Hey Gyrodisc fans! Last week we announced that we would soon be bringing the Gyrodisc experience online with the release of our Online Alpha branch, giving those brave early adopters among you the chance to play with your Steam friends from all over the globe. Well, after much testing and some last minute bug fixing I’m pleased to announce that the online alpha is now live! A few things to bear in mind before diving in:

• This first version of the alpha only allows you to join matches hosted by players on your Steam friends list (this will change in later updates when we’ve had the chance to add more communication features).
• Initially you’ll be limited to two of the games court layouts. We’ll be aiming to roll out the others pretty soon after release.
• This is very much an alpha version of the online game, and as such we’re expecting plenty of new issues and bugs that haven’t shown up in the limited testing we can do ourselves (you can see a list of the known issues we’re already chasing on the forum here). If you run into bugs while playing the new branch, please do report them on our ‘Report a Bug’ forum, so we can start squashing the little blighters!

So how can you get the build and have a go? Simple. Just open up the game’s property pages in Steam, navigate to the Betas tab, and choose Online from the drop down. Steam should then update your build to the online alpha automatically. Once in, you can host an online game by kicking off the versus side select as normal and switching from ‘local’ to ‘friends’ mode (you’ll see the button prompt for this at the top of the screen). To join a game hosted by a friend choose the Find Friend Match option on the main menu. So what are you waiting for? Switch over to the online branch now and start showing off those mad disc skills. We’ll see you on the court!

[ 2016-12-28 18:00:13 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey Gyrodisc fans! Last week we announced that we would soon be bringing the Gyrodisc experience online with the release of our Online Alpha branch, giving those brave early adopters among you the chance to play with your Steam friends from all over the globe. Well, after much testing and some last minute bug fixing Im pleased to announce that the online alpha is now live! A few things to bear in mind before diving in:

• This first version of the alpha only allows you to join matches hosted by players on your Steam friends list (this will change in later updates when weve had the chance to add more communication features).
• Initially youll be limited to two of the games court layouts. Well be aiming to roll out the others pretty soon after release.
• This is very much an alpha version of the online game, and as such were expecting plenty of new issues and bugs that havent shown up in the limited testing we can do ourselves (you can see a list of the known issues were already chasing on the forum here). If you run into bugs while playing the new branch, please do report them on our Report a Bug forum, so we can start squashing the little blighters!

So how can you get the build and have a go? Simple. Just open up the games property pages in Steam, navigate to the Betas tab, and choose Online from the drop down. Steam should then update your build to the online alpha automatically. Once in, you can host an online game by kicking off the versus side select as normal and switching from local to friends mode (youll see the button prompt for this at the top of the screen). To join a game hosted by a friend choose the Find Friend Match option on the main menu. So what are you waiting for? Switch over to the online branch now and start showing off those mad disc skills. Well see you on the court!

[ 2016-12-28 18:00:13 CET ] [ Original post ]