It is time for our first BBB update since launching Early Access! Thanks to all of you that have been playing the game so far. We are working hard to address your biggest concerns while also working on more content. As always, you can reach us on our Steam forum and on our Discord page, so feel free to share what you want us to work on next.

Bots

Empty lobbies are always something online games want to avoid. We have multiple ideas to bring more people and more life to our game! But in the meantime, we wanted to add something so that joining an empty lobby will be less boring. Introducing : BOTS These AIs will populate servers with low player counts, so that you can at least practice your moves while waiting for more players. Scoring them will earn players 1 point instead of 3 like regular human players. Here are the amount of bots that will appear based on player count in a lobby :

• 1 player - 4 bots spawn
• 2 players - 3 bots spawn
• 3 players - 1 bots spawn
• 4 players and up - 0 bots

We will expand on these bots over time, and make them better at playing the game. They are a bit incompetent right now, but it's a first step!

Style Points

Style Points are designed to reward players with extra points based on how they score goals, and are also used as a comeback mechanic. At launch, they were not functioning properly, but we have now addressed the issue and they are back! Some examples :

• Long Shot : Rewards you for scoring an opponent in a far away goal.
• Lead Shot : Rewards you for scoring whoever is in the lead during the match.
• Last Second : Rewards you for scoring someone in the final seconds of the match.

Style Points are stackable so it's possible to earn a ton of points with a single goal!

More Fixes

We have also fixed some bugs and issues. Here are some of the bigger ones :

• Stats : Fixed issue with the Time Played stat was not tracking properly
• Matchmaking : Improved stability related to unique crash after joining
• Audio : Fixed a bug where the Frenzy sound effect would play forever
• Maps : Adjusted some visuals and colliders

Future Updates

We have been paying attention to your feedback and have identified these requests as the most common ones :

• Ability to matchmake with friends
• Local Play
• More Maps
• More Power Ups from Item Boxes

These are our priorities for the moment. You can expect our next few updates to focus on the features above. See you soon!

[ 2023-05-11 19:13:07 CET ] [ Original post ]