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Exciting news today as Basketball Classics v1.0 has been released, meaning that the game is officially out of Early Access! To celebrate the launch, you can currently pick it up on Steam at a 30% discount. Key updates in v1.0 are as follows:
- Steam achievements. Gotta get them all! 88 achievements for just about anything you can think of. Some are easy, some you’re gonna have to sweat for. Let’s see what you’ve got!
- Tweaks, testing, tweaks, testing, clarifying things players don’t understand, tweaking formulas until things just feel right. Shot formulas, steal formulas, block formulas, play calling formulas, when things should happen and when they shouldn’t… it’s all a balancing game that hopefully adds up to more than the sum of its parts. Thanks for all your input and help in this area specifically.
- AI improvements: defenders are more aware now of the threats their opponents pose, they’ll now be smarter about when to try stealing or when to guard a shooter more closely (dangerous shooter near the arc -> close in on him to reduce his chances of the long bomb, etc.)
Congratulations to Josh and Dave from Namo Gamo on the launch of Basketball Classics v1.0! It’s been an honour and a lot of fun to be a small part of the journey, and great to see years of hard work come to fruition with such an awesome game. Pick it up here on Steam, and feel free to share your thoughts in the comments below, as well as join in the discussion here in the NLSC Forum. If you haven’t listened to my interview with Josh and Dave on the NLSC Podcast yet, be sure to tune in here.
