Wow, this is awesome. I'll see if I can try a playtest later. You're really on to something here, just looking at the gameplay videos.
mr_quackums: Not sure what you're referring to about either of those. There's a giant glass box around sb_forum, the hook can connect to that, although it's probably not obvious in the videos. There are frames of spheres that form around players when they block by hitting the ball key. We're either going to replace them with better graphics or get rid of them entirely. When alpha is closed and we go beta, we will be sacrificing all the alpha test players on a giant pyre to our dark gods, and the collective power of their freshly-tortured souls will fuel the machine of hate and pain that is Smashball. Er, I mean... nothing. We will be awarding top Alpha players with sexy looking badges and XP awards. And then we will have cake. Mageknight: We have a playtest tomorrow night at 9PM Pacific. Sign up at the e-mail list I posted earlier and you'll get a reminder plus the changelog. Cheers, sd sd
i liked the pyre thing better. the hook thing was a joke, but it cool that there is a plot reason for invisible walls (or at least they look invisible on the vids). and now the lines make more sense
Friday's playtest had one of the most exciting matches so far. It went into sudden death overtime as the team behind scored a run in the last 30 seconds of the last round to tie it. Here are the videos: Round 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LNRwkWYpA4&fmt=22 Round 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLl9ABEzxFw&fmt=22 Round 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5e7hdHsUYbg&fmt=22 Round 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tk0CmsRgD4s&fmt=22 Round 5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTmnStWRKps&fmt=22 Round 6: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FB8fhKKJPZw&fmt=22 Round 7 (Overtime): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbkAchei-EU&fmt=22 These videos feature our new spectator HUD to help inform the viewer what the hell is going on with the fast pace of the game. The panel in the lower left is the ball carrier. Next to that is the pass target. Lower right is the player who caused a fumble or blocked the ball. Upper right is the player who knocked out or killed the player listed just below.
lol I'm sorry I missed all of this. Looks like the soccer map on ns except with hook mod added to it ^_^
Awesome videos. Especially of that handsome fellow who took one shot the whole game and won it in overtime.
Our launch week is going quite nicely, thanks to everyone who has helped! I've got a couple of minor updates... We have a little promotional video up on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RhliRCL_As&feature=channel_page We'd love to hear about any issues you run into while playing. We're stomping out bugs as fast as we can, but we can't stomp them unless we know about them! Let us know at our forums: http://forums.smashball.tv/
The game has a high learning curve (skillwise), I never sucked so hard in a multiplayer game like i sucked in trying smashball
lol don't be afraid. It takes a little while to get the hang of things (pun intended) but once you do, it's really satisfying. one suggestion: join up in a match and spec some of the better players. It's a good way to learn some of the more obvious tips and tricks.
