PROTOBALL - A Futuristic Sports Game

[Arixsus]

@zlspradlin;466065

Appreciate it! This is by far one of the least original ideas out there, the measure of success is going to be how FUN the game is to play. I mean ball-games have been played for longer than electricity has been used, it’s a natural progression. Like you I was a little bummed when Rocket League came out, because my knee-jerk reaction was that I shouldn’t even work on my game anymore. But then I realized how silly that was, and it actually motivated me to work harder because Rocket League was so much fun and proved that a unique sports game CAN be successful without John Madden’s name on it.

Supraball kind of set the stage for this as a genre, and that’s exactly what I think it is now. There’s not just one game that has a lock the niche, but the niche is now an entire genre and has plenty of room for other unique sports games. I believe it’ll be a successful genre too, especially as VR gets better and more casual people get into video games. You’re not going to get your average human who doesn’t consider themselves a “gamer” to play some competitive shooter with you, but you might get them to play PROTOBALL!

I’d be interested to talk more with you via PM if you’d like! Just drop me a line.

Sure! as for originality you are correct in that statement, and friendly competition only makes games that much better. Unless its a survival/PVP game it seems. Those are hit or miss looking at their current track record :P. But I think with the release of Rocket League myself it only gave me more fuel to the fire personally, showing the well regarded player reception of a small scale twitch based sports game. I’ve always liked the idea of them looking back at games like Ricochet, or even Griffball in Halo 3. They can be super fun, and a great way to break up the monotony of the current generation of Shooters, RPGs and MMOs as well as a quick way to hop into a few rounds with friends.