Suggestions for Battle Tag
Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2023 3:58 pm
A couple of thoughts to the Battle Tag mode.
There was a 16-player round yesterday and I think it showed some things that could be improved.
In the beginning of a game, too many pile-ups happened, where all cars stacked together in one heap and the target was changing almost randomly from one car to another without much happening for almost a minute. I think if the range to catch the target player would be smaller, it would be easier to get a target to break away and get the pack moving, which is what makes the mode fun, playing catch-up.
Though that felt more of a hindrance because of the sheer mass of 16 players. For let's say 10 players, I think the target range is quite suitable. Going even further, the collision detection in RVGL looks that great, that I'd expect it to be a fun mode if only direct collisions were counted.
At first, I thought it was too difficult to spot, who the current target is. Names are moving so fast... can't even keep track. In close action, the arrow is not much help either, as it's rotating all around. So I think relying on graphically making out the target is highly important. Between all those colours, the green glowing target car was hard to make out in the crowd. The night and arena tracks were better there, because the green light was nicely reflected on the floor and walls. However on the garden tracks, it was difficult to see green light on green grass. Maybe red light would have been better on those maps? Could be brighter as well.
I think some players criticised the long ends of a tag battle game, when the last pair of players are battling it out. Maybe save the last minute if there is only one active player left? End the game right there? Add the remaining time (for the statistics) and call it a day?
An exciting game mode in any case, very fun to play. I applaude the development of Re-Volt & RVGL.
There was a 16-player round yesterday and I think it showed some things that could be improved.
In the beginning of a game, too many pile-ups happened, where all cars stacked together in one heap and the target was changing almost randomly from one car to another without much happening for almost a minute. I think if the range to catch the target player would be smaller, it would be easier to get a target to break away and get the pack moving, which is what makes the mode fun, playing catch-up.
Though that felt more of a hindrance because of the sheer mass of 16 players. For let's say 10 players, I think the target range is quite suitable. Going even further, the collision detection in RVGL looks that great, that I'd expect it to be a fun mode if only direct collisions were counted.
At first, I thought it was too difficult to spot, who the current target is. Names are moving so fast... can't even keep track. In close action, the arrow is not much help either, as it's rotating all around. So I think relying on graphically making out the target is highly important. Between all those colours, the green glowing target car was hard to make out in the crowd. The night and arena tracks were better there, because the green light was nicely reflected on the floor and walls. However on the garden tracks, it was difficult to see green light on green grass. Maybe red light would have been better on those maps? Could be brighter as well.
I think some players criticised the long ends of a tag battle game, when the last pair of players are battling it out. Maybe save the last minute if there is only one active player left? End the game right there? Add the remaining time (for the statistics) and call it a day?
An exciting game mode in any case, very fun to play. I applaude the development of Re-Volt & RVGL.