Robot Arena 3

[Gauche Suede]

Didn't they say that they're at PAX East ?

[RedSawn]

PAX East, 22nd to 24th... yep. I don't think they're on the actual schedule or something, but they probably have some type of booth.

You can check out the game at the Octopus Tree booth, number 10229.

[Resetti's Replicas]

My brother got back from PAX.  He only tried the driving, not the bot lab.  He said the frame rate was slow and the camera angle was weird.  The arena he was in was called The Cage.  From his description, it sounded like Battlebox with a pit.  The pit is full of flames, because just begin eliminated isn't enough.  He drove in twice.  He got me an RA3 pin, which I'll post when I next see him

[R01]

My brother got back from PAX.  He only tried the driving, not the bot lab.  He said the frame rate was slow and the camera angle was weird.  The arena he was in was called The Cage.  From his description, it sounded like Battlebox with a pit.  The pit is full of flames, because just begin eliminated isn't enough.  He drove in twice.  He got me an RA3 pin, which I'll post when I next see him

I guess that the game isn't properly optimized yet/doesn't run well on all hardware, maybe there were just too many particles from the flame pits.

Offtopic: The link to your RW Replicas seems to be broken?

[RedSawn]

Slow framerate? Not sure what to say about that. The trailer seems smooth enough (no frame drops like that RCTW trailer). Did they not have as strong a PC for demonstrations? Graphics set too high?

... What does that say when the requirements are low?

[RpJk]

So if the devs are looking at the thread can they answer my question?

Will RA3 come to consoles such as PS4 or Xbox One or Wii U/NX at some point?

[Badger]

So if the devs are looking at the thread can they answer my question?

Will RA3 come to consoles such as PS4 or Xbox One or Wii U/NX at some point?

I can already answer that for you: no it won't.

Not only is the botbuilding system very difficult to control with a controller, but publishing on the consoles is extremely expensive, even if you disregard the time it takes to port. That's the reason there are so many indie games on PC. The only way I can see it coming to console is as an Xbox Live Arcade title, but I highly doubt that will happen either.

[RedSawn]

Unity has some ridiculous cross-platform support. Would still have to figure out if it's worth it, but it wouldn't be hopeless.

[TDS]

Slow framerate? Not sure what to say about that. The trailer seems smooth enough (no frame drops like that RCTW trailer). Did they not have as strong a PC for demonstrations? Graphics set too high?

If true, its most likely that they haven't figured out the exact tuning of the physics, having everything turned up to 100% in a physics engine can pretty much bog down any system.

[Resetti's Replicas]

My brother also got me this sweet-ass pin from PAX
https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/73266IMG04.jpg

[Badger]

Unity has some ridiculous cross-platform support. Would still have to figure out if it's worth it, but it wouldn't be hopeless.

Even so, the publishing costs for consoles would probably drive OT away.

[The Red Blur]

My brother also got me this sweet-ass pin from PAX
https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/73266IMG04.jpg

[HX_]

wait.. so this is real this time? Trying to catch up.. The game comes out in a month on Steam? From the same developer? and how long have we known about this?

[HX_]

Alright, here's a random question that I hope the Devs answer-

Do you plan to include references and/or nods to GTM in some way or another? Like, if one of the stock AI bots was Spinner from the West, or something.
I mean, it would be a thank you to the community, if anything.

they've nodded at us enough. First with that hidden code when the website was first released, and now directly referencing the forum when doing Q&As.

Hidden code?

[R01]

wait.. so this is real this time? Trying to catch up.. The game comes out in a month on Steam? From the same developer? and how long have we known about this?

It's real yes, we've known about it since... uh, 2015? I don't think it's the same development team(not the same people, published under a different company) however they seem to care about their fans a lot and already know that they can't reach all expectations.

[Sage]

Hidden code?

[HX_]

and all the components are the same as RA2? Using the same physics engine? Smells like a quick money grab to me. I predict you will all be back to playing RA2 within 6 months time unless they make RA3 highly moddable from the onset.

[Thrackerzod]

It's a different physics engine, I'm pretty sure.

[WeN]

Before the Robot Arena 3 came out, I gonna try out this game.

[R01]

and all the components are the same as RA2? Using the same physics engine? Smells like a quick money grab to me. I predict you will all be back to playing RA2 within 6 months time unless they make RA3 highly moddable from the onset.

They just picked the normal parts for a start, even if the game only had that it would still be superior, better graphics, sounds, better balance, stable game and multiplayer and actually being compatible with newer os'es, and as you can see they're actually listening to gametechmods and aiming to make this a fun game, so I'd say that they are definitely far away from being a cashgrab game.