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Genre: Fighting, Indie

Tough Love Arena

0.99.2

You can find the full changelog at about.toughlovearena.com/log


  • Gameplay: The first round in a set now plays a short falling in animation
  • Play Online: Added quick fading animation when quitting back to Character Select
  • Play Online: Now when you are disconnected, there is a 2 second window where inputs are ignored so you can see the error w/o exiting accidentally
  • Welcome: The splash screen only has a minimum load time the first time, and afterwards will go the menu ASAP
  • Event Mode: Pressing Heavy at Character Select bounces back to Welcome screen (previously did nothing)
  • Event Mode: Added instructions to Debug Tools > Event Mode DIP Switch

0.99.1

You can find the full changelog at about.toughlovearena.com/log


  • Steam: The game now boots in fullscreen
  • Steam: To exit fullscreen: Use F11 on Windows, Cmd+Ctrl+F on Mac
  • Event Mode: Removed behavior where the game would auto-fullscreen on first user action (replaced with new app-level fullscreen)
  • Event Mode: Fixed bug where clicking "Load Recommended Event Settings" wiped the dipswitch
  • Event Mode: Hide the News

0.99.0

You can find the full changelog at about.toughlovearena.com/log


  • Event Mode has been revamped
  • Entering Event Mode will now persist if you refresh
  • To exit Event Mode, you need to use the Pause menu (clickable [P] in the bottom right)
  • Extras > Advanced Extras > Debug Tools > "Event Mode DIP Switch" added
  • This provides precise control over esoteric settings that only apply while in Event Mode

0.98.5

You can find the full changelog at about.toughlovearena.com/log


  • Controls: You can now map the number keys
  • Controls: Mapping a number key for either P1 or P2 disables that shortcut for emotes and Training

0.98.4

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  • Gameplay: Kara canceling is disabled if the starting move has armor frames that take a hit

0.98.3

You can find the full changelog at about.toughlovearena.com/log


  • Controls: You can now map a combination of keys/buttons to an action
  • This allows you play with a three button controller (e.g. map Throw to Light + Heavy)
  • To do this, while setting controls, hold the first button and then press the second
  • NOTE: The feature is still experimental and needs polishing. Use at your own risk

0.98.2

You can find the full changelog at about.toughlovearena.com/log


  • Gameplay: Throws can no longer counterhit (e.g. vs Frenzy startup)
  • Maintenance: Rewrote platform detection and behavior for WIP mobile apps

0.98.1

You can find the full changelog at about.toughlovearena.com/log


  • Removed Halloween patch
  • Maintenance: Added more options to asset loading for WIP mobile apps

0.98.0

You can find the full changelog at about.toughlovearena.com/log


  • Gameplay: Throws (including Caber Toss) are now throwable during startup
  • Buffed Beef/Pork: Heavy Punch damage increased 80 > 90
  • Adjusted Beef/Pork: Heavy Punch pushback reduced 0.3 > 0.2, Palm pushback increased 0.3 > 0.4
  • Nerfed Beef/Pork: Heavy Punch advantage on hit reduced +7 > +5 (removes Heavy Punch > Gutpunch link)
  • Nerfed Beef/Pork: Uppercut now slides forward during recovery, making it easier to punish optimally on block
  • Nerfed Beef/Pork: Uppercut recovery increased 30 > 34 to prevent new forward slide from enabling certain mid-screen juggles
  • Nerfed Onion/Garlic: Walk backward speed decreased 0.06 > 0.05 (Meat is 0.04 and Carb is 0.035)
  • Adjusted Garlic: Sneak now dives in at an angle, landing closer to the opponent and preventing whiffs
  • Combo Trials: Beef and Pork have been updated

0.97.5

You can find the full changelog at about.toughlovearena.com/log


  • Lobbies: Added HOST button to allow the host to promote someone else w/o leaving the lobby
  • Lobbies: The SWITCH button has been removed and replaced with clicking on the status (e.g. WAITING, SPECTATING)
  • Lobbies: You can now press Enter/Escape to save/cancel when editing the lobby message or your nickname