- LTL Hockey Turning 2 years old and the future - 17 June 2026
The Hockey Playoffs are over, congrats Carolina!It's been 2 years since Light the Lamp Hockey has been released and I have spent those 2 years sitting back and letting the game marinate. I did plan on releasing an update but I decided to hold off on it for now. The reason being is I don't want to break anything currently and there is a high possibility that could happen. Another thing is I want this game to keep it's style. Currently, there is no game that quite plays like LTL Hockey. I have done a ton of research into the hockey games of the past. And even some current hockey gaming with the new offerings. I come to the conclusion that this game must not change as I feel the dynamic nature makes it unique. Sure, there are things that annoy me currently with the game but then I take a step back and realize why I have that in there. For instance, I had a season where I tried to win the s…
- The next update for LTL Hockey is in development! - 30 August 2024
Hello Everyone! Welcome back to the community pages once again! I am compiling some things that I want to work on for our next update for Light The Lamp Hockey! This next update will focus on.. -More detailed stat screens. some presentation updates. stat fixes. -Refining passing mechanics. -Gameplay updates. -Tools for mod mode to spice up your league (Like Event Rolling and Player Generators) ETA on update? hopefully within this month of September. Thank you for the support! -Jordan
- Version 1.13 Mod Mode Added - 26 June 2024
Well the Hockey Playoffs are over but LIGHT THE LAMP HOCKEY has had a major update and it's a fun one! Version 1.13 brings with it, MOD Mode. this is a separate executable and allows you to essentially use the PLAY NOW mode to battle with any team in your arsenal. I did put some documentation in the MOD folder to assist with your endeavors. Using this Mod Mode, you can create any team using the Team editor and load them from the Teams folder inside the MOD File Structure. You can also add a logo and point to the file in the team editor. So pretty much any team you have ever wanted to play with, against, whatever. It is truly possible. Not only are teams unlimited but you can also edit, remix the PA and Music Folders to anything you want without fear of an update replacing them. On the first install simply copy the Music and PA folders from LTL's main folder and put it in MOD. From there…
- Version 1.12A - 13 June 2024
-Fixed the End of Season Delete your team problem again. Simply made a continue instead of Yes or No. -Updated the PA calls for Home Team.
- Version 1.12 - Fixes, tweaks. - 12 June 2024
Version 1.12 Hey everybody! Hope you are enjoying the game. Fixed some things that I have came across through post launch testing. League Mode Fixes -Pressing NO on the post season screen does NOT erase your team. to erase your team. use "Fold Team" by pressing start or esc in the League Main Screen and select "Fold Team" -Winning the Pitcher doesn't set your Season to endless rounds now. -Smoothed out some Menus in the team screen. League Mode Addition: Rep O Meter is now visible to find out how your team is feeling. Gameplay adjustments: -Made Cup battles more physical. (also pertains to playoff game type in PLAY NOW) -AI Goalies can move more. -Scrums are in different places at the away goal. Thank You for the Support! -Jordan
- Version 1.11A - 11 June 2024
-Achievement hotfix for qualifying for the Cup.
- Version 1.11 - 7 June 2024
-Fixes to AI. (skating smoothing to player through them off position for certain scenarios. It's at a good medium now. -Turbo Driveby Goalie as spotted in the opening sequences of your game has been corrected. -Winning the Keg gave you the wrong screen. Corrected. -Some main menu jank has been corrected. -Toned down some deflections seen in Unfair difficulty. IT WAS A LITTLE TOO CRAZY. Thank You everyone and Enjoy your weekend!
