Blood Frontier "Beta 2" Out Now!

by Quin on 12/06/2009 10:34, 21 messages, last message: 12/29/2009 02:07, 3605 views, last view: 05/04/2024 20:03

After many months of development, and massive amounts of input from the public, we are proud to present you with the new release of Blood Frontier, v0.85 (Beta 2). This new version totally redefines and improves the game in many ways, creating a whole new style that makes it almost nothing like its predecessor.

We hope that you enjoy this new release, which contains more bug fixes, feature additions, and improvements, than I could ever list. The previous "Beta 1" package saw us gain a huge increase in contributors and players, which has in turn afforded us more resources to create a better polished Blood Frontier.

New improvements include:

+- Enhancements to the impulsing (double jump) system; sprint for more speed, run along walls, or kick off them.
+- Fun new secondary fire modes for all weapons; stick grenades to walls, or liquefy your enemies with a big blue ball of death.
+- New and improved maps from the community; enjoy a wider range of playing environments and settings.
+- Refined and increased HUD visibility; always know what's happening and what you're looking at.
+- More variables than ever; tailor gameplay to your tastes with more options than you could ever play with.
+- Story mode concept; take the precursor to coop campaigns out for a spin with bots or online.
+- Refinements and polish; gameplay flows easier, visual elements look better.

Special thanks go out to those who enjoyed the game enough to come and offer their help, you should all know that it is very much appreciated; without the advice and opinions you offer, Blood Frontier would not be nearly half as polished as it feels now. Be sure to pop by our chat and leave your own feedback!

Don't forget to spread the word, invite your friends, have fun, and maybe even donate a little to help us keep the project going. Without you we would not exist today.

Blood Frontier, It's Bloody Fun!

+- Project Homepage: http://bloodfrontier.com/
+- Download: http://bloodfrontier.com/download
+- Developer Chat: http://bloodfrontier.com/chat
+- Promotional Video for "Beta 2": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKnLsAiCVLk
+- Screenshot Gallery: http://www.bloodfrontier.com/gallery/201
+- Documentation and Wiki: http://bloodfrontier.com/wiki

Source: http://bloodfrontier.com/blog/2009/12/06/blood-frontier-beta-2-out-now/

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#2: ..

by Q009 on 12/06/2009 11:56

BIGBLUBALODEATH!!! >:D More ppl to kill...

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#3: Re: Mac

by Quin on 12/06/2009 12:12, refers to #1

Mac release should be out by Tuesday at the latest. Please accept our apologies in the delay.

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#4: That's fine

by fispaul on 12/06/2009 14:50

It's fine, I just wanted to know, thanks!

And Tuesday isn't too long of a wait at all :D

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by viruz-noclan on 12/06/2009 15:02

i played a few rounds this morning, awesome work.

b1 sucked hell, but b2 is a really awesome advance

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by Joste on 12/06/2009 17:32

Just been playing it - abssolutely stunning job.

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#7: Flying

by LeftClicker on 12/06/2009 19:16

Is it true that you can fly in B2? Or is that only in the SVN version?
== LeftClicker ==
7 plus 4 = (6^2 * 6^2) / (How much blood is in a Quake-III-mouse)
NOTE: This equation actually ends up with ~117.89 being the amount of blood in a QIII-mouse.

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by Fischkopf on 12/06/2009 19:30

I played it today, its multiplayer is fun and the graphics are very nice. and the bots are very smart even in ctf!

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by Razgriz on 12/06/2009 23:57

its plain awesome! but i don't like the fact that the only crosshair you have is the ammo stacked up in the center of the screen. i'd like to see a setting whether to apply a crosshair ingame or not. that would help. its also needed for coop-edit!

And it would also be nice to see a readme for the game :)
a commands list to be exact >.>

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#10: Re: Flying

by Quin on 12/07/2009 05:44, refers to #7

You can't fly with the default settings, but you can set 'forcegravity 0' for pseudo-flying :P

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#11: ..

by Redon on 12/07/2009 09:58

I didn't like the old release much, but I think the new one is awesome! :)

Great job, there's one thing though I don't like: Why are coopedit and story mode disabled by default if you're not admin? I think it's good to have an option to disable them, but blocking them as a default setting is a huge step back for me, and it doesn't even make sense: I can set default servers to locked or private without admin rights anyway.

Hopefully you'll think about it and aside from that congrats for the great release :)

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#12: Re: That's fine

by Quin on 12/07/2009 10:40, refers to #4

Mac OSX release is now available.
http://bloodfrontier.com/download

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#13: Re: ..

by Quin on 12/07/2009 10:44, refers to #11

I'm quite happy with this release myself, it's good to hear it getting a good public reception too :)

Edit/Story are both modes then when set drives away legitimate players (for different reasons; edit because its non-gameplay, story because it is incomplete/buggy), At this point in time we need to place a higher focus on people playing and getting to like the game rather than allowing all facets online.

We just need more players and/or servers really.

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by geartrooper2 on 12/07/2009 17:50

well done bloodfrontier team. gameplay has increased in fun and the new maps look great.

my only critique is the buttons are becoming complex for such a fast game.

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by WakeField on 12/07/2009 23:04

i was the first one to download the mac release oh yea im good

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#16: Fail

by fispaul on 12/08/2009 15:45

Oh yeah, just wondering, is there still that epic "easter egg" type thing that when everyone die sin a bot match it says "haha, everyone died, fail!" ? :D

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#17: Re: Fail

by Quin on 12/08/2009 17:11, refers to #16

Play duel, and have everyone die. Epic fail.

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by Hit_man_james on 12/11/2009 03:50

Runs great on my mac, much better gameplay wise then the last release :]

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by WakeField on 12/11/2009 06:01

eh, i noticed that just about everyone on this game abuses the shotgun because it is way better than every other weapon in many respects. Maybe you could lessen the damage that it deals in the next release. i dunno just a suggestion

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#20: Re: ..

by Quin on 12/11/2009 13:43, refers to #19

Yeah, we're very aware of this already and are monitoring the situation; it's likely to change in future.

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by Windows i7 920 on 12/29/2009 02:07

Way too difficult.

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