Rise & Fall News

Hey guys!

Sorry we've been quiet the past month.

Been talking to a lot of companies and publishers about working together on the game!

Means I haven't had as much time to post updates.



-Charged Swing power has been buffed to a much more fun strength.
-Charge time has been reduced.



[h3]GEOMETRY[/h3]
-Added stands around the arena
-Optimized their geometry for less polys
-Added an area behind the arena with an exit and a platform with a statue
//These will have gameplay implications soon.



-Fixed water being too high
-Fixed rock textures


-Purged the project of almost all unneeded files, speeding up performance.

More to come!

-Fixed the camera not working properly in the open level! It will stay on P1.

Hey guys! Can finally push some newer versions of the game to the main branch.

Some small tweaks here.

[h2]Characters[/h2]
-Added a unique model for the large size of the Bear Guy character (P3).
-Large size's animation now runs at an appropriate speed for the distance it's moving.
-Large size has it's own walk animation, which makes him feel heavier and reflects his speed better.
-Large size has footstep sounds when walking.
-Players use a new cloth material that has more detail.


[h2]Controls[/h2]
-Charged swing triggers faster, and it's force is more powerful.
-Slightly tweaked the small size's jump to make it less floaty but still controllable in-air.

[h2]Levels:[/h2] [h3]Cliff[/h3]
-New texture for rock models.
-New, cleaner models for all parts of the bunker.
-New model for goal posts.
-Tweaked textures to be softer.
-Fixed a few spots the ball could clip out of the roof.

-Tuned colour of water to be darker and more like an ocean.
-Changed ramps to a better collider system, making the ball roll smoother.
-Ramps use a new model.
-Made ramps clear.
-Fixed a spot where players could clip out of arena.

-Cleaned up the red and blue bunkers' meshes (improves performance).
-Cleaned up unused or deprecated objects in the scene.
-Added statues on Red and Blue sides.
-Tweaked the glass to be barely visible, but become lit up and visible when the ball gets close.


[h3]Stadium:[/h3]
-Removed the clapping sound effect from people in the crowd, made it one single sound.
//Improves performance.


[h3]Volcano[/h3]
-Began working on a volcano level. Currently still in whitebox phase.

[h3]Open Platformer Test[/h3]
Began working on an open area platformer-style level. Early work in progress. But have fun trying it!

[h2]UI:[/h2]

-Updated credits.
-Cleaned up the scoreboard underneath the Red and Blue scores.

[h2]Input:[/h2]
-Added a fix for Playstation Dualshock 3 controllers.

[h2]Performance[/h2]
-Loads of small under the hood improvements.
-Cleaned up various objects and put in simpler systems.

Hey everyone!

Update: See you May 8 @ 8:30pm!

We'll be playing games with you tonight @ 8:30pm (EST) in the Year End Showcase Discord!

We'll also be showing off a slightly newer build and talking about some new features we're really excited about.

The Year End Showcase is a week long event put on by George Brown College, celebrating student's work over the year.

We have a mix of recent graduates, new graduates and current students on our team.

Discord link here: https://discord.gg/kJnm6AN8

-Pushed a fix that should help Switch, Steelseries and Steam Controllers be recognized in-game.

-Contains a few more improvements.

I'll write patchnotes for those later.