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| 0s | [Music] |
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| 2s | welcome to under the hood a brand new |
| 4s | video series all about what we're |
| 5s | working on here at psionics we'll talk |
| 7s | about new game modes changes coming to |
| 9s | rocket league and much more be on the |
| 11s | lookout for more videos throughout the |
| 13s | year but for now it's all about our |
| 15s | brand new mode knockout |
| 17s | knockout is all about car combat up to |
| 19s | eight players battle it out in a new |
| 21s | free-for-all elimination mode use |
| 24s | attacks and grabs to stun and launch |
| 25s | your opponents to their destruction |
| 27s | while blocks and dodging will help keep |
| 29s | you in the game the more speed you have |
| 31s | the more devastating your attacks will |
| 33s | be find yourself being blasted into the |
| 35s | stratosphere do your best to recover |
| 37s | from the hit and get back to the arena |
| 38s | using jumps and boost the last player |
| 41s | driving wins and i'm here with josh |
| 43s | mikey and skyler just a few of the folks |
| 45s | here at psionics who have been working |
| 46s | on knockout for the last few months |
| 49s | josh |
| 50s | you talk about the inspiration behind |
| 51s | this new mode it's a lot different than |
| 53s | anything we've ever brought to rocket |
| 55s | league before yeah sure i mean |
| 57s | we took inspiration from all over the |
| 59s | place for this one where we started was |
| 62s | to kind of go back to our roots with an |
| 64s | internal project called crash course and |
| 66s | for those who don't know that game |
| 68s | it was a floating platform in space |
| 70s | where you would try to knock other |
| 72s | players off into space with power-ups |
| 75s | and one of our favorite power-ups was |
| 76s | one where you would sort of turn this |
| 78s | turn an opponent into a kind of a |
| 81s | floating ball and they would fly off |
| 82s | into space and then they would have to |
| 83s | try to recover back |
| 85s | and while we would ultimately drop a |
| 87s | ball into the map and create soccer |
| 90s | we always thought there was something |
| 91s | compelling about this trying to recover |
| 94s | back to the platform thing |
| 96s | so that's actually where we started with |
| 97s | knockout we went back to that original |
| 99s | map we dropped in some |
| 100s | some power ups from rumble and we were |
| 102s | off and running and while that led to |
| 104s | some fun uh you know you would drive |
| 107s | around the map you get a boot and then |
| 109s | you kick somebody into space |
| 111s | and that really just didn't have that |
| 112s | skill ceiling that we were looking for |
| 115s | so then we moved to |
| 117s | looking at vehicular combat games things |
| 119s | like twisted metal vigilante 8 some of |
| 123s | our favorites you know |
| 125s | and |
| 126s | what we realized pretty quickly is those |
| 128s | are all projectile based combat games |
| 130s | and while we love those games that |
| 132s | didn't give us those that like car to |
| 134s | car really visceral uh action that we |
| 137s | were hoping to have um so from there we |
| 140s | kind of looked to another unlikely genre |
| 143s | and brawlers and some of our favorites |
| 145s | like like super smash brothers or even |
| 147s | going back to dreamcast and looking at |
| 149s | uh power stone which is an awesome game |
| 152s | i love power steel yeah so cool so yeah |
| 154s | once we started going down that route |
| 156s | and we uh you know started integrating |
| 158s | that really really satisfying car to car |
| 161s | combat and those really big visceral |
| 164s | interactions um yeah once we introduced |
| 167s | that into the game we sort of never |
| 169s | looked back why don't you walk us |
| 170s | through the design philosophy behind the |
| 172s | new game mode yeah so we look at |
| 174s | knockout as a whole new paradigm for |
| 176s | rocket league it's a way for us to sort |
| 178s | of expand the boundaries of what a |
| 180s | rocket league experience can be |
| 182s | over the years we've been making modes |
| 184s | and experiences that are that kind of |
| 187s | conform to a few rules like |
| 189s | two teams |
| 191s | players control rocket-powered cars and |
| 193s | there's a physics object that they try |
| 195s | to influence in order to score but we |
| 197s | always knew rocket league could be more |
| 198s | than that and you can just look at the |
| 201s | great creators within our community |
| 202s | they're creating things like rings and |
| 205s | dribbles challenges and those things |
| 207s | break one or more of our rules and still |
