RUCKBALL

The Architects Republic

Released: May 17, 2019
Platforms: Windows
Last updated: 04 Sep 2026, 10:47 GMT

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20 Dec 2019Developer post
PATCH NOTE 1.5.2
Thanks to your feedback the new SHIELD MODE and BALL CONTROL was much appreciated and validated by the community. We also hear your request for better fight mechanics and a better assist for newcomers. With the V1.52 we introduce you two great new features. NEW CONTENT : • Punch
20 Nov 2019Developer post
RUCKBALL 1.5 update
Thanks to the awesome feedback from its community, Ruckball, the lovechild of Descent and Speedball improves day after day and is enriched with new content and features. NEW CONTENT : • Variable gravity environments : Until now, Ruckball offered pure zero gravity environments. Fr
04 Sep 2019Developer post
PATCHNOTE 1.4.1
PATCHNOTE 1.4.1 Ruckball patchnote history We have a lot to say this week ! First we are excited to present you an evolution of the game interface and a new main menu. It's still under construction but honnestly we couldn’t wait to show you this before it's over. (Tell us what yo
23 Aug 2019Developer post
PATCHNOTE 1.4.0
Patchnote 1.4.0 Ruckball patchnote history The last two weeks have been particularly busy for the team. Following the last update, many of you asked us for a system that would allow you to play with your friends. It's done! This week we are introducing the new RUCKBALL invite fri
19 Jul 2019Developer post
PATCHNOTE 1.3.2
Patchnote 1.3.2 PATCHNOTE history 1.3.2 update focuses mainly on FPS boost and matchmaking optimisations. All the bugs reported by the community have been fixed. With that out of the way we can now work on friends invites, custom games and new maps. All 5 of us thank you for join
12 Jul 2019Developer post
Patchnote 1.3.1
Patchnote 1.3.1 PATCHNOTE history Last week Ruckball's multiplayer was switched to dedicated servers. Everything went well. This week's update focuses mainly on system improvement : We optimized the lighting of both arenas to save FPS. Some bugs reported by the community have als
05 Jul 2019Developer post
Patchnote 1.30
This is the biggest Ruckball update since its early access release a few weeks ago. On the program of the V1.30 : DEDICATED SERVERS. We heard you. You can now play on US and European servers from today. We are counting on you to inform us of any issues you may have encountered du
14 Jun 2019Developer post
Ruckball Roadmap
Hello everyone, we wanted to share with you the Ruckball roadmap and give you an overview of upcoming updates. It is a little early to give you dates, but be aware that in addition to the weekly corrections, major work is currently underway in the studio. Here are the main ones:
31 May 2019Developer post
Patch note 1.2.0
Those past weeks where rich in experience for the team. Let’s check out what we have coming up for RUCKBALL. Community feedback A lot of you where asking for a system to speak and organize with your teammates during a game. We added an Ingame quick chat wheel system to speak with
Those past weeks where rich in experience for the team.
Let’s check out what we have coming up for RUCKBALL.
Community feedback
A lot of you where asking for a system to speak and organize with your teammates during a game.

We added an Ingame quick chat wheel system to speak with other players.

Added more nervosity to the controls modifying the whole character animation blending.
Fixed minor bug where the ball sometimes doesn’t spawn for clients.
GUI and gameplay sound levels update.
Add

Charge sound for the charge of the punch.
Fixed

Several broken animation sequences after the boost.
Update

We added a limit for the charged punch.
We will also release a roadmap for RUCKBALL in the next couple of days.
But we can already say that we are currently switching RUCKBALL to dedicated server. We will also release a LAN option for those of you who want to play with friend during the week.
That’s all for this week. See you in the arenas.
http://ruckball.com/ruckball-patchnote-history/
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24 May 2019Developer post
PATCH NOTE 1.1.0
You have been more than 5000 to join RUCKBALL community on the first weekend. Thank you all. Unfortunately, the launch wasn't as smooth as we had expected. As you know, until we have the funds to pay for game servers, RUCKBALL multiplayer will be based on a peer-to-peer system. I
17 May 2019Developer post
RUCKBALL Launch is imminent.
Hello guys, ten minutes left before Ruckball launch. Just a quick note to remind you that we need your feedback. Feel free to join our discord server and share with us yout experience. For alpha testers, it's recommanded to reinstall the game and to delete your Ruckball saves. Go
15 May 2019Developer post
RUCKBALL (ex sumocrats) F2P Early Access launches on May 17th !
We're finally here! RUCKBALL 's free Early Access is released this Friday, May 17th on Steam. And there are a lot of new features in this version! We are very happy to show you the launch trailer. Share it with all your friends ! During these 8 months we mainly worked on the game
23 Mar 2018Developer post
Trial by fire. Community feedbacks from the live demo
Hey sumos ! You were about 600 to participate in the Sumocrats demo, way more than expected ! Sumocrats had to undergo the pressure of a release before it could be opened to a wider public. So we launched the first Alpha without any advertising or press relations campaign. Thank
Hey sumos !
You were about 600 to participate in the Sumocrats demo, way more than expected !
Sumocrats had to undergo the pressure of a release before it could be opened to a wider public. So we launched the first Alpha without any advertising or press relations campaign. Thank you, everybody, for being so many to test our game! The objectives of this Alpha were simple. Test the general gameplay, feel the rhythm of the game and test the matchmaking in real conditions.
During a week we’ve been watching your games. This has allowed us to isolate the bugs and crashes you have experienced. We had also benefited from your help. Throughout the week you brought up problems that we had not experienced during our internal tests. Thanks to all of you we now know what the strengths and weaknesses of Sumocrats are.
THINGS YOU LIKED :

