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February Playtest Notes

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Hey everyone!

We wanted to drop a quick follow-up about last week’s Alpha playtest, and talk a little about what y’all can expect to see next for ARBO: Arena Tactics.

Overall, it was an amazing week that let our team finally watch a batch of brand new players interacting with our game’s core mechanics, and we appreciate all the attention and feedback that y’all gave us throughout.

Among the week’s many highlights, our Game Designers had a blast getting schooled by Discord community members and showing off some of the most diabolical combos and utilities of our Cyclone Launcher Weapon. Several other members of our Game Dev team were also lucky enough to engage some cool Twitch Streamers in epic matches (which you should check out right now!).

We also heard tons of great ideas from y’all about how to improve our game experience in big and small ways. As we’re preparing for the next round of playtests (which we’ll announce soon!), here are some of the things that we’re hoping to implement by then:

- A Full-Screen Mode for PC Players, so you can better immerse yourself in the action
- Better Tooltips that will quickly inform you about the mechanics of our Ops, Protocols, and other abilities
- Redesign of our Strategy-building experience
- Some key under-the-hood enhancements that’ll let the game client run smoother on both Mac and PC
- Additional animations to make many of our characters’ moves more dazzling and impactful
- Fewer bugs and various game balance changes

We’ll be trickling out more updates and content in the coming days, and we hope you’ll keep in touch with us and spread the word about what we’re building here. Be sure to check out our Discord to meet and chat with other community members, and stay tuned to our social media accounts if you’d like to keep up with all the latest updates as they happen.

Again, a million thanks from our team, and we can’t wait to share more of the ARBO: Arena Tactics universe with you very soon!

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A New Beginning

The time has come to lead your Squad to victory as a master of 1v1 turn-based combat in the ARBO: Arena Tactics February Alpha Playtest!

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[h2]Register Now[/h2]
Curious to be a part of the fun? Register now to become a playtester for us. Keys will be distributed on the 17th.
✅ https://community.arbo.xyz/


[h2]Features[/h2]
  • 4 playable Hero Classes, each with unique traits and proficiencies
  • 6 Premade Combat Strategies, each designed to showcase different playstyles
  • 60 different playable Protocol cards
  • 30 different playable Trait Ops
  • Numerous Modes: PvP Ranked Mode with a Timer, PvP Casual Mode with no Timer, and a PvE Mode vs. an AI Player
  • Fully-interactive battle Arena, with two Win Conditions, destructible Obstacles, dynamic Line of Sight system, and environmental Hexes with unique properties
  • Info modals that provide tooltips, values, and other in-game info
  • A Leaderboard that tracks all Alpha players’ win record and ELO


[h2]Note on Bugs[/h2]
Because ARBO: Arena Tactics is in such an early stage of development, some of the Ops, Protocols, mechanics, UI elements, and other interactions in the game aren't yet fully rigged or animated. While some are fully playable, others are missing polish, VFX, SFX, and features that have yet to be implemented. Above all, we encourage our playtesters to share their open and honest feedback with us so we can make the best game possible. All feedback is good feedback, so don't be shy!

Creating this game has been such a long, unpredictable journey for our team, and we’re so proud to finally get to welcome our first round of players into the unique gaming experience that we’ve crafted.
We hope you enjoy all the incredible things that you’ll soon discover in ARBO: Arena Tactics! Creating this game has been such a long, unpredictable journey for our team, and we’re so proud to finally get to welcome our first round of players into the unique gaming experience that we’ve crafted. See you in battle!

[h2]Wishlist Now To Support Us[/h2]
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2914810/ARBO_Arena_Tactics/