Thanks for reading and till next post!

- Joris