- Version 1.10 - More Dynamics , improved control , fixes - 5 June 2024
Hello Hockey Fans! Light the Lamp Hockey continuing to make strides in the gameplay department! I do appreciate all the feedback I have received and am working on improving the game in the aspects that you all are yearning for! First up! More Dynamics! - battles and puck bounces which includes fumbling passes are now enabled. They are seperated into the different difficulties as they do indeed make life much harder for the player. Easy - Least amount of added dynamics. Basically the game as it was in Version 1.09. Normal- will include more deflections, loss of puck control, slap pass ricochets. Blocking and more! Unfair- Full dynamics are present. tons of puck bobbling, deflecting, poking the puck into empty space. fumbling passes etc. (this does also go to the CPU so not as unfair as stated.) Skating: Smoothed out the skating. there is a lot more weight to your character. It was a bit…
- Version 1.09 - Fixes, Gameplay Changes - 3 June 2024
Good Afternoon Everyone! Quick note about the new version. Version 1.09 -Added back in the ability to change positions while not having the puck in classic control mode. Sorry to any customers that were experiencing frustrations caused by that. -You now have the ability to call for a pass in POS Lock control mode. However, be aware of the pass target above your head. if you call for the pass while the cpu is locked to another the CPU will pass it to the person highlighted. This can be advantageous when moving the puck around. -Defense will now pass the puck more so be aware of that when in offensive zone. Thanks to everyone's feedback and support! -Jordan
- Launch Fixes Galore! - 30 May 2024
Hello everyone! It's been a wild week. I have fixed a ton of stuff that I somehow did not see in testing. Please read the fixes to see if your issue has been resolved. FIXES -Controller Pauses : would only work if plugged in before starting the game. It seems to have been resolved now. This has been the bane of my existence for sometime! -Arcade Leaderboard board blanking your stats: Resolved -Your extra players leave after a season: Resolved -Review blanks on certain judgement: Resolved. -Checklist Not working as intended: Resolved. -Edit Lineup mixups: Resolved -Achievements should work properly now.
- Light The Lamp Hockey is now in Version 1.0 - 28 May 2024
Hi everyone, Been working as hard as possible to bring this to you today and I believe we have done it! Please bear with me if there are any bugs I might have missed however. If you do run into any issues please comment in the forums with my name so I can look into it. Again thanks to everyone who has been so patient with Early Access to bring us to this point in time. I hope you do enjoy this game that I made! I'll be monitoring the game through post launch and will be updating it / fixing / smoothing out processes as they come up! Again thank you all for the support and kind words as this has been a heck of a challenge! Till the next update! -Jordan
- Version 0.97 League Mode Improvements - 3 May 2024
Version 0.97 - League Mode Improved PLEASE NOTE. Any updates from here on out, it is a good idea to Fold your team in the League Mode and restart to see the new updates with League Mode. You can do so at the main League screen by pressing start on the Xbox controller or esc on the keyboard to pull up the Season Options. Quick update on some progress! Needs Fixing: -Point awarding in League Mode is not 100% -Post Game is a bit broken in League Mode -Sometimes the Center position of Home or Away kind of drift downward. Thinking it's a collision bug Additions: -1 New Feature Team -1 New Champ Team -10 New Free Agents -Can play through all 10 Seasons -Ending and Credit Screen implemented (Not finalized however). -All 4 players can coop League Mode via POS lock. -Edit Team Information Mid Season is in beta. Fixes: -Pause Mechanic reworked. -Music Playing Issue -Inconsistency with Rink Graphi…
- Version 0.96 | LEAGUE MODE IS PLAYABLE! - 27 April 2024
HOCKEY FANS! Sorry for the stretch of silence here for a couple of weeks. I have been busy updating the game / playing actual hockey / being a dad. AND NOW... TIME FOR THE NEW VERSION and it's changes. Version 0.96 League Mode is "Playable" MY GOD ITS FINALLY A THING! There are some things I need to add still but we have a close to final version of the mode. Here is what you can do currently... -Start a team -Play 1 Season -Release and Acquire Players -Put SUBS in your lineup -Play a Ranked game, Feature, or Cup Game. What the heck is League Mode? If you all remember Arcade Mode... Well this is like my Franchise idea and that COMBINED! You will play 10 games per Season and 10 Seasons to capture the KEG and the PITCHER in your quest for Beer League Glory. Once you start a season you will notice that you have been given a starter team. Your job is to rebuild this squad into a formidable f…
- Version 0.95 - Progress Update | Player Acquisition Menu - 30 March 2024
