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Dev Log - The Design of Special Effects

Hey folks! It’s been quite a while since the launch of our open development build, while we’re actively developing our game, we’d also liked to share some of the interesting contents and topics during the development!

We gonna start off with the special effects as our very first topic, it’s one of our major strength and from there you can see how we paired character abilities with visual effects.

As a multiplayer sports game that primarily based on real-time physics, one of the most important thing for us is to synchronize the visual effects so it does not conflict all the major elements of the gameplay.



Here we use one of our cool character ‘Lang’ as an example. Since he’s one of the faster and more agile characters, the special effects we used must match with his personal traits. The gentle breeze that follows the movements of his arms when he punches and the leaves that fall in the special effects indicate the speedy aspect of the character.



When tackling, this time instead of breeze the flow of wind turns into a blast, with the sense of layering players can be started to feel the flexibility of this character.



Lang’s ultimate ‘eye of the storm’ is a large range, distracting ability that can dominate the field for a good few seconds. When designing its special effects we wanna make sure it does not visually block the character itself, while still showcasing the power of the abilities. In which we used high colour saturation so that players can clearly distinguish the special effects and character.



We also demonstrated the design ideology of our special effects from other aspects of the SBT, including the items. In an item called ‘bomb trap’, we added a few different colours and adjusted the colour saturation. Those colourful glowing lights make the item almost impossible to ignore and added a sense of mystery into it.



The expressions were largely enhanced after adding halo effects with some basic designs. It worked out like a surprise for us and I highly recommend using it.



It’s absolutely crucial for players to be able to clearly separate special effects and characters. Since SBT is a fast-paced game, to provide better in-game experiences we tweaked our special effects a little bit, with higher saturation rate than the characters.



About the texture, using textures directly from the photo will result in extra details and
cause unnecessary visual distractions. Therefore, we hand draw all the effects and combined softer lines with shape motions. We believe this can decrease the number of visual interruptions and improve in-game experiences.



I believe that’s all we can disclose about the special effects for now, hope you found it interesting and let you have a better understanding of the game! Also let us know if you have good suggestions for topics, and don’t forget to play some buckyball!

Tournament Updates

We are happy to announce that we've just finished the first western Tournament last weekend on Sunday the 28th of June.

It took us a long time to get enough people to sign up, but after the steam festival in mid-June, we finally had enough to get the games going!



1st place with the prize of 50$ for each player went to team 3:
Jamer
Ravioli
xSpokz

2nd place with the prize of 20$ for each player went to team 7:
Antemannen2
NachoCheese
Lalo

3rd place with the prize of 10$ for each player went to team 1:
Chazz22
Dictator Tots
DrivingLion

A big round of applause to these guys!!!

You can see the whole stream of the final and semifinals hosted by Gos_Maul

Or you can see the shorter version with 1 match from each game here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlH53Q1Zsu8
Or the highlights here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_WVOdrGd1g

[h2]2nd Western Tournament[/h2]



Date: The date is not set in stone yet. We are looking at either Sunday the 19th or Sunday the 26th.
Time: 11 am PDT/ 8 pm Central European Time


The Signup for the 2nd Western Tournament is possible on Discord. 24 players are needed. After the 24 slots have been filled, players can still signup as backups in case someone pulls out.

Even though we had 24 players confirmed, there we a couple that didn’t show up, which was a bit disappointing and to avoid that in the future, we will ban non-showers from future tournaments (unless they have a really good reason), starting from the next tournament.

Rules: The rules will be announced later.

Stream: Gos_maul will be hosting the tournament as well. There are 2 more streamer slots available, so if you are also interested in streaming the next tournament, send a private message to Viks on Discord.

Join us for a game of Super Buckyball Tournament!!

Over the next week, you can watch a mix of our hardcore players and our dev team stream Super Buckyball Tournament. We will be giving tips and tricks and teaching the viewers how to get advantages over your opponents. And during some of our streams, you will be able to challenge us to win Steam Giftcards!!!


