Zero G Arena (tuxdb.com)

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Well, with all the launch problems, I've just realised I never actually explicitly announced that Zero G Arena has left Early Access! It didn't really happen as a single event in the end so much as a series of them: [olist]

ZGA was removed from Steam when I pressed the launch button on the 8th of August, and became unplayable to Early Access owners.

ZGA was put back on Steam and set to a released state, but appeared on page 949 of new releases, next to games from November 2016. I do not believe the launch visibility was working either, which I imagine was related.

Finally ZGA was put in the correct place in the new releases list as though it had launched on the 9th of August (in my time-zone), although by this point it was on page 3 of new releases, so was never actually at the top of the new releases list (although no game is for very long these days). It has now got it's launch visibility so it's definitely not looking as bleak as it was. I am pretty sure everything on Steam is fixed now. [/olist] This all took place over two or three days (currently struggling to work out the exact timeline as was awake for thirty-something hours straight during the last stage of the whole debacle). Anyway, whatever happens now, I'm extremely proud of ZGA in it's current form and glad that I'm able to call it "finished". -Jon

[ 2018-08-11 15:28:30 CET ] [ Original post ]

Zero G Arena

Jonathan Wood Developer

Jonathan Wood Publisher

2018-08-08 Release

Indie Multiplayer Tags

Game News Posts: 24

🎹🖱️Keyboard + Mouse
🕹️ Partial Controller Support

Very Positive (252 reviews)

http://zga.io

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Public Linux Depots:

Zero G Arena Depot Linux [7.57 G]

Zero G Arena is an arena shooter with zero gravity, ragdoll physics, grappling beams and magnet boots. It's an intense combination!

The game is designed to work on multiple levels of play:

The novelty of the mechanics and the sheer fun of floating and swinging about the levels provides a fun experience at any level of play.
The outlandish hijinks that are enabled by the ragdoll physics, grapple beams and fast-paced action make the game hilarious fun to play casually with friends (or with friendly strangers on public servers...).
At it's core, Zero G Arena is a balanced, competitive game with an extremely high skill-ceiling. Mastery of the movement mechanics is of more importance than aiming ability. You may also be surprised by it's tactical depth (feel free to ask me on the forums for more about this).

Gameplay

Movement
You can toggle your boot magnets freely to switch between running on magnetic surfaces or floating with zero gravity ragdoll physics.

You also have a grappling beam, which can be used to pull yourself around and swing about while floating.
As well as these technological locomotive methods, you also have a powerful set of core movement abilities:

A set of basic jumps, which can be controlled intuitively using the spacebar and movement keys.
A wall-jump, which can be used while floating to bounce from wall to wall.
A crouch ability, which can be used to do a crouching slide on magnetic surfaces to dodge enemy fire.

Combat
Zero G Arena features a set of 5 futuristic firearms. All players start with the same default weapon and can acquire other weapons from pickups in the map.

Zero G Arena also features a pickup that can turn your grapple-beam into a weapon that damages other players on intersection.

Use your speed as a weapon with the melee kick! It's damage scales greatly with your speed relative to the target.

Game Modes
Zero G Arena features the classic Free-For-All, Team-Deathmatch and King-Of-The-Hill game modes, as well as these Zero-G originals:

”Capture-The-Sphere”: Like the familiar Capture-The-Flag game mode, except the “flag” is a large, floating sphere. Players must use their grapple beams to pull the sphere to their goal, while fighting off the other team.
”Spaceball”: A fast, team-based sporty game-mode similar to Soccer/Football. Players don't have any weapons other than a non-lethal “Force Cannon”, which can be used to shoot the ball across the map.

Features

Online multiplayer, with either dedicated or listen (player hosted) servers. Find other players on one of the dedicated servers, or host a private game for you and your friends.
Bots which are available for offline play, or on servers while you wait for other players.
No in-game monetary transactions.
A number of cosmetic options for your avatar, which are unlocked through Steam achievements.
Basic support for LAN matches.
Community-made maps (these are made outside of the game using UE4 {which is free to use}).
Original soundtrack.

MINIMAL SETUPProcessor: i3-2120Memory: 4 GB RAM
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: Radeon HD6670Network: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 8 GB available spaceAdditional Notes: Minimum download speed of 0.35Mb/s and upload of 0.075Mb/s is required

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