General
- Starting minigame has been removed
- The function for selecting a position on the starting grid has been removed
- Players will be automatically set in their ideal position depending of the pilots that they choose.
- Visual and usability enhancements on the in-game stats screen (Tab).
- Visual enhancements on the help screen (F1).
- All the icons of the pilots’ weapons have been redesigned.
- Added an icon in some buttons to indicate that it leads to an external website.
- Visual enhancements on the match winners animation.
- Visual enhancements on weapons interface.
- Visual enhancements on the minimap.
- Visual enhancements on the score bar.
- The tug of war has been removed from the interface.
- Visual enhancements on the Main Menu.
- A poll button has been added to the Match End Screen.
- The match rating system has been added to the Match End Screen.
- The store has been disabled during the test period.
- Skins’ selection have been disabled during the test period.
- Wildfire has a temporary new model.
- Visual enhancements on the game’s objective arrow.
- Visual enhancements on general messages screen.
- The game audio has been adjusted.
Gameplay redesigned
General
- The possibility of colliding with allies has been added.
- The weight difference between cars has been added.
- The size of some pilots has been changed.
- The nomenclature for the “Dazed” effect has been changed.
- The new name is “Skid”
- The negative effect upon activating the bomb grabber has been changed:
- Removed: Weapons disabled
- Added: “Skid”
- The in-game upgrades store has been removed.
- The driveability has been adjusted.
- Added a new interaction with the Blockers.
- Now, the link between bomb and carrier can be broken if it was forced.
Dev notes: After analyzing the data, we noticed that players who made more action in a match had the tendency to stay more in the game. From that, we changed the gameplay to make it faster and more lethal, rewarding more the manual skills of the players.
Artificer
- Weapon 1: Ride the Lightning
Shoots a lightning that repairs allies and causes damage to enemies. It will only be destroyed if it collides with the scenario and/or gets its maximum range.- Damage: 120
- Repair: 120
- Reloading time: 1,5 seconds.
- Weapon 2: Thunderstruck
Creates a lightning that causes damage to enemies around. Opponents who are directly on her front will get the double of the damage.- Damage: 120 (240)
- Reloading time: 10 seconds
- Weapon 3: Electric Engine
Boosts her machine forward.- Reloading time: 6 seconds.
- Special Weapon: Thunderdome
Creates a magnetic field that causes damage and skid to all enemies around.- Damage per second: 150
- Duration: 4 seconds
- Passive: Metallic Bond
Repairs allies around.- Repair per second: 45
Little Monster
- Weapon 1: Syphon of Destruction
Vacuums opponents in front of her machine, pulling them and causing a total damage of 50- Damage per second: 50
- Duration: 1 second
- Reloading time: 3 seconds
- Weapon 2: Mosh Pit
Jumps causing damage to enemies when landing. Falling above an enemy makes Little Monster jump again and reload the Weapon 3.- Damage: 125
- Reloading time: 10 seconds
- Weapon 3: Stampede
Accelerate abruptly, getting the impulse even if she is on the air.- Reloading time: 6 seconds
- Special Weapon: Iron Maiden
Jumps causing damage to enemies when landing and repair Little Monster. Falling above an enemy makes Little Monster jump again.- Damage: 150
- Repair per second: 88
- Duration: 5 seconds
- Passive: Trash Metal
Crushes enemies in touch with her front part, causing damage and auto-repairing.- Damage per second: 180
Stingray
- Weapon 1: Discs of Doom
Shoots discs that cause damage to enemies. The lateral discs cause 60 of damage and the middle one causes 80. If it is shot from a point-blank position, causes just 80 of damage.- Lateral discs damage: 60
- Central disc damage: 90
- Point blank damage: 80
- Reloading time: 2.5 seconds
- Weapon 2: Power Wave
Shoots a wave that causes damage to enemies. The wave doesn’t pass through opponents.- Damage: 300
- Reloading time: 10 seconds
- Weapon 3: Powerslide
Boosts himself causing damage and pushing the enemies- Damage: 75
- Reloading time: 6 seconds
- Special Weapon: Ultra Final Blaster
Shots a frontal longshot laser that causes damage to enemies. The laser has four different areas and each one of them cause a specific damage.- Damage: 200 ~ 800
- Passive
- Stingray doesn’t have a passive.
Wildfire
- Weapon 1: Flaming Sphere
Shoots a fireball that causes damage to enemies.- Explosion damage: 80
- Projectile damage: 80
- Reloading time: 1,75 second
- Weapon 2: Blast of Fire
Creates a fire area that explodes after a certain time.- Damage per second: 125
- Explosion damage: 200
- Reloading time: 10 seconds
- Weapon 3: Volcanic Road
Accelerate leaving a fire trail behind that causes damage.- Damage per second: 80
- Reloading time: 6 seconds
- Special Weapon: Hellfire
Creates a big fire area that explodes after a certain time.- Damage per second: 200
- Explosion damage: 200
- Passive: Through the Fire and Flames
Wildfire is immune to lava damage.
New respawn mechanic
- A new respawn has been added to the arenas.
- After being destroyed, the player will have to wait for a reconstruction time.
- During this time, the camera will focus only in the bomb.
- After this time, the player will be able to choose a spot of the arena to go back, marking the spot with a counter.
- When the players go back to the arena, they get invulnerable for a certain time and enemies that are in the respawn spot are instantaneously destroyed.
Dev notes: We notice that, with the old respawn mechanic, players spent a lot of time out of the action. This happened due to the need to move from the respawn point to the bomb. Aiming to fix this problem, we developed a new reconstruction mechanic which allows players to go back right into the combat again.
Overtime
- Each round has a maximum time.
- At the end of this time, the match will enter Overtime.
- During the Overtime:
- The two delivery points (blue and red) are going inwards in same speed through the track getting closer to the middle of the arena.
Dev notes: After a data analysis, we noticed that matches with excessive duration had a worse retention than quick ones. Keeping this in mind, we developed a new mechanic which makes it harder for matches to have an excessive duration, turning the final minutes more exciting.
Known bugs
- When the commands are customized on “B” button, there are still some messages about the store.
- In some occasions, the bomb goes visually inside the Little Monster pilot when she grabs the bomb.
- In some occasions, the reconstruction interface got stuck in the screen after coming back from the automatic pilot.
- Sometimes, when you are reconstructing, the audio fails for a moment.
- When the player joins a match in the Spectator Mode, the TAB button with the stats won’t work.
- In some occasions, when a player reconnects with the game, his/her car becomes invisible.