Level Design : Fancy design but we must do more arenas.
Character Design / Animations : You loved the animations but we need to work on wall animations and find a way to add more momentum feeling.
Game design : Very simple, fast to understand, nervous.
Sound Design : Sound design rocks. We will add more tracks in the next release.
If you have any ideas or suggestions, please share it with us on our Discord. It could be the killing feature for Sumocrats !
THINGS WE NEED TO IMPROVE :

GUI: Ok for a clean GUI but it cannot be at the expense of the game understanding.
Crashes and bugs : To many crashes reported. The loadings are way too long.
Matchmaking : Not enough players. The invite features is not perfected yet.
Lag : The ball glitches, networking can be improved.
Tutorial : We should add some AI to train new sumos.
We made an update during the first days of Alpha ( See patchnote ). You can still report them on the SUMOCRATS Discord to help us improve the game.
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/236947683?t=02h43m33s
For those of you who haven’t managed to join the 2v2 games, we advise you to watch the very good Ciekmate streaming. You will see players who exploit the simplicity of Sumocrats’ mechanics to invent new ways of playing. (The back dribbling is just incredible).
We’re getting back to work quickly, see you soon for the next alpha!
ArkRep team
Fabien, Cesar, Laurianne, Guillaume & Guillaume, Olivier, Stéphane.
Original post
23 Mar 2018Developer post
Trial by fire. Community feedbacks from the live demo
Hey sumos ! You were about 600 to participate in the Sumocrats demo, way more than expected ! Sumocrats had to undergo the pressure of a release before it could be opened to a wider public. So we launched the first Alpha without any advertising or press relations campaign. Thank
Hey sumos !
You were about 600 to participate in the Sumocrats demo, way more than expected !
Sumocrats had to undergo the pressure of a release before it could be opened to a wider public. So we launched the first Alpha without any advertising or press relations campaign. Thank you, everybody, for being so many to test our game! The objectives of this Alpha were simple. Test the general gameplay, feel the rhythm of the game and test the matchmaking in real conditions.
During a week we’ve been watching your games. This has allowed us to isolate the bugs and crashes you have experienced. We had also benefited from your help. Throughout the week you brought up problems that we had not experienced during our internal tests. Thanks to all of you we now know what the strengths and weaknesses of Sumocrats are.
THINGS YOU LIKED :

Level Design : Fancy design but we must do more arenas.
Character Design / Animations : You loved the animations but we need to work on wall animations and find a way to add more momentum feeling.
Game design : Very simple, fast to understand, nervous.
Sound Design : Sound design rocks. We will add more tracks in the next release.
If you have any ideas or suggestions, please share it with us on our Discord. It could be the killing feature for Sumocrats !
THINGS WE NEED TO IMPROVE :

GUI: Ok for a clean GUI but it cannot be at the expense of the game understanding.
Crashes and bugs : To many crashes reported. The loadings are way too long.
Matchmaking : Not enough players. The invite features is not perfected yet.
Lag : The ball glitches, networking can be improved.
Tutorial : We should add some AI to train new sumos.
We made an update during the first days of Alpha ( See patchnote ). You can still report them on the SUMOCRATS Discord to help us improve the game.
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/236947683?t=02h43m33s
For those of you who haven’t managed to join the 2v2 games, we advise you to watch the very good Ciekmate streaming. You will see players who exploit the simplicity of Sumocrats’ mechanics to invent new ways of playing. (The back dribbling is just incredible).
We’re getting back to work quickly, see you soon for the next alpha!
ArkRep team
Fabien, Cesar, Laurianne, Guillaume & Guillaume, Olivier, Stéphane.
Original post
09 Mar 2018Developer post
DEMO RELEASE
Hey, sumos! After long weeks of discussions with Steam support and numerous patches, all systems are go ! We are pleased to announce the launch of the Sumocrats demo on Friday, March 9th at 5pm GMT. It will be available for free as a downloadable demo from the Steam store page of
09 Mar 2018Developer post
DEMO RELEASE
Hey, sumos! After long weeks of discussions with Steam support and numerous patches, all systems are go ! We are pleased to announce the launch of the Sumocrats demo on Friday, March 9th at 5pm GMT. It will be available for free as a downloadable demo from the Steam store page of
18 Feb 2018Developer post
Alpha delayed
Hey Sumos, we are ready but cannot upload our build. We are fixing this with Steam. Stay tuned for a new release date ! Cheers ArkRep
18 Feb 2018Developer post
Alpha delayed
Hey Sumos, we are ready but cannot upload our build. We are fixing this with Steam. Stay tuned for a new release date ! Cheers ArkRep
08 Feb 2018Developer post
"Sumocrats for all"
Hey Sumocrats, D-1 before the alpha launch! You’re probably wondering why you haven’t received your Steam keys yet… Don’t worry. We made a decision recently. Sumocrats is a multiplayer game, and we are convinced that the more you will be there, the more we can positively improve
08 Feb 2018Developer post
"Sumocrats for all"
Hey Sumocrats, D-1 before the alpha launch! You’re probably wondering why you haven’t received your Steam keys yet… Don’t worry. We made a decision recently. Sumocrats is a multiplayer game, and we are convinced that the more you will be there, the more we can positively improve