The LANBox

Back after a decade with something new.

Perihelion: Rogue Orbit

G'day folks, it's blaknite from The LANBox.

After a long time away, I'm releasing a game under The LANBox name.

Perihelion: Rogue Orbit is a 2D space combat roguelite. You fit a ship, shoot at other ships, and your fit and piloting are all that stand between you and the dark, cold abyss.

There are a number of ways to fit your ship: burst cannons, railguns, missiles, passive and active tanks, speed tanks, the lot.

Once your ship's fit, you launch into combat. Face sectors of increasing difficulty and varying objectives. Destroy hostiles, take out priority targets, and scan anomalies under fire.

It's top-down space combat where positioning is everything. Keep up that transversal or you'll quickly come to regret it.

Perihelion: Rogue Orbit is coming to Steam Early Access soon, with limited playtesting already underway.

Wishlist Perihelion: Rogue Orbit on Steam

The LANBox

The LANBox started in 2007 as a gaming community built around a Garry's Mod server in Adelaide.

It grew into forums, game servers, news, reviews, tutorials, screenshots, arguments, in-jokes, late nights, and a surprising number of people who stuck around.

Over the years we ran servers for Garry's Mod, Counter-Strike: Source, Team Fortress 2, Minecraft, and Terraria.

The forum closed in 2017.

That was the end of The LANBox as a community platform, but I kept the name around. Kept the Steam group. Kept in touch with a bunch of people from those days.

Now I'm using it for something new.

What happens now

This is not a forum revival.

The LANBox is now the banner I'm releasing games under.

Perihelion: Rogue Orbit is the first one.

If you were here before

Thanks for being part of The LANBox.

If you're one of the die-hard members from back in the day, hit me up on Steam. I'd genuinely like to hear from you.

If you're new here

Welcome.

If Perihelion sounds like your thing, chuck it on your wishlist, tell your friends, and follow the group for updates.

Every wishlist and share helps bring Perihelion: Rogue Orbit to more people.

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RECENT ANNOUNCEMENTS

Perihelion: Rogue Orbit - Overdrive Update - Rewarding direct hits

July 12 - blaknite | 0 Comments

Thanks everyone who's grabbed a copy of Perihelion: Rogue Orbit! Feedback has been flowing in and it all helps make the game better!

One common theme that's been showing up is a problem with combat. It could still settle into a safe pattern. Orbit a ship and fire at it, or fly alongside it and fire at it. Simple enough, but not the most fun, and definitely not the best way to apply damage.

Perihelion’s combat is built around transversal velocity: how fast a target is crossing your line of fire. The best hits happen when you line up the shot and bring that transversal close to zero.

Overdrive is a new timed buff to damage and fire rate that stacks up to 8 times when you land clean direct hits. The more you line up those big hits, the harder and faster you hit. It turns good positioning into momentum. It rewards play that's a bit more challenging and whole lot more fun.

I also added Shield Surge. If you kill an enemy with an Overdrive hit, your shield recharge gets boosted for a short time, which lets you stay aggressive when you’re flying well.

You can see it in action in my latest dev stream:

If space pew pew with a different take on combat gets your brain hooked like it does mine, give Perihelion: Rogue Orbit a go. Out now in Early Access.

Perihelion: Rogue Orbit - Out now in Early Access

June 30 - blaknite | 0 Comments

Fit your ship, launch into hostile sectors, and fight through short tactical roguelite runs where range, angle, and transversal decide whether your shot hits hard or barely grazes.

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Your guns don't deal damage just because the fitting screen says they should; they need a clean firing solution. Range, angle, and transversal decide whether your high-alpha shot hits hard or grazes.

Burn straight at a target and you're easy to track. Cut across hostile guns and you reduce incoming damage. Widen your orbit and slow weapons start to apply. Change tack at the right moment, kill your transversal, and land the shot before the enemy does the same to you.

If you like space combat where movement matters, grab Perihelion: Rogue Orbit now on Steam.