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Spikair Volleyball

Patch Note 0.7.10 - Tuning the AI

Hi everyone,


I'm currently trying to make the game always challenging for every type of player :)

AI



  • MyClub - it's only dynamic difficulty now. The AI will always try to adapt to your level :)
  • AI stronger against float serves
  • AI will use less long spikes


IMPROVEMENTS



  • Team names could be too long to fit in the box (exhibition)
  • Menu confirm before deleting all MyClub saves (to avoid accident xD)


BUGS FIXED



  • MyClub - display all matches of the season for the club and the other divisions



Have a nice day ♥
Joé

Patch Note 0.7.9.8 - Clearing the old tasks

Hi everyone,


It seems like a little update but I think you'll feel the difference :D

GAMEPLAY



  • Super spikes won't soft block
  • Long tips are faster
  • Middle tips are slower
  • the block will almost all the time touch the ball if the timing is right
  • Increase variation of the toss (for serves)
  • AI reaction time increased to make it "more human"
  • AI should be a bit stronger against long serves/setter dumps
  • AI won't dive if there is the middle blocker is doing his job
  • AI will be able to see if his hitter can attack above the opponent blocker


IMPROVEMENTS



  • When the player fail a overhand receives/defenses, the animation doesn't stop directly
  • Team names center in match results
  • Pink Black court is really pink (it was red)
  • Change lighting a bit to avoid sunny ball
  • You can press Escap with any device to pause the game
  • When you change a video setting, it applies directly


BUGS FIXED



  • Characteristics for jump were assigned to wrong players sometimes
  • Impact of setter characteristic (DEX) wasn't applied sometimes
  • Press Escap in the settings during a match was doing bad stuff
  • Statistics being negatives



Have a nice day ♥
Joé

Patch Note 0.7.9 - Improvements



Hi everyone,

I work on little things to improve your experience.
Hope you'll like it :D

Have a nice day ♥

BIG STUFF



  • New system for the big spikes/serves. The ball received/defended will fly higher
  • MyClub - you can see all the matches of the season
  • SFX for the buttons (really important, isn't it ? xD)


IMPROVEMENTS



  • MyClub - reduce levels between team to avoid the #1 of the division destroying everyone (making it hard to climb the division)
  • MyClub - dynamic difficulty increased (to avoid you getting bored of destroying eveyone)
  • Less block-outs
  • Randomize a bit soft-blocks
  • Less bloom (players were shining too much)
  • Setter dumps won't result in a unrealistic net flipper
  • AI stronger against setter dumps if you used it a lot
  • "FORFEIT" written in select side menu to avoid missunderstanding


BUG FIXED



  • 2 divisions highlighted
  • block-out counts 1 point for the hitter
  • button Return not responding in MyClub select save menu

Patch Note 0.7.8 - Change jersey colors



Hi everyone,


This update is the first step towards Coach Mode and Solo Mode :)
In MyClub, you can now choose to play only 1 player of your team or even just coach (only spectate for now) and let the players decide their fate ! :D

Have a nice day ♥

BIG STUFF



  • MyClub - choose jersey colors
  • MyClub - other teams color (you need to create a new save)


IMPROVEMENTS



  • Camera smoother between points
  • Spectators with more animations
  • AI serves won't touch the net that often
  • waiting time for block-out shorter
  • MyClub - 1 set games
  • MyClub - courts changing a bit between division
  • MyClub - evolution of players is faster


BUG FIXED



  • Tutorial - counting 2 points for objectives

Patch Note 0.7.7 - Control Mode (solo, coach)



Hi everyone,


This update is the first step towards Coach Mode and Solo Mode :)
In MyClub, you can now choose to play only 1 player of your team or even just coach (only spectate for now) and let the players decide their fate ! :D

Have a nice day ♥

BIG STUFF



  • MyClub - control mode
    in prepare match, you can now change the control that you want


IMPROVEMENTS



  • MyClub - characteristics description
  • MyClub - ranking abreviations description
  • MyClub - more saves (5 -> 8)
  • MyClub - your division is displayed in the main menu


BUG FIXED



  • MyClub - ranking menu was bug at first opening

Patch Note 0.7.4.6 - Change defense / receive system

Hi everyone,


Little update to change the defense/receive system.

