541

Backgrounds are going to be static for PAX, but they are on our list! Please be patient and realize this is a work in progress. :smiley:

542

Good to know theyā€™re on the list. Only other thing that struck me is the lack of hit animations when someone gets kicked.

543

There are, in fact, hit animations. They play after the screen freeze from the hit. We found in very early testing for the original prototype that without the screen freezing exactly as it is on hit, players called foul on the hit detection a lot. Now, they donā€™t so much.

544

Saw a complaint in the 8WayRun Divekick thread about how the game is unnecessarily complex - since you can only dive from the ground and kick in the air, theyā€™re asking why the game needs two buttons.

545

Thats an old one, d3v! :smiley:

546

I am just asking, but if this game gets greenlit on Steam, is it possible to do a preorder with some TF2 items? I want MR.N as an item like the Pocket Medic. And also the hoodie of Dive and the hat of Kick.

547

That would be awesome. No idea how it works.

548

Cliff Bleszinski approves: https://twitter.com/therealcliffyb/status/315897201547173888

549

Divekick is now mainstream. The World isnā€™t ready.

550

i just got in from pax east (had a sunday pass) and i got a chance to play the one true game that is divekick

while i did not win the match i played, i was not terrible and won a few rounds and iā€™m happy enough with that :smiley:

i canā€™t wait for more DIVEKICK in the future

551

More Divekick praise: http://www.penny-arcade.com/report/article/ben-and-sophie-play-divekick-how-a-two-button-fighter-became-the-toast-of-p

552

Question Keits

Why did you add ground/air techniques?

553

Will there be a mode to play divekick without the extra features in techniques?

554

Congrats Keits for stealing the show!

555

The Giant Bomb stream was awesome. Need a gif of Lang dropping the drumsticks.

556

This game is shaping up to be better and better each time I see it. Congrats on that amazing PAX showing!

Hereā€™s to hoping for an Azrael-esque character sometime in the future.

557

The core reason is that I wanted to increase character variety and make sure the old (prototype) characters were as interesting as the new cast. We found that even after three major showings of the prototype people thought Dive and Kick were the same character, so this allowed us to address those kind of first glance misconceptions.

And yes, you can turn them off if you wish. Or you can can simply play without them and get to your kickfactor faster. :smiley:

558

thanks for the answer
canā€™t wait for it to be released

559

Thanks for allowing non-technique pure divekick option~
Though I should say, because obviously youā€™ll hold close to your heart any comments I say and remember me personally, that I really enjoyed how it was perfectly viable to play without making use of the techniques and roll with just the faster/longer kickfactor.

Will there be a combo metre added to the game?

560

No combo meter.

EX moves are meant to be a choice between increased utility and eventual mega-damage (your super), but in most games that have them it doesnā€™t work out that way so well.

In Divekick, its a choice between utility and a speedup that lasts through rounds. The speed up, if you can control it, is nearly always prefered, but youā€™ll find yourself wanting to use techniques here and there to throw your opponent off. Different playstyles develop has a result. Some Dive players are technique heavy, and others almost never use them.

We really like the techniques and Iā€™m sure you will too once you get your hands on it. I donā€™t recommend playing with them off.