VeeR Pong
Oculus Touch Supported and Demo Updated
Additionally, this update adds support for Oculus Touch controllers. Time to see whether Vive or Rift has the better pong players.
Also fixed an issue where the game would become unplayable if your internet connection had issues in any of the multiplayer modes. As a more robust fix, I am looking into the possibilities of an offline mode and/or a networking logic overhaul.
February Updates
- Customizable Avatars- that's right you can now wear the same cap, hair, etc the bots do!
- If you are playing against bots on the Table Tennis table, you will be up against a team of 2 bots
- In FreeForAll mode, there's some new objects to throw around and break
- Fixed an issue with holding a ball when the turn ends causing the next player to miss a ball
- Adjust the hand angle so that it is more in line with your real world hand
- Random enemy skill would always give you the same enemy, not anymore!
Added Bot Difficulty Levels
- Easy - If you lose to this bot, you may want to re-evaluate some things in your life
- Medium - A decent bot, nothing too fancy here
- Hard - Now things start to get ineresting, may have some problems going for a bounce shot against this bot
- Insane - For those who think they have what it takes
Also fixed the issue where turning on your controllers after the game starts causes extreme weirdness picking things up (if it happened to you, you know what I'm talking about).
October Updates
- Added table type - Ping Pong Table
- Customizable game options - You can use BIG Cups in any game mode, toggle bounce shots removing an extra cup, and which table to play on
- Rebuilt networking logic for thrown objects
- More multiplayer bug fixes than I can remember
With the multiplayer stack in (relatively) good shape, my plan is to now work on bot behavior; both varying skill levels as well as differing behavior.
Fixes and Tweaks
- Leaderboard display in Practice modes has been fixed
- Bots now have a dash of personality that will definitely be expanded upon
- Jitter buffer in multiplayer - should result in a much smoother (less laggy looking) experience
- Cups would sometimes regiester a "bounce" shot when no bounce happened, FIXED (I think...)
Looking forward to what I will be working on next: fixing the remaining bugs (as well as any new ones that crop up), implementing more bot personality (animations, wearables, AI), more table options (without ridges that cause ocassional odd bounces), and a more robust single player experience.
There's a lot more I hope to add before leaving Early Access, so stay tuned and as always you can follow VeeR Pong's development progress at VeeR Pong - Trello
Bounce shots now worth 2 cups
- Bounce shots are now worth 2 cups by default (customization of this setting to be included in a future release)
- Bots now actually "throw" the ball instead of "firing"
- Muting player in multiplayer is now fixed - some people were just made for a mute button
- Various Competitive multiplayer fixes including: randomly not getting 2 balls per turn and opponent being able to grab ball out of air before bounce
Still to come: more bug fixes, achievements, more AI personalities, tournament mode, and additional tables.
Follow the development progress on Trello
Configurable Graphics Settings Update
This release includes the following bug fixes and enhancements:
- Configurable graphics settings: Adjust the level of graphics detail rendered to match the capabilities of your machine
- Prominent Leaderboard: Move the Leaderboards out of the phone and onto the sign board for better viewing
- Adjusted cup bounce levels: Cups were providing a little too much bounce to the balls when colliding, so lowered this a bit
- Added delays: Knocking a cup over wouldn't always be registered as a made cup due to timing issues, added minor delays to fix
- Removed side wall cheat: In Competitive mode you could prevent your opponent from throwing their second ball, by grabbing the first ball and throwing it into the street. Removed this bug
Leaderboards!
Additional improvements include:
- Annoying light leakage through buildings and fences 90% fixed
- Water cups are now transparent
- Removed bug where if you turned on controller while in Competitive mode, teleportation was allowed
- Fixed Competitive mode where cups would randomly explode when playing against another person
I am replacing my graphics card this week, but hope to still have enough compute power to continue development while I await the replacement. Features I am currently working on: improving networking logic, more animations for the bot, differing bot play styles and, improving smartphone navigation.
As always, let me know if you have any suggestions or if you encounter any bugs.
Release Notes
More Updates!
ADDED
Play AI while waiting for multiplayer opponent to show up
Controller usage explanation on easel
"Water cups" to hold ping pong balls between turns
Cell Phone Menu Enhancements:
- Added option to Reset room
- Added ability to adjust music volume
- Added ability to Mute/Unmute Players
FIXED
Picking up cups at the menu causes the audio to glitch and the game to crash.
Scoring in your own cup causes the balls to not return
Tossing the ball over the gate causes the balls not to return
As always, your feedback is instrumental in the development process. Let me know the good, but more importantly the bad and the ugly so I can keep improving VeeR Pong.