Arena.Xlsm Version 1.3 Released!

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Arena.Xlsm Version 1.3 is now available here: Download Arena.Xlsm

This update contains a number of new features and content. Here are the highlights:

  • New Feature: Keyboard Controls. Access the controls through the new control button. You can now customize hot-keys for your most frequently used spells!
  • New Feature: Hard Mode! Unlockable after completing a play-through on Normal. Blood harvested from enemies is decreased by 1. Fame required to level up is increased by a factor of 2. The player does not start with any heals. Enemy health and damage is increased by 25%. Exhausted enemies do not lose their immunities.
  • New Feature: Statistics. The statistics will track your actions across multiple games.
  • New Feature: “Boss Key” – The Statistics spreadsheet is unlocked and can be quickly accessed by pressing the F key from within the game. You can add corporate logos and work to this spreadsheet to mask the fact that you are playing a game at work. NOTE: If you feel the need to use a “boss key” you probably should not be playing this at work. I will not be held liable if you get yourself fired for playing a video game at work.
  • New Feature: Title Screen. There is now a title screen when opening the game and after the player dies. The logo is dynamic and will change based on the player’s progress throughout the game.
  • 3 New Terrain Types: Movable Walls, Pressure Switches and Switch Walls. Move the Movable Walls on to the Pressure Switches to trigger an explosion on Switch Walls connected to the Pressure Switch. This can allow the player to access new parts of the arena and provides an additional challenge while you’re battling enemies simultaneously.
  • 3 New Arenas: The Box, The Obstacle Course, and The Great Barrier.
  • New Collection: Arena Tourist.
  • 61 New Achievements!

For the full patch notes, see the Arena.Xlsm Wiki.

    • Knight
    • January 5th, 2015

    Hey Cary! Haven’t played this in quite awhile (since the 1.1 I believe), but I recently attempted to use the new 1.3 version and got an error in excel stating, “Compile error in hidden module: Sheet14.” as soon as I opened the file.

    In the past I’ve “fixed” this issue by updating “references” via “Alt+F11” in the VB editor, but obviously I don’t have that level of access with this game — any suggestions on how I can play this latest version??

    Using Win7 Pro, Office 2010 14.0.7140.5002 (32-Bit). Thanks!

    • Hi Knight,

      Sheet14 is the Title sheet. I’m running into some difficulty recreating your problem. What changes have you made in the past when you encountered this error? I’m not sure what you mean specifically by references.

      Thanks,
      Cary Walkin

        • Knight
        • January 6th, 2015

        Usually I’ve seen that error when using a different version of Excel on a VBA/XLSM spreadsheet. The few times I’ve run into it, I believe all I had to do was tick/untick the missing “references” via Alt+F11, “Tools”, “References”, and then “Available References” and tick/untick any that began with “MISSING:” and that usually fixed it. Might not be the solution here, but I’m pretty limited on what I can try since the error happens as soon as I open the file.

      • TheDuck
      • January 14th, 2015

      I have the same error message. Windows 7, Office 10, 64-bit

      • Hi TheDuck, I am attempting to address this bug and would like to know if you’re okay receiving new versions of Arena.Xlsm to verify that the bug has been fixed.

        Thanks,
        Cary Walkin

        • TheDuck
        • February 9th, 2015

        absolutely. Let me know.

    • Hi Knight, I am attempting to address this bug and would like to know if you’re okay receiving new versions of Arena.Xlsm to verify that the bug has been fixed.

      Thanks,
      Cary Walkin

    • James
    • February 6th, 2015

    Hey Cary,

    I am having the same problem. I am using Excel 2013, and have removed all security, and the “Enable Editing” option at the beginning.

    Hope you can find whats wrong.

    • Hi James, I am attempting to address this bug and would like to know if you’re okay receiving new versions of Arena.Xlsm to verify that the bug has been fixed.

      Thanks,
      Cary Walkin

        • James
        • February 8th, 2015

        Yeah that would be great Cary. Just let me know what I need to do.

        James

    • RICARDO M. GUERRA
    • September 16th, 2023

    Ola Cary Walkin, meu nome é Ricardo, fiz algumas alterações no jogo e gostaria de saber se interessa para você, coloquei sons, salves de jogo, restaure de jogos, salve de armamentos de longa distância, melhorei o visual e outras modificações, ah… esta em português do Brasil posso te mandar o link do Mega blz

    • Ola Ricardo! Thanks for taking an such an interest in Arena.Xlsm! I’m not currently working on the game but I’m glad to see it has inspired you to build cool things in Excel!

    • Ricardo Martins Guerra
    • September 27th, 2023

    boa tarde carywalkin, você conseguiu ver como ficou, gostaria da sua opinião, sou seu fã e não quero ver esse jogo parar no tempo, estou pensando em criar ele multi-linguägem ,preciso do seu apoio, até mais, um abraço.

    • Ola Ricardo! I did check out your link and I admire your dedication and commitment, including using unreleased assets! It’s pretty cool! Arena.xlsm was a passion project and was never intended to be a live service or a game in continuous development. When Valve took it off of Steam I decided that I needed to be happy with the state that the game was at.

    • RICARDO MARTINS GUERRA
    • September 28th, 2023

    olá carywalkin! Fico feliz em poder contribuir um pouquinho com o seu projeto, eu tambem sou apaixonado por VBA, faço por prazer rotinas para o jogo e tenho muitas ideias para ficar ainda mais legal, minha neta de 11 anos adora jogar arena.xlsm, aumentei o numero de fases e criei novos personagens, novas conquistas e gostaria de poder criar o jogo em outras linguas para que outras pessoas tivessem o mesmo prazer em joga-lo, até logo!

    • RICARDO MARTINS GUERRA
    • October 12th, 2023

    Boa tarde, link da versão 1.13867 ->https://mega.nz/folder/8J9XhJSS#y73q7fscVKU0A8aQv2LyTg

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