| 210s | feel distinctly rocket league so when |
| 213s | we looked at this mode we were really |
| 215s | saying like how can we make something |
| 216s | that's fun and feels like rocket league |
| 220s | which sounds really simple but when you |
| 222s | start to build a |
| 224s | fighting game with rocket powered cars |
| 226s | in 3d space that gets pretty complicated |
| 228s | pretty fast |
| 229s | speaking of challenges |
| 231s | sky can you walk us through some of the |
| 232s | technical challenges that we ran into |
| 234s | when we were making knockout sure well |
| 237s | this is our first uh player vs player |
| 239s | mode and i would say |
| 242s | one of the initial challenges that we |
| 244s | faced was actually player player |
| 245s | interaction because normally you have a |
| 248s | car and a ball |
| 249s | and the ball is usually bigger and more |
| 251s | predictable has no inputs you can easily |
| 255s | aerial and figure out where it's going |
| 256s | to go |
| 257s | when it comes to player vs player they |
| 259s | can change directions dodge do whatever |
| 261s | so we wanted to expand |
| 264s | the attack ability the attack radius for |
| 266s | the moves |
| 267s | and |
| 268s | this allows us |
| 270s | to make it easier to interact back and |
| 272s | forth and it also allows players to use |
| 275s | any vehicle they want yeah hitboxes |
| 276s | don't matter anymore right exactly |
| 279s | did we have to make any physics changes |
| 281s | in knockout compared to soccer yes we |
| 283s | did |
| 284s | so we ended up adding support so that |
| 286s | you can do multiple dodges and double |
| 288s | jumps |
| 289s | and you can do them in rapid succession |
| 291s | and |
| 292s | the reason for this is so you could do |
| 293s | multiple attacks while in the air before |
| 295s | touching the ground for a reset again |
| 297s | and now there's no time constraint like |
| 300s | saw car you can do them at any point in |
| 301s | time |
| 302s | while moving around |
| 304s | yeah we'll give players a ton of |
| 306s | opportunities to get back to the map if |
| 308s | they get blasted way off to the edge and |
| 310s | you will you definitely will |
| 313s | can you talk about some of the changes |
| 314s | we had to make to the camera system to |
| 316s | help accommodate for target lock of |
| 318s | course uh |
| 319s | so one of the things that we wanted to |
| 321s | solve for was being able to follow |
| 323s | players easily and so we added support |
| 325s | for target lock and support so you could |
| 328s | cycle between targets |
| 329s | uh doing this allows you to find the |
| 332s | person that you want to get and go after |
| 334s | yeah with seven other players in the |
| 335s | arena with you it's definitely a target |
| 337s | rich environment absolutely |
| 339s | so mikey with knockout we're bringing |
| 341s | three really unique brand new arenas |
| 343s | into rocket league can you talk a little |
| 345s | bit about the design and inspiration |
| 347s | behind the new arenas yeah definitely |
| 349s | from the get-go from my time here at |
| 351s | psionics i've always wanted to create a |
| 354s | nastic ball court themed arena |
| 356s | and with knockout that seemed to be the |
| 358s | perfect time to finally get that |
| 361s | look that style |
| 363s | in the game which i was super excited |
| 364s | about combat focused yeah exactly it's |
| 367s | combat focused um |
| 369s | and and what we ended up doing and going |
| 371s | with was |
| 372s | mixing that mesoamerican theme with like |
| 376s | retro wave art style you know blend it |
| 378s | together and then yeah this is this is |
| 380s | what we got this is how we got it in um |
| 384s | i love it yeah that's that's that's all |
| 386s | me dude |
| 388s | aztec you know |
| 390s | mr american themed and just lasers dude |
| 393s | lasers are awesome everybody loves |
| 395s | ladies |
| 396s | so with these three new arenas uh what |
| 398s | are their names and talk a little bit |
| 399s | about the differences between them yeah |
| 401s | so we've got quadrant |
| 403s | carbon and calavera with quadrant |
| 407s | we wanted that just to be a simple map |
| 409s | easy to play on just introduce the |
| 411s | player into the game space and knockout |
| 414s | and you know see what it's all about |
| 415s | four equal spaces breaking up the flow |
| 419s | keeping everything nice and tight but |
| 421s | still separate enough so that people can |
| 423s | engage in smaller group combat just the |
| 426s | right amount of distance yes that's |
| 428s | that's a big thing there uh the distance |
| 430s | and the metrics of each map the next one |
| 434s | carbon yeah so that started off as a |
| 437s | multi-tiered map |