Hello Hockey Fans! Weather is getting warmer and the rink is the only place that's cold! So set your thermostat to 42 and feel the immersion of Light the Lamp Hockey! Player Acquisitions This past week, I worked on some more team management options. So now I have a way for you to acquire players once they leave. Each Round, there will be 2 new players in this menu. One that's a player and One that's a goalie! The quality of the two are randomized each round. So when the opportunity comes, it's a good idea to seize a player or goaltender. However, you must have an empty slot for the player or goalie on the team. That doesn't mean you can't be sneaky with the sub options, you still can. However, you can't win a Feature game or a Cup game with Subs. How Close are we to Version 0.95? Close! I have to ensure the Cup and Feature games are working with some tests. I need to also make sure that…
- Version 0.95 Progress Update! | New Computer | Team management goodness! - 23 March 2024
Good Afternoon Hockey Fans! We are getting soooo close but not quite there yet! However, got some really cool stuff to talk about and show with this weeks update. Current News I have a new Computer and so I have seen some things that maybe a few of you have seen on your time with the game. - FONTS are NOT ACCURATE. I noticed that my fonts did not come over in the binary, which means I will need to fix that whenever I can. -120 hz users. If you have a monitor over a refresh rate of 60, you will experience some weird jittery slowdown. I advise setting your monitor to 60hz and disabling vsync in the options. -I will remove the 75 and 120 hz options. The game natively renders at 60 frames so I have made a silly option selection choice by having these options available and selectable, it's basically, do you want to play the game at an impossible render speed? -Reminder on the Beta Selection,…
- Version 0.95 - Progress Update! - 15 March 2024
Version 0.95 - Update on Progress. Hi Everyone, Quick update on work that I have done this week. Started working on the team management screen and it is getting close to main functionality and we are one step closer to realizing 0.95! Also, spent some time with my family since I had some off days this week so next week I'll drop a lot more time on the development and hopefully get closer to the Update Release. Thanks everyone for their patience and support! LTL Hockey is also participating in the Spring Sale going on currently! So, it's a great time to pick up the game and see if it's your thing!
- Version 0.95 Still WIP - 8 March 2024
Good Evening and Happy Friday Yall! I got Quick Sim Functioning this week, so I just need to add some detail as well as the exporting the results to be collected in-game. Fixed a few initial bugs with League Mode. However, it is not ready for prime time just yet. Completed so far.. -Main Menu Screen (is working, Still smoothing out process) -Matchup Screen (Used for Ranked, Feature, Cup Games) -Rival System -Fold Team and Start a New Season option. -Starter Team Working on... Team Management Screen - 25% Matchup Screen w Control Selection 75% Season Events - 25% Quick Sim - 75 % New Teams - %0 Free Agency -%0 Till Next time! Oh and that Steam Sale is closing in!!! -Jordan
- Version 0.95 Still Delayed Update! - 1 March 2024
Hi Everyone! Another update on the development of "League Mode" Ran into a bunch of bugs with the menu system but for the most part you can indeed navigate around the main screen. I have also been working on the various mechanics and early bug fixes with the mode itself. Completed so far.. -Main Menu Screen (is working, but not perfect and feels a little unpredictable.) -Rival System -Fold Team and Start a New Season option. -Starter Team Working on... Team Management Screen - 25% Matchup Screen w Control Selection 75% Season Events - 25% New Teams - %0 Free Agency -%0 Hope to have a better update next week but for now I'm going to keep on trucking with the development! Till Next week! -Jordan
- Version 0.95 Delayed - 23 February 2024
Good Afternoon and hope you have all been well since the last update! So I will unfortunately delay the release of Version 0.95. It's getting close, just not functional and not really testing functional yet but I'm making great strides and I'm honestly excited with each day that goes by and the work put in. I will touch base with everyone each week on progress until release. I don't think we have too much longer! Systems Finalized -Starter Teams -Rival System -All Process leading to the Main League Screen -Foundation has been put in. Systems that are still being Worked on. -Event System and Implementation -Quick Sim -Stat Implementation -Game Loop Thank You and appreciate everyone's patience.
- Version 0.94 - League Games | Goalie Changes | Fixes! - 9 February 2024
Hello Again Hockey Gamers! We are closing in on Version 1.0 and here is the latest update! Version 0.94 League Games and Playoff Games are available! You can now start experimenting with teams in the play now mode. You will see in these different game types, how each team manages their game. You won't really be able to break down or quantify why they all behave in different ways just yet, But the different Chemistries and Skills are fully implemented. What's great about all this, is you can start to play the different teams and get a feel for how you would challenge each one when it comes time in League Mode. Sure there will be some turnover of talent with all the teams as you progress through each campaign, But the foundation is laid out for the game now. The question starts to become, What team will you build? You will now be able to look for defensive minded players, Ringers, and har…
