Hi buckyballers,
Are you excited to play the next BETA soon? We would like to get players informed on the latest news and updates about the game, which we already discussed in the AMA last week.
Early Access Timeline
We had previously hoped to launch SBT into Early Access this summer, but due to developing reasons, we might have to delay the launch. We are still hoping for a release later this year, and we hope you can understand that we wish to have a more polished game before we dare to release it, as these types of multiplayer games will either make it big or fail completely.
Time for the next BETA?
The time for the next BETA is not yet set in stone, but we’re currently aiming for July. While everyone are waiting for July, we have decided to host 2 Open Weekends, so players can still have fun and enjoy SBT with their friends. The first Open Weekend is scheduled on April 17th and April 18th, during the open weekend we’ll put out the February BETA build for players to play. The second open weekend is scheduled around early June.
4V4 game mode
After receiving all the feedback from the survey, we’ve decided to keep the 4V4 game mode as what it is for now. The current idea is not to put it into the arcade mode since it offers the same gameplay experiences as the regular 3V3 mode, but we will revisit further after we launch the game, and it becomes more relevant to support a larger player base.
Protection zone & Tackling mechanic
After receiving all your feedback, we’ll keep then in-game and continue to optimize it.
The future of the item system
After carefully consider what players have suggested, we decided to make some changes to the item system in the future. We’ll share more details with you guys later.
Character balance
Sky will be nerfed in the next BETA for sure, however, the team is not too worried about character balancing at the moment, usually it’s the one of the later thing we do before putting out a BETA. We believe it’s important to improve other parts of the game first as they affect the balancing anyways. And of course before we launch we will be doing extensive balance testing.
Also a note to all players, since there aren't that many topics to discuss over the next few months leading up to the BETA, we decided to change the current weekly AMA's into bi-weekly, which means there'll be no AMA for this week, we'll be back with you all on Discord next week, stay tuned!
If you haven’t wishlisted the game already, feel free to do so！
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1059110/Super_Buckyball_Tournament/
- The Devs