Superball News

Hi folks,
 
We've been pretty busy since our launch, mostly on fixing bugs and optimizing the gameplay.
We will keep working on this and appreciate feedback and bug reports from you guys.
But we now have a bit more time on our hands again to resume some of the work we have in our development calendar.
We're planning on making one major patch every month which will bring new exciting elements to SBT!
Here is a sneak peek into what we are currently working on for the next major patch in May:

- We are almost ready to bring you our new character Bubba!
This masked guy is big, slow, carry a car door as a shield and is a great character for playing goalie. This should give the goalie player another option apart from R47, which is currently the preferred choice for most games.
More details about his skills and stats will be updated before the May patch so stay tuned on our social media!

- Second Map 'The Dragon Stadium' is coming up as well!
We've been working on this stadium for about half a year and are now finally prepared to present it to players!

- New lobby soundtrack
If you didn't notice our last soundtrack, it was probably because we had a loud wind/motor sounding noise that drowned it out. Only recently did we disable it and you're now able to hear our current soundtrack in the game lobby.
But since it is a bit generic, we've been working closely with a great producer recently to make a new and better soundtrack.
 
So that's pretty much the overview of our next major patch, we can't say the exact date of this version yet, but it will be within the next month and we'll update you more details about the patch soon.
 
Have fun playing!

- The Devs

Hi everybody

We have been trying to grow our player base, but it is happening slowly.
We are aware that matchmaking is not the best at the moment, so we have decided to combine our US server and our EU server into one.
The new server will be based in Virginia on the East Coast.

We have tested the latency for the past two days and players in Europe is likely to have a ping around 80 which is good enough to play without any issues.
After we have built up our player base a bit, we will separate the two regions again.

If you experience major issues with this, please let us know and we will look into what we can do about it.
You can also find friends to play with in our discord group: https://discord.gg/8jH76nQ

Hopefully, a lot more games will come out of this!


Have a great weekend!
- The Devs

New features:

1. Training mode
- We've now added the training mode into the game, players can now click the 'train' button in the lobby to join the game against the AI with no time limit.
- Added a notice for players to join the training mode when they entered the game for the first time

2. Changed some of the server settings and address the issue of 'unable to find server'

3. Added a feature where players can fill out all AI by clicking 'F2' in the custom game


Bug fixes:

1. Fixed the bug where the effects of R47's right-click ability does not match it's actual range

2. Fixed the shaking camera issue when Lang double jump and then shoots the ball.

3. Optimize the ranking system, fix the issue where high-rank players lose more point when lost the game.

4. Players with higher ranks within the team will more likely be placed in the 3rd position (only in quick play)

5. Cancel the option where players can leave the game when picking characters

6. Fixed the issue where private room with a password will be available to join once players have entered the game

7. Fixed a bug in which players cannot enter the game when connecting

8. Fixed the issue where the chat bar can't be turned off by pressing 'Enter'

9. Fixed the weird car sound in the lobby

Super Buckyball Tournament is here to stay!!
Last week, we opened our servers in Europe, China and North America.
Originally, we were a bit nervous about putting the game online, as there is always more stuff that can be added to make it better. But we are super stoked to see that people are liking our game and we appreciate all the feedback we have received over the past couple of days.
So, thank you so much for that!!!

As a result, we have decided to keep SBT in open development so we can share the fun with our fans, while we keep on adding more cool stuff. We also really want to know any feedback you guys have for us so we can create a game that fits not just the vision of our studio, but also the vision of our fans.
Here is a small list of things that we have prepared recently which are included in the latest build:
- We Polished and redesigning our stadium as well as the characters Pink, Pai and R47
- We added another character “Lang”,
- We gave all characters a secondary ability which can be used by pressing right-click, as well as some unique passives for the different characters.
- We did a lot of work on the lobby and on the main page animation.
- UI both in-game and in the lobby (this still needs a lot of work, so please be patient with us).
- A new ranking system and a leaderboard has been added
- End of game scoreboard has been added to see some stats from the game just played
- We have added voice chat and text chat so players can communicate while playing. (not much testing has been done on this yet, but we will work on improving its function and UI soon)

The development has been following our vision for the game which is to make a highly competitive 3rd person sports game with a strong emphasis on teamplay. In order to develop the game in this direction, we have been trying to emulate certain aspects of real-life sports to find which elements create a stronger sense of competition and which elements create more reliance on teamwork. We have put a lot of work, sweat and blood and tears into this game. Actually, not so much blood, but many evenings of overtime for sure.
So, if you love the game send us some super awesome, great and excellent feedback!
If you don’t love the game yet, send us your thoughts as well!
Email for feedback: [email protected]
Learn more about SBT on Twitter and join our community on Discord!
And make sure to wishlist!

Enjoy,
- The SBT Devs
 

Hey folks!

We have received a few requests for a guide with some tips for beginners to get started playing Super Buckyball Tournament. If you have already mastered the game and is ranked number one and all your opponents are crying and your supporters are bowing down in admiration, then this video is not for you. If not, it couldn’t hurt watching this to get a good basic understanding of how to play the game!

SBT Dev Team

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