Rise & Fall News

Some updates for the game!

1) Loading Time Fix
- Massively sped up the loading times loading into a match.
- Matches only take a few seconds to load into.
- The first time you load your first match after updating, the load time will be slightly longer (but still shorter than before).
- Afterwards, loading is only a few seconds.

2) "Anti-Cheese" Implemented
- Added Guard Rails on the table that spawn in when a goal is scored.
- This prevents "cheesing" goals by hitting the ball into an open net once it spawns.
- The guard rails are angled so the ball will go over the net if hit right away.


In Progress:

"Anti Cheese"
- Add some animation/effects/sound to make the anti-cheese feel more natural in-game
- Make it toggleable on/off in settings

To follow what we're working on, check out our Trello!
https://trello.com/b/jAJERNTs/rise-and-fall-game-jam-3

Also feel free to let us know what you think via our forums or Discord server!

We're a small team of recent graduates and current students at George Brown, so we're doing our best to update the game as often as we can!

Thanks!

Dave

A couple small updates.

1) Player Difficulty Settings

• Players can now turn AI Difficulty up in the settings menu.
  
• There's 3 options: Easy, Normal and Hard.
  
• Upping their difficulty will make players move faster for a challenge.
  

2) Players can be manually turned on or off

• In the same menu, you can manually turn players on or off.
  
• Play a 1v1, or practice by yourself if you want to.
  

3) AI Adjustments

• AI now jump more often than before.
  

4) Keyboard Bindings

• Pressing Enter now also swings the club for P1.
  

5) Knockback Adjustments

• Reeled in player knockback by a tiny percent.
  

6) Announcer Implemented

• Our new announcer for the game has been implemented, and will call out goals being scored.
  
• More to come from him soon!
  

7) Under the hood changes for new features coming soon

• We're working on some level variants for the map.
  
• Scripting for conveyor belts, moving platforms and boost pads are in the game and being worked on.
  

We're playing with viewers today!

Join our Discord and play with us!

2pm EST

https://discord.gg/uXcgaNC

- Updated scripts so keyboard always controls P1 at start, regardless of a controller being plugged in.

- Disabled the bomb from exploding at 180 seconds, which was preventing players from unlocking "Defense Wins Championships" Achievement

- Updated Home Screen with Newer Artwork

- Updated Credits with links to portfolios.

- Updated UI in home and level so keyboard controls are shown under "Controls" tab

UI:
- Updates to the home screen to make it more animated.
- Updates to the load screen to give more information loading into a game
- Updates to the 'How to Play' section to give it more polish

- Updates to 'Controls' to reflect all the actions in-game
- Players can hold B to charge up a more powerful shot
// This was always in-game, just not shown in controls.

- Home Screen now displays Game version in bottom corner.

Animations:
- Added new goal text animations


Character Control:
- Players can now dive forward by pressing A while in the air.
// We're still tweaking the consistency.


Collision Fixes:
- Large-sized Charged Attack now uses his larger collider range.

CPU Goalie Updates:
- CPU Goalies have their UI updated to look different from human players.
- CPU Goalies use different clubs and different appearance from human players.
- CPU Goalies keep the same appearance when changing sizes.