Arena.Xlsm Version 1.3 Released!
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.
Cary Walkin.CA 
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
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.
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
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
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
Yeah that would be great Cary. Just let me know what I need to do.
James