NEW SYSTEM



  • Long balls : instead of having to hold BACKWARD and press A, you just have to press BACKWARD
  • Middle balls : no change (you press A to bump)
  • Short balls : instead of having to hold FORWARD and press A, you just have to press FORWARD


I know some of you could prefer the old system but it makes things way easier in the long run with this new system especially for fast plays where having to press A was a mess.
It will also avoid the "oh I pressed A before the arrow..." moments.


Have a nice day ♥
Joé

Patch Note 0.7.4 - Block remove hands



Hi everyone,

It seems to be a little update but having the AI to understand properly how the new mechanic works was tough !

BIG STUFF


You can now press B again while blocking to remove hands. This is useful to avoid block-out.
When you remove your hands and see the ball flying out, it feels really good ♥

IMPROVEMENTS



  • AI got updated a lot to manage the new mechanic
  • new swing arm sound


BUGS FIXED



  • ball goes through floor and locks the game


Have a nice day ♥

Patch Note 0.7.3.1



Hello everyone,

Little update to fix bugs + few improvements.

Have a nice day ♥

IMPROVEMENTS



  • smash/block and few other SFX have been updated
  • shadows added to font to make it easier to read
  • TUTORIAL - colors of prompts changed to fit with UI
  • Delayed a bit the screen results when ending a set
  • Setters with bad speed will be a bit faster to reach the ball
  • MYCLUB - display the name of the Division when showing stats


BUGS FIXED



  • TUTORIAL - prompts will be hidden with any size of screen
  • MYCLUB - wrong division highlighted

Patch Note 0.7.3 - Menu Choose Your Side reworked



Hi again everyone,

Here is a little update to fix bugs + a little rework of an old menu :D

IMPROVEMENTS



  • Menu Choose Your Team is cooler than before (+ coop instructions appear smartly)
  • SPEED will impat the running speed of players (and the running animation)


BUGS FIXED



  • EDITOR - can't select player when creating a team
  • MYCLUB - ratio = 0 when you have 0 defeats/sets lost
  • MYCLUB - ratio are showed on two lines when it's too long


Have a nice day ♥

Patch Note 0.7.2 - MyClub mode



Hi Everyone !

First of all, Happy New Year everyone ♥
It's been a while because I put only big update patch note on Steam and the little updates + hot fix are all on Discord.

SO ! Do you want all the patch notes here or only the big updates ?
answer in this poll please :
click here to vote

Now, let's talk about this update :D

BIG STUFF


MyClub is back !
- recruit new players
- prepare your team
- play matches in a big championship with 4 divisions
- players might retire at the end of the year
- players are trained every week

Game
- new system to calculate defense/receives results (based on timing + players's characteristics)
- SPEED characteristic is the in the game and will impact actions
- you can now press BUMP again to restart the BUMP

IMPROVEMENTS


- GAME - defender will stay a bit longer when defending deep ball
- GAME - AI will serve harder (in high difficulty levels)
- GAME - AI will serve easier (in low difficulty levels)
- GAME - AI easy will be easier
- GAME - AI will block far from net sometimes
- GAME - AI will receive float serves better
- GAME - long tip will be a bit slower
- GAME - long spike far from net can miss the hands of the blocker
- GAME - timing will matter more for the serve
- GAME - system QoL to avoid direction not counting when pressing direction + A/B
- GAME - middle blocker will be more on the ball trajectory
- TUTORIAL - add a prompt to indicate that you can spike without direction (LEFT / RIGHT)
- EDITOR/MYCLUB - random players will be more realistic
- EDITOR - black shadow for accessories
- EDITOR - randomize jersey/short colors
- EDITOR - new music for editor menus
- SETTINGS - button reset default for audio volumes
- SETTINGS - camera shake slider
- SETTINGS - gamepad rumble slider
- SETTINGS - ball trail toogle
- TEAMS - Team Argentina (thanks to Dynezel)

BUGS FIXED


- GAME - picking a team with a deleted player won't break the game
- GAME - slow motion on 25th point (and not 24th)
- GAME - the ball will touch the floor properly
- GAME - jump of defenders based on hitter
- GAME - AI not receiving long serves on the line
- GAME - head shadow too dark
- GAME - music will start when you reach 10 points (match of 25)


Thank you for reading and I hope you're enjoying the game ♥

WILL YOU REACH THE PRO LEAGUE ? :D