Postmortem: Bard’s Fighting Arena
What building and running Bard’s Fighting Arena taught me about niche audiences, zero-budget marketing, and the cost of perfectionism, after 21,600+ visits.
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Bezier Projectiles With De Casteljau’s Algorithm
A generic Luau BezierCurve function that works on any type you can lerp, and how Bard’s Fighting Arena uses it for projectile arcs.
Building Timestop: Freezing a Roblox Fight Convincingly
How the Timestop ability in Bard’s Fighting Arena works: a server-owned timestop state, a Glass mesh that freezes the screen, animations that ease to a stop, and a color grade.
Hurtboxes: One Part Per Character for Every Hit and Query
How Bard’s Fighting Arena gives every character a single invisible hurtbox, so combat, abilities, and character sync all find characters the same way.
Parallel Luau Character Sync: Moving Joint Math Off the Main Thread
How Bard’s Fighting Arena poses every nearby character’s neck, torso, hips, and shoulders in parallel under an Actor, then commits the results in one synchronized step.