[h2]Get the game here![/h2]



[h2]Here is a list of our hosts:[/h2]

[h3]Viks:[/h3] On the Devteam of SBT.
You can challenge him in the chat for a chance to win steam gift cards. (played on Chinese server)

[h3]Liu Yang:[/h3] Q&A. This happy fellow plays SBT all day long!
You can challenge him in the chat for a chance to win steam gift cards. (played on Chinese server)

[h3]Edens_Forrest:[/h3] Coreplayer. This guy has the funniest streams and you wanna be there when it is on!
Make sure to follow him on Twitch
You can challenge him in the chat for a chance to win steam gift cards. (played on US server)

[h3]Dantwire:[/h3] Coreplayer. One of the best SBT players in Europe and also a super nice guy!
Make sure to follow him on Twitch
You can challenge him in the chat for a chance to win steam gift cards. (played on US server)

[h3]Gos_Maul:[/h3] Coreplayer. This guys loves to meet new friends, so make sure to say hi and play a few games with him!
Follow him on Twitch
You can challenge him in the chat for a chance to win steam gift cards. (played on US server)


[h3]Noah Terve:[/h3] Coreplayer. This young man is not only a skilled dancer in real life, but he moves around the SBT field like his toes were on fire.
Make sure to follow him on Twitch
You can challenge him in the chat for a chance to win steam gift cards. (played on US server)



[h2]Ask whatever you want![/h2]
Our team of developers is sitting ready in the chat to answer any questions you might have about our studio, the development or the game in general.



If you can't make it to the stream, you can always join our Discord, and catch us there as well! We will always be happy to answer any questions you might have.

[h3]
Chance to win 10$ steam giftcard here[/h3]

And if you like Super Buckyball, please wishlist and you will help us greatly.
Thank you and enjoy!!!




[h3]See you in the game!!![/h3]



[h3]Here is a little glimpse of some high-level gameplay![/h3]

[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]

Join us for a game of Super Buckyball Tournament!!

Over the next week, you can watch a mix of our hardcore players and our dev team stream Super Buckyball Tournament. We will be giving tips and tricks and teaching the viewers how to get advantages over your opponents. And during some of our streams, you will be able to challenge us to win Steam Giftcards!!!


[h2]Get the game here![/h2]



[h2]Here is a list of our hosts:[/h2]

[h3]Viks:[/h3] On the Devteam of SBT.
You can challenge him in the chat for a chance to win steam gift cards. (played on Chinese server)

[h3]Liu Yang:[/h3] Q&A. This happy fellow plays SBT all day long!
You can challenge him in the chat for a chance to win steam gift cards. (played on Chinese server)

[h3]Edens_Forrest:[/h3] Coreplayer. This guy has the funniest streams and you wanna be there when it is on!
Make sure to follow him on Twitch
You can challenge him in the chat for a chance to win steam gift cards. (played on US server)

[h3]Dantwire:[/h3] Coreplayer. One of the best SBT players in Europe and also a super nice guy!
Make sure to follow him on Twitch
You can challenge him in the chat for a chance to win steam gift cards. (played on US server)

[h3]Gos_Maul:[/h3] Coreplayer. This guys loves to meet new friends, so make sure to say hi and play a few games with him!
Follow him on Twitch
You can challenge him in the chat for a chance to win steam gift cards. (played on US server)


[h3]Noah Terve:[/h3] Coreplayer. This young man is not only a skilled dancer in real life, but he moves around the SBT field like his toes were on fire.
Make sure to follow him on Twitch
You can challenge him in the chat for a chance to win steam gift cards. (played on US server)



[h2]Ask whatever you want![/h2]
Our team of developers is sitting ready in the chat to answer any questions you might have about our studio, the development or the game in general.



If you can't make it to the stream, you can always join our Discord, and catch us there as well! We will always be happy to answer any questions you might have.

[h3]
Chance to win 10$ steam giftcard here[/h3]

And if you like Super Buckyball, please wishlist and you will help us greatly.
Thank you and enjoy!!!




[h3]See you in the game!!![/h3]



[h3]Here is a little glimpse of some high-level gameplay![/h3]

[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]

Patch Note 0.302

[h3]General Bug Fixes[/h3]

- Fixed the bug where players ranked points were calculated incorrectly
[h3]
Character Balancing[/h3]

Lang
- Lang will again consume stamina when performing Acrobat (Jump on people’s head)
- Reduced stamina consumptions when using Double Tap (Left-Click + Right-Click)

Pai
- Gradually reduce the stamina compensation after performing Acrobat (Jump on people’s head), performing Acrobat consecutively will cut down stamina recovery by half every time, it'll reset once drop to the ground

Gridiron
- Slightly increase the AP consumption of Hail Mary (Right-Click + Left-Click)