Hi fellow indie dev MovingSapien ;)

1. The ball trajectory does not rely on Unity's physics engine. It is basically some math (Bezier curves to be exact), where you can define a starting point, a target and the curve in between. This way, the ball path prediction becomes quite easy and also ...

Heya!

As some months passed since the last bigger update, I want to share the current status of Pixel Tennis with you.

Game development is quite a journey for me as a side hobby and I’m doing it in no professional capacity. This also means, that some early design decisions, which looked great in ...

Time for the tiniest update yet. It does not even require a client update. :shock:

Gameplay
The grey starter racket now comes with the Power Shot equipped. This means, that you can use special shots without buying a racket from the shop. It should improve the gameplay experience for new players ...

Visuals
Fixed charge racket sparkle animation not always stopped on new match round
Improved mansion court performance and floor reflection quality

Gameplay
Slightly increased curve bonus per WIL attribute
Slightly decreased movement speed bonus per DEX attribute

UI
Player wins in a room are ...

Gameplay
Fixed double hits resulted into desync for current match round
Fixed smash indicator circle showing up in the center, when the ball was too fast
Turn smashes into GuardBreaks on lower charge level
Slightly reduce special shot speeds

Misc
Fixed blueish tint on Mansion Court in Android build

Gameplay
Added Mansion Court
Added logic for swap sides on court for uneven points
Distributed all available courts in singleplayer mode

Visuals
Make clothing react more to distant realtime lights
Added hair physics
Auto hide objects occluding camera view
Slightly improved visuals for glowing ...

Heya!

It's time for a mid-sized update! With version 0.9.4, The Mansion is now available as the first indoor court in Pixel Tennis. It is the most detailed court yet and should set a baseline for the games graphical capabilities. You can select it in multiplayer mode or play it in singleplayer ...

Hi 0xPadel and welcome!

So sorry, that your post was stuck for 3 weeks in user moderation queue. I had to deal with spam bots recently and decided to enable moderation. I assumed, the board notifies me, whenever there is a new post - I was wrong

Character Design
Improved visuals of clothing with non solid textures

Gameplay
Character now attempts to jump towards the ball more often, when it is out of reach

UI
Replaced shopping bag with shopping cart icon for better distinction
Fixed character attribute bar was empty, if value was 50 ...

Gameserver
Fixed server detecting serves as invalid in specific situations, which could crash the game after a few seconds (!)
Fixed "Username or password wrong" error when trying to link to a Steam account, which had no previous login

UI
Automatically hide mouse cursor while in match
Potentially fixed a problem, where the main menu could disappear on back/esc press
Switch between chat types with TAB instead of CTRL to prevent accidental switching (e.g. when using keyboard shortcuts)
Updated French translation by faller-magie ...

Gameplay
Adjusted CPU behavior to react "less perfect" to specific scenarios
Slightly weakened serve return shots

UI
Added special bar fill animation
Updated credits with Romanian translation by Milov
Make on screen joystick more sensitive by increasing the outer deadzone

Misc
Increased ...

Heya,

it is finally time to bring back Pixel Tennis with its biggest update yet!

StVdiDY5kIQ

These are the highlights:


3D Character Models
Say farewell to the derpy pill-shaped avatars and welcome Kuro and Lea as the new playable characters. The VRoid Studio based models are animated and ...

Released on 20.04.2024

Character Design
Disabled back face culling for clothing
Adjusted skin outline

Item System
Reduce price for item style change
Added minimum level requirement to use "Wing of Memory"
Renamed "Wing of Memory"

Gameplay
Weakened banana shot curve
Improved detection of ...

Released on 20.04.2024

Gameplay
Make special bar fill faster on hit
Slightly reduce charge to special ratio
Fixed wrong player rotation for spectators
Added hidden missions that reward items on completion
Reduced required charge level for tutorial mode
When playing a match, there is a chance to ...

Released on 20.04.2024

3D Modeling
Updated racket model to support multiple color variations
Added hair color and style variations

Character Design
Improved character shading and outlines

UI
Increased brightness for 3d object in main menu
Fixed match character portrait sometimes missing ...

Released on 20.04.2024

Website / Forum
Migrated to pixeltennis.com (previously pixeltennis.de) in order to have a more international representation

Gameplay
Players cannot do special shots, when they are in dive distance (too far away from the ball)
Allow blocking special shots and guard ...

Released on 20.04.2024

Gameplay
Added tutorial
- added tutorial recommendation for new players
- tutorial can be selected from singleplayer menu
- added tutorial mission description
- added input hints for gamepad and keyboard

Pixel Tennis Tutorial Mode Mission.png

Fixed shot validation ...

Released on 20.04.2024

Gameplay
Added match logic for an in game tutorial
Fixed incorrect ball hitbox on shot prediction
Fixed empty player hitbox on cpu shot prediction
Fixed wrong court boundary generation
Fixed knockback ignoring collision, which could glitch players outside of the court ...