i recently learned about this, cod4 has a game mode called "oldschool" which turns the game into an arena shooter

there isn't health regen and the player has unrealistic (pun intended) movement, all the maps have health and ammo pickups that regen after a player picks them up. i wonder why this exists at all

I am a recovered self diagnosed self inflicted psychosis, I will make you 5 mil easily with genius idea that will completely destroy the leading competitors of a certain gaming genre. Give me full creative control over said project and utilize glitch engine to take over the world No more afps, but secret idea genre will be the one to fully utilize glitch engine capabilities 500fps dbt np, that means my idea will run at 5000 fps fully optimized low latency When we meet 5 mil threshold I get ceo or president of the board with 20% stake in the company And then the guy who made glitch engine gets COO or vp of the board I’m a rightist American I will do you right Afps is dead My idea is alive and will only grow Plus it will give incentives to players and creators Kick back of sorts to promote them to keep being addicted I’m legit a genius I’m the Kanye of gaming Enough said I’m literally Kanye wtf?

Hey everybody!

​As a PC gamer, I’ve always been annoyed by how standard crosshairs (and even monitor OSDs) completely vanish during high-contrast scenes — whether it's aiming into deep shadows, bright skyboxes, or chaotic explosions (especially in games like Hunt: Showdown or CS2).

​Instead of settling for static colors, I spent the last few months developing a native Windows utility called Smart Crosshair. It dynamically samples the background pixels underneath the crosshair in real-time and flips color contrast on the fly so you never lose your center point.

​Engineering & Technical Approach:

​Zero Injection: Operates purely as a transparent top-most Windows desktop overlay. No memory reading, no game code injection, and zero process tampering — making it safe from anti-cheat systems.

​Real-Time Pixel Adaptation: Sub-millisecond pixel sampling directly beneath the crosshair position to dynamically invert colors based on background brightness.

​Ultra-Lightweight Footprint: Built with pure C++ and Win32 API. No heavy frameworks — uses < 7 MB RAM and negligible CPU.

​Built-in 32x32 Matrix Editor: Includes a custom pixel-art editor, presets, and Steam Workshop support to share designs.

​🎥 Short Demo Video: Watch on YouTube

🛒 Steam Store Page: Smart Crosshair on Steam

​Just wanted to share this project with the community. I'd love to hear your thoughts, feedback, or any technical questions about the overlay implementation!

Epic duel of the hour

Always wondered how to make that CoD AC130 gunship mission as a proper game!

Then decided to give it a shot, with ridiculous amount of goons and massive guns!

Demo is out! https://store.steampowered.com/app/5009860/They_Are_Adorable/

I lurk this sub quite a bit, and always get a bit iffy seeing people's recommendations and the games they post, even besides the usual mobile game or cod clone early development suspects.

I fail to understand how a game without emphasized item pickups can really be an AFPS. Throughout all my time playing Quake and UT, it felt like the time, energy and effort put into these games was related to timing items and map control in some way. Straight up, everything I learnt out of those games had to do with managing and reclaiming a stack and weapons, and controlling power up locations if there are any. The map sizes and shapes/verticality, traversal options, certain tech, weapon variety etc felt like they were built specifically to work with the on-the-ground items and not the other way around.

This isn't exactly the millionth post about the definition of "arena shoota". From my understanding, genre names and groupings mostly rise due to shared mechanics and game design that a community resonates with and can point out clearly. I'm just a bit stumped, since it feels like anyone who would play Quake and UT, regardless of skill level, would resonate with and point out the importance of item pickups, and thus also be made consciously aware of the lack of them in other modes or games (like Clan Arena or something like both TF2s, or Tribes).

Of course, if it's not clear, I'm not saying every game with item pickups is an arena shooter (would Fortnite be an arena shooter?), but that every arena shooter has item pickups. I also don't want to appear as an elitist in any way.

A few of us at Aimlabs are huge fans of arena shooters. As a team focused on aim & FPS improvement, we have a ton of respect for ArenaFPS and how much it rewards raw aim and movement.

So we made our own PvP arena mode inspired by Instagib, right inside Aimlabs - Instashot.

Millions of players use Aimlabs every month to train for games like Counter-Strike, OW, Apex Legends, etc so we wanted to introduce that player base to the magic of ArenaFPS.

Honestly we found that it's the most fun way to train aim against actual players.

Even though it's still in early development, we wanted to get it out there now so we can build and tune it directly with player feedback such as your own.

We just dropped FFA and 1v1 Instashot on 3 arena style maps. You can bhop, double jump, dash, and wall bounce to make yourself harder to hit. Up next we've got LG duels planned, alongside new maps and modes.

Give it a try if you'd like, and feel free to drop a comment below with any feedback!

QL? QC? QW? Something else?

The idea is to have a place where FPS players of all skill levels can hang out and help each other improve. I’m definitely not a pro myself — I’d probably put my own skills somewhere between bad and average — so I thought it would be cool to have a community where beginners and experienced players can learn from each other.

It doesn’t really matter which FPS you play. Whether it’s Valorant, War Dogs, Battlefield, Call of Duty, Counter-Strike, Apex Legends, or something else entirely — everyone is welcome.

You can share gameplay, ask for advice, give feedback, post funny moments or bugs, or simply find people to play with.

I’m hoping to slowly build a friendly community around three simple things: having fun, helping each other, and getting better.

If that sounds interesting to you, feel free to stop by r/FPSHub. No pressure at all — I’d just be happy to see some of you there. :)

Hey Folks,

I posted this before though I have made some progress on this.

Sci-Fi Space Battle (SFSB) is an arena shooter based on a war for territory via power nodes.

Recently updated ship and cockpit views and optimised graphics built on a custom engine in Vulkan/C/Rust.

If this looks interesting I need help building and balancing this game.

I am a software engineer of 20+ years influenced by early space shooters using AI assisted development.

LMKWYT!