| 438s | and in the beginning i went you know |
| 440s | pretty extreme had |
| 442s | platforms like everywhere and people |
| 445s | just uh had a hard time getting uh to |
| 447s | the different platforms a little too |
| 449s | much chaos too much chaos it was really |
| 451s | hard for uh |
| 453s | less skilled players |
| 454s | they had a hard time seeing what was |
| 456s | going on above around |
| 458s | and even just getting to |
| 461s | the different areas so that got |
| 463s | condensed uh to three tiers then |
| 465s | eventually two tiers and then i added |
| 468s | ramps connecting the tiers just to allow |
| 470s | people a little bit easier to flow and |
| 472s | again to get uh to help less skilled |
| 475s | players get to the different parts of |
| 477s | the map and calavera which is |
| 479s | my personal favorite actually |
| 482s | i got inspiration from my son |
| 485s | he had a school project they were making |
| 487s | new friends for |
| 490s | dia de los muertos and he did his own |
| 493s | drawing of a sugar skull and i was just |
| 495s | like |
| 496s | i love skulls that's freaking awesome |
| 499s | purely aesthetic let me just throw a |
| 501s | skull |
| 502s | down there and then see how that plays |
| 504s | out and for some reason it just worked |
| 507s | very well the holes that the eyes the |
| 509s | nose the mouth like having the player |
| 512s | drive around those |
| 513s | made for great flow |
| 515s | um the spikes which is like a spike |
| 518s | headdress that's when i first introduced |
| 520s | hazards by the way it's just fun to |
| 522s | drive around it's risky but if you can |
| 525s | get a throw in there or start bashing |
| 527s | away one for lower skill players you're |
| 528s | not relying on watching somebody way off |
| 530s | under the corner of the map you have a |
| 532s | closer target |
| 534s | yeah let's talk about the hazards of the |
| 535s | spikes you see them in all three arenas |
| 537s | and uh gives players a different |
| 540s | opportunity to get knockouts instead of |
| 542s | having to launch opponents all the way |
| 543s | across across the arena right yep yep so |
| 547s | yeah visually the spikes which is kind |
| 550s | of like a headdress look super cool and |
| 551s | i was like let me add some spikes to |
| 553s | that see what happens and it was like uh |
| 555s | in that specific section like a |
| 557s | high-risk high reward it was a dangerous |
| 559s | area but it was it was really fun |
| 561s | fun to play didn't we have uh a big like |
| 564s | dome of uh |
| 566s | like spikes like what what were we |
| 568s | calling that down thunderdome right yeah |
| 571s | yeah thunderdome yeah uh that was that |
| 574s | was crazy so what happened was having |
| 577s | that platform up high with the thunder |
| 579s | dome with the inverted spikes in it |
| 581s | people just kept flying up to the top |
| 582s | and 1v1 wanting each other and what |
| 586s | ended up happening was everybody would |
| 587s | just watch |
| 588s | so it kind of took away from the overall |
| 590s | flow of the of the match |
| 592s | and so we decided uh you know maybe we |
| 594s | better hold off with the thunderdome for |
| 596s | now and |
| 597s | maybe bring it back later somehow and |
| 599s | with thunderdome that |
| 601s | basically evolved into sudden ko right |
| 604s | yeah so it was sort of like the |
| 606s | precursor right like it the thing that |
| 608s | made it so compelling was that players |
| 611s | knew that every hit was going to turn |
| 613s | into a ko right and like there's |
| 615s | something really really satisfying about |
| 617s | like trying to outplay somebody um and |
| 620s | so yeah that would ultimately become |
| 622s | sudden ko where |
| 624s | every single hit is maximum power and if |
| 627s | you misplay that at all you're going |
| 630s | straight up into the uh out of the safe |
| 632s | zone and it results in an instant ko so |
| 635s | you know guys with knockout it's one of |
| 637s | our most unique modes ever for rocket |
| 640s | league and |
| 642s | you know what does it take |
| 644s | not just with the three of you but for |
| 645s | the entire studio what does it take to |
| 647s | bring a mode together like this takes a |
| 649s | lot of iteration |
| 651s | so we |
| 652s | went through the process of |
| 654s | essentially starting off as a brawler |
| 656s | and then |
| 657s | eventually moving on to adding a block |
| 659s | mechanic and then the grab mechanic just |
| 661s | to add variety |
| 663s | and to make everybody at our studio this |
| 665s | plate it's happy you know all of their |
| 667s | feedback is what has made the most good |
| 669s | as it is |
| 670s | it really is |
