[April Fools] Playtest 202: AtlasBall, Farms, Other Adjustments

TreiskTreisk Member, Administrator
edited April 2 in General Discussion

Playtest 202: AtlasBall, Farms, Other Adjustments

General Gameplay

Atlasball

  • Added goal nets behind either nexus, and a neutral “Sports Cube” to the center of the map.
  • Heroes may now attack the Sports Cube
  • When a Worker attacks a Sports Cube, the Sports Cube is moved in the worker’s facing direction.
  • If a Sports Cube touches a goal net, the non-owning team gains a point!
  • Earning a point grants you a really accomplished feeling and your parents will take you out for pizza afterwards.
  • At the conclusion of the game, each player will receive a Participation Trophy.

Farms

  • Farms have been added to each player's main base

    • Players may cultivate a harvest of their choosing (chosen in Squad Selection)
    • Players may trade the outputs of their farms to other players for Coin or Scrap
    • Alder is 300% more effective at cultivating their farm.
    • Hydros cultivates farms at 200% the normal rate, decreasing to -200% over the course of the game (as he begins flooding the farm)
    • Vex can destroy players' farms by Igniting them

Game Client

  • Input devices

    • Now supports Game Controllers
    • Now supports Dance Pads
    • No longer supports keyboard & mouse

Audio

  • Summer Samba has been re-added to the game lobby.
  • Summer Samba has been re-removed from the game lobby.
  • Creating a Juggernaut causes “The Final Countdown” to play

    • This feature is currently only active in Europe

Squads

Alder

  • Bramblethorn Goliaths may now eat plants grown on farms. No buffs, but they're yummy!

Celesta

  • Wisp

    • Can now harvest Coin from nearby Gold Mines and Scrap from nearby Trees
    • Has resolved its identity crisis!
  • Purifier

    • Now removes all debuffs from units it kills.

      • And buffs. And health.

Grath

  • Grath, Primitive Engineer

    • No longer developed on modern technology
    • Now only pickable on Windows 95.

Hydros

  • Hydros, Tidal Knight

    • Healing Waters (D) now has a 1% chance to accidentally drown the target.
  • Scuttleguard

    • Retracting Roll (Q)

      • Now randomly plays one of the following tracks when activated

        • Limp Bizkit's "Rollin'"
        • Adele's "Rolling in the Deep"
        • Chamillionaire's "They See Me Rollin'"
        • The theme from Rawhide (Keep Those Wagons Rolling)

Ryme

  • Now wears hammer jammers
  • Added voiceovers that include current top hip-hop hits!
  • Frostcaller

    • Now calls you at the worst time.

Vela

  • Deadeye

    • Renamed to "FPS Doug"
    • If the Deadeye hits a Marked target, the Deadeye now yells "BOOM! HEADSHOT!"
    • Bring your tanks. I got frags, I got frags!
    • Deadeyes can now be controlled in First-Person mode.

Vex

  • Vex, Heart of the Volcano

    • Has a new ultimate ability!
    • Has a new ultimate ability!
    • Has a new ultimate ability!
    • Has a new ultimate ability!

Mercenaries

  • Juggernaut

    • Now has a helmet that you shouldn't mess with.
  • Artillery Cube

    • Now properly wears the company logo
  • Engineer

    • Now sometimes causes the game to crash, but only when it's really overworked and doesn't have enough help.
  • Motivator

    • Now gives inspirational speeches to affected units
  • Teleporter

    • Renamed to Transport.
  • Transport

    • Name unchanged. We just wanted this to be as confusing as possible.
  • Hornets

    • Sold to New Orleans

Questions

  • How can we see if our eyes aren't real?
  • Are you even supposed to be here today?

Comments

  • Cerebral09Cerebral09 Member, Moderator

    100% Solid gold.

    • How can we see if our eyes aren't real?

    First close your eyes. Take a deep breath. Take a moment to realize that we're all starstuff, and if our eyes can detect one kind of starstuff while being another similar kind they must be very specialized tools.

    Open your eyes. You're blind! But you see, not everything though. Not what you really need to see. Not what you really want to see. If only you could actually see.

    • Are you even supposed to be here today?

    Don't tell me how to live my life.

  • AlyoshaAlyosha Member

    Hydros, Tital Knight

    I challenge all'y'all to do battle at the Nippopolis Breastiary for a one way ticket to midnight!

  • AceAlAceAl Member

    @Treisk said:
    - Creating a Juggernaut causes “The Final Countdown” to play
    - This feature is currently only active in Europe

    This one's my favorite. Don't worry, I'll just sing-along in voice comms for the players who aren't in Europe.

    @Treisk said:
    - How can we see if our eyes aren't real?

    Just because it's all a dream doesn't mean you can't have fun!

    @Treisk said:
    - Are you even supposed to be here today?

    Good content draws good eyeballs, irregardless of propriety.

  • TreiskTreisk Member, Administrator

    @AceAl said:
    Good content draws good eyeballs, irregardless of propriety.

    TFW nobody gets your Clerks reference =(

  • twinter145twinter145 Member

    Finally a chance for me to put my DDR skills to use.

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