Developer posts and news about this game.
Hi everyone! The playtest is now closed. Thank you for trying it out and providing your feedback! Quick overview of the latest features that have been added to the game while the playtest was open: Fireballs! When a robot hits the ball to bounce correctly on the court 5 times in
Hi everyone! If you want to try out the playtest, you still have time to do so until Monday, 1st June . I will then deactivate and reset the playtest, meaning all playtest participants will lose access after Monday.
Hi everyone! First of all, sorry for the long waiting time since the last update. Due to private issues it took me longer than expected to complete the next iteration of the game. However, it is done now and a few great features have been added: A tutorial that explains the most
Hi everyone! The first playtest is now closed, thank you for your feedback! Quick overview of the latest features that have been added to the playtest: Height, width, energy, condition and precision of computer tennis robots now depend on their initial (random) match score: The h
Happy new year everyone! As of today, the playtest is open to everyone. That means you don't need to request individual access anymore but can download and play the latest version straight away. The playtest will be available until January 12. After that date, I will take it offl
Hi everyone! I made some good progress in the last few weeks. Court effects: Every couple of hits, each corner pillar erupts either fire, water or slime, which then falls onto a random area of the court (the quarter of the court closest to that pillar) and affects energy consumpt
Hi everyone! As the game takes shape more and more, I liked its name less and less, so I decided to change it from something that just describes the base setting of the game without provoking much fantasy or excitement, to something that indicates that this game might actually be
Hi everyone! I have added some particle effects to make the game look more exciting: When robot arms move up/down and rackets move left/right, a few sparks spread out in all directions. When robots move around the court, they leave a trail of dust behind them, slowly rising and d
Hi everyone! Exciting news: Robot Tennis finally has a proper Settings menu! Initially, it was just a very simple kind of dummy screen with a couple of options to choose from. Now it is composed of 5 separate tabs for Controls, Interface, Graphics, Audio and Calendar settings. Th
Hi everyone! Over the last couple of weeks I experimented a bit with shaders, and ended up with some nice, gently moving and not too distracting backgrounds that float behind the tennis courts. Each court type (clay, grass and hard court) now has its own floating background, matc
Hi everyone! Quick update on the latest progress of Robot Tennis: I didn't like how the target fields just suddenly appeared on the court out of nowhere at the start of each player turn, and again suddenly disappeared at the end of the turn. It looked a bit cheap. Hence I added s