With this week's patch, the biggest changes are updates to Mad Pong and the adding of Pong Solo and Rugby to the game.
We have done a complete rework on the map of Pong, removing the ramps, changing the shape of the arena and making it longer. In order to give players more space and time, going to the opponent’s half of the arena will drain your stamina to zero. This will hopefully balance out how dominant a team can be with the ball because the other team will always have an advantage at their own half. There are new special cubes that have a chance of appearing in every game, in same places for both team’s cube walls. For now, there are only 2 types of them. Purple cube is the explosive one, if you manage to hit one, it explodes and destroys all the cubes around itself. Green cube can’t be destroyed, instead, when you hit it, it bounces the ball back at really fast speeds. Be careful not to destroy your own wall because a bounce from green cube can destroy both team’s cubes.
The first iteration of our new game mode called Rugby is added to Custom Match for everyone to try. The objective is to score by having the ball magneted at enemy goal zone. Grab the ball with the magnet and get it to the opponent’s goal zone by passing it between teammates. Hold shift to run faster, left click to magnet pass. Heavy can also tackle using ctrl.
The first version of Pong Solo minigame is available for players to try. After every 5 levels, there is a boss level, where you have to destroy all the yellow cubes to win and if you hit any red cubes, you lose. After every boss level, a new type of special cube appears. I’ll leave it for the players to figure out what they do. The deeper you go the harder it gets. Can you get to level 30?
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