Rocket League Dev Tracker

Great question! This was a super fun project that the esports team got to work on with so many other awesome peeps at Psyonix AND so many awesome teams/designers in the community.

Trying to create a custom decal while going back and forth with teams and then integrating them into the game was extremely hard and extremely time-consuming, thus limiting the number of teams we could realistically include in the shop. So, we went to the drawing board and came up with a brand new templatized method to create a ton of awesome decals.

Long story short, we sent over design files for the Octane, Dominus, and Fennec to the teams and gave them very specific guidelines. The goal was trying to make team "jerseys", which is why you'll see somewhat strict guidelines in terms of where the logo should be placed. We had some other small guidelines as well, like making sure the designs aren't too detailed (there are some intricate visual constraints that we have to consider, l...

That's the plan! We've made a lot of changes to the Esports Shop and how to introduce new teams, and the idea is we're able to accommodate all the regions in the RLCS in the future. Obviously this is all dependent on a bunch of things, like internal bandwidth, but we're pushing towards that direction and we hear you loud and clear!

I'm afraid I'm not allowed to crack this egg specifically. Being UE3 Based, we still use the UE3 Material Editor to create our materials/shaders. http://waylon-art.com/LearningUnreal/UE3-11-MaterialBasics.htm

how, and from what sources, do you gather honest and critical feedback?

We tend to gather feedback from a variety of sources including social media channels, Reddit, steam, and discord to name a few.

Each platform has its own tendencies and nuances. For example, we find that Reddit, in general, tends to have more of an emphasis on the PC community. Usually, when gathering feedback, the way we weigh sources is variable and will largely depend on the quality of the feedback itself.

Thanks for playing and being a fan! I'm also trying to get better after playing for thousands of hours 😂. Good to hear that you're excited for the RLCS 2021-22 season and, honestly, our studio is stoked that we've finally kicked it all off today!

I love you <3

Hey! Thanks for the question.

Detecting and combating smurfs is a difficult problem, but one we are constantly working on. We've seen other games opt for a more restrictive system to keep new accounts from interacting with certain areas of their games, and while that may work to a certain extent we don't feel that is the right system for Rocket League. Our goal is to make Rocket League as accessible as possible, so we have been putting in work to combat this issue is other ways. Forgive me for being a little vague here, but we don't want to make it easier for bad actors to circumvent our systems. But rest assured, it is an issue that we take seriously and we still have a lot of work to do in that area.

Hey thanks for the question. We use in game screenshots, but at a much higher resolution ( 4x desktop resolution ). We also use a combination of in-game green screen and post-editing. Green Screen was originally an internal tool but it was so useful we included it with Replay FX to empower players to make their own stellar shots.

How many people have you actually banned for smurfing & boosting? Don't have to be specific, ballpark number is fine.

Can't really get into specifics, but it is a lot, and we do it every day. :D

Why am I stuck in Diamond after 2000 hours?

1,000 more and you'll taste C1 my friend.

Can you tell us about the public API?

We understand that the API is really important to both community developers and the players that use their creations. We're currently testing a new API endpoint with API token holders, and while plans beyond that are still TBD, please know that we're making progress.

Any update for the bug on PC when the controller stops working and you need to click the mouse?

We're going to take another look at this but for now, the culprits seem to be the Xbox Game Bar and/or Focus Assist settings in Windows 10.

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This is something that's been on the esports team's wishlist for a very long time. Right now, though, we're making a lot of changes to our overall esports ecosystem to help streamline how the RLCS and all other leagues around it work.

Things like adding more regions and giving them their own Rocket League streams, refining the formats, adding more opportunities for teams in the Esports Shop, and upgrading our broadcasts are the pieces we're putting into place before diving deeper into expanded in-game features for esports. We need a solid foundation to build upon, and with the way our esport has been growing, the esports team feels like we're in a really solid place.

The developers at Psyonix are huge esports fans and they know how important these in-game features are for growing out the Rocket League esports fandom, but they also do have a million other things going on. Rest assured that it's on our radar and we'll continue working towards it but for now, we're foc...

hello! will there be a "community made" series? e.g. goal explosions, wheels, arenas, etc.

Community-created cosmetics are something we have an interest in exploring in the future. There are a lot of talented designers within the community and we absolutely take note of players posting their beautiful concept art and renders to the subreddit.

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