Protoball News

Fixed the spawn bug, and the ball "getting stuck" bug as well!

Please let us know in the discord if you encounter these again, discord.gg/protoball

Thanks so much!

Removed all camera shake!
Altered spawn points in Championship Arena, kick off will be different now.
Added default/preferred Spin Speed for curve shots (Default now medium).
Ball Trail made longer to help with tracking.
Ball Cam no longer let's you move your mouse/cause a jittery shake.
Changed "Ball Cam" to Hold R (or Look At Ball key bind).
Added Ball Cam "default view" setting in options.
Tweaked Grinds and added another rail to Orbital.
Updated in-store Bundle icons to show what they are.
Added a new free male suit (Ensemble) to match Elska's NUBS (New User Bio Suit).
Fixed a bug that didn't let you shoot your shield (keep your eyes out for this one please).
Adjusted shields hitting each other while two players were going at it (Thanks Sarg & Jesse).
Optimized Orbital arena (Please let us know if it runs better!).
Mirrored Championship Arena's stands so it's symmetrical. Jupiter still watches over the home team.
Changed how jumps reset, should now reset anytime you are considered grounded
Changed Join in progress one more time to a more seamless flow.
Changed Join from Spectator, after you choose your team you will be spawned in after the next point is scored,
if server happens to be empty you will spawn in right away.
Removed Dodgeball from Map Vote.


The team would like to thank each and every one of you for helping us improve Protoball! The game has never been better than the build you're about to play... It's a beautiful thing to see all the gamers in the discord discussing mechanics and coming up with new plays and ideas. Studio Z is a 5-man team of gamers working to achieve the dream- we really really really appreciate all the feed back!

Thanks for the good reviews too! You wouldn't believe how much it helps, and how great it makes us feel. You're awesome Protoballers. GL HF

The help has been amazing! Thanks everyone. Tonight's late night update features :

Optimized Orbital arena (Please let us know if it runs better!)
Mirrored Championship Arena's stands so it's symmetrical. Jupiter still watches over the home team.
Changed "Ball Cam" to Hold R. You can Tap R once to look at the ball, and hold R to go into full Ball Cam mode.
Update ball cam tracking methods. If you're new to the game this will help you keep pace!
Fixed Triple Jump, before if you dashed off the ground or fell off of a platform it would count this as a jump (Unreal Engine Default Jump Functionality), we changed the engine to give us control of this.
Powerup HUD no longer shows in Lobby
Changed how jumps reset, should now reset anytime you are considered grounded
Changed Join in progress one more time to a more seamless flow.
Changed Join from Spectator, after you choose your team you will be spawned in after the next point is scored, if server happens to be empty you will spawn in right away.
Added two more variants to the "CyberSuit" Ensemble. (Many more outfits on the way)
Removed Dodgeball from Map Vote - let's focus on sport mode during the pre-season.
Moved Chat widget to the top left corner, made it fade away after 15 seconds, and user experience should be smoother.
Added "Grab" cool down indicator. You'll see it.
AFK kick no longer kicks spectators. You will be kicked from the lobby screen if the timer ends and you haven't readied up.

Join in progress should be completely 100% functional now!

We changed the servers to 60 tick! Everything is crazy smooth now, and some of the old physics you're used to (Curves?) Are going to be a little different than they were before! Now Slow, Med, and Fast spins are all viable options for different trick shots!

Please let us know if anything is super weird with the physics, or if you think the 60 tick is affecting the game in some other way. Please disclose bugs and other issues in our discord! This is the preferred venue for bug reports! discord.gg/protoball

YOU WILL NEED TO RE-SET YOUR BINDINGS! (Sorry for the hassle)

Limiting servers to 8 people maximum for now to encourage 4v4!
FIXED THE SHIELD BUG (Thank you MrXAmazing!) - Sometimes if you pulled out your shield, did not shoot it, and ran into an opponent you would no longer be able to shoot shields until a goal score respawned your character. Thanks to our awesome community in the discord.gg/protoball we found and squashed this one!
Removed the VFX Particles from the Ball Trail
Changed the Dodgeball Ball layout, and removed a couple balls from play.
Fixed the Chat Filter! We know it was annoying... the Chat Police AI Bot tasted that power and started trippin'... we reeled it in. We've seen the movies, we know what happens when AI gets out of control.
Temporary Changes to Powerup HUD - (bottom of screen) this will be refined throughout EA.
We moved Change TPP Camera to Left Alt, and Passing to C (not sure if we like this anymore)

More updates to come! Thanks so much for playing everyone! Please share with your friends! Honest and meaningful reviews always help! The tournament is coming later this month - Spread the word!!! The best way to help indie developers is word of mouth!

GGs and Thanks Again!