| 671s | kind of a you know it's cliche but it |
| 673s | takes a village attitude right totally |
| 676s | totally i mean like |
| 677s | uh |
| 678s | we're here talking about it today but |
| 680s | there were so many people that put so |
| 682s | much into this mode um |
| 684s | we you know |
| 686s | as skyler mentioned we did tons of play |
| 688s | testing tons uh got so much good |
| 691s | feedback from everyone in the studio and |
| 693s | um you know the team the team that |
| 695s | works on something like this is it's |
| 697s | large you know like we have vfx audio um |
| 701s | we have other engineers ui ux like so |
| 705s | many people have touched this |
| 707s | qa has done an amazing amount of work on |
| 710s | this mode to help us hone in on exactly |
| 712s | what makes it fun so um yeah you know it |
| 715s | really takes a lot of us a lot of it |
| 717s | like a lot of iterating and play testing |
| 719s | uh to really try to hone in on what |
| 721s | makes it great yeah and getting that |
| 723s | feedback from all different corners of |
| 725s | the studio so |
| 727s | last question i'll start with you skylar |
| 729s | what was your |
| 731s | eureka moment when you realized how much |
| 733s | fun knockout really was |
| 735s | i'd say the moment that i stopped |
| 738s | trying to test it and actually was |
| 740s | enjoying it during the play test |
| 742s | i was there and i was just like having |
| 744s | so much fun i was like this is gonna be |
| 745s | a blast you kind of turn that analytics |
| 747s | part of your brain off a little bit and |
| 749s | just car combat all the way yes that and |
| 752s | the fact from all of our player feedback |
| 754s | like from all the play tests it just |
| 756s | people were just absolutely loving it |
| 758s | and that's always what you want to hear |
| 759s | when you've been working on something so |
| 760s | long same question for you mikey |
| 763s | i remember when skye finally got set up |
| 766s | the velocity-based uh i don't know what |
| 769s | you'd call it the calculation of when |
| 771s | you hit somebody driving full speed |
| 773s | getting that maximum |
| 775s | hit and just sending somebody flying |
| 778s | so satisfying felt so good it felt so |
| 780s | good and then just seeing them fly and |
| 783s | going to the spikes and yeah it was it |
| 786s | was great that was a good moment i think |
| 787s | josh has a good story for us on this too |
| 789s | right yeah yeah i remember um |
| 793s | oh man it was it was probably right |
| 795s | after that velocity-based stuff got into |
| 797s | the |
| 798s | got into the mode there was this |
| 800s | incredible uh exchange where i think |
| 802s | skyler was coming back uh trying to get |
| 805s | back to uh to the platform |
| 808s | and i |
| 809s | managed to land my first like edge guard |
| 812s | i flew out over the you know over the |
| 815s | lasers and i just smashed him in the air |
| 818s | and he goes flying and honestly from |
| 820s | that moment on i was like i cannot wait |
| 823s | for the community to get their hands on |
| 825s | this the stuff that they're going to be |
| 826s | able to do with this mode is gonna be |
| 828s | incredible and i can't wait to see it i |
| 830s | really can't |
| 831s | there are so many satisfying hits you |
| 833s | can do for me some of the best moments |
| 835s | are |
| 836s | recoveries right you get launched clear |
| 839s | across the arena you're just at the |
| 842s | border but you have enough boost to get |
| 844s | back and you just make it back and you |
| 846s | end up like riding on the side of the |
| 848s | arena and just kind of waiting there to |
| 850s | pick your moment somebody comes close by |
| 852s | and you peek up and get your shot in |
| 854s | there are so many different ways to |
| 856s | approach knockout and have a ton of fun |
| 858s | with it |
| 859s | absolutely yeah and that kind of goes |
| 861s | back to that um |
| 863s | you know back to our roots a little bit |
| 865s | that that recovery mechanic from crash |
| 867s | course you know it's like we knew there |
| 869s | was something there and we we absolutely |
| 871s | love what it's become in knockout so |
| 873s | really really excited to get it into |
| 876s | people's hands |
| 877s | we hope our players will love it as well |
| 879s | we cannot be more excited about knockout |
| 881s | and we can't wait to hear your thoughts |
| 882s | on our new mode in the coming days be |
| 884s | sure to comment like and subscribe down |
| 886s | below hit us up on discord and come on |
| 889s | over to the official rocket league |
| 890s | subreddit thanks everybody we'll catch |
| 892s | you in the next one |
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