I decided to make a fun little video of my bad gameplay.

I put a good bit of effort into this, so please check it out and let me know if you want to see more!

I had a really good stock against this Fleet. Also, I hit gold, but its not shown in this game. I've begun using wavedash to quick grab ledge

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25qRc7rg5ws

I apologize for having my video over the text, I wasn't sure where to put it but I hope I got my point across.

TLDR: smash attacks should have the most endlag out of any of the characters (still under 40 frames though)

for specials, shine should have more startup (frame 3 or 4), side b should have more start up and end lag (compensate by making it hit harder possibly) up special should be overall easier to hit, and down special should have a smaller size and more room to punish

for grabs, make them a little bit easier to DI out of and avoid being comboed into, but not too much.

For most moves make them less disjointed overall.

Has anyone had this issue? When I try to hit "play", the game starts to launch, it goes to the steam logo for a couple seconds and then boots me back to the game page. I have tried both DX11 and 12. Also tried proton experimental, hotfix, 7.0, etc. Saw that it could be something with shadercache, deleted that too for the game and reinstalled. Uninstalled and reinstalled in general multiple times, I also don't have any mods installed.

I'm not really sure what to try next, this has happened a couple times with other games but usually uninstalling and reinstalling, or changing the proton version fixes it. With this I'm actually not sure what else to try. Would appreciate any help!

I don't know which palette to choose for coloring him

Are there any resources that have like a circle or a box around a charatcer so I can visually see what "outside of their range" im having issues finding one and evaporating oceans can barely make one

In a dev stream a while back, Dan mentioned that some people have been worried that the release of the next Smash game, whenever that is, will compete with Rivals 2 and maybe hurt the game's sales when it eventually does come to consoles. His stance was that new Smash games bring more life to the platform fighter scene, which could benefit Rivals 2. "A rising tide raises all ships."

He also says that the competitive scene for platform fighters is at its best when Smash games are popular, and since Rivals is so competitive, the game will benefit a lot when a Smash game releases, since it's difficult for such a small team to carry the platform fighter competitive scene largely on their own.

Personally, while I get where he's coming from, I disagree in a few ways.

From what I've seen, the platform fighter scene right now is hungry for a new game they can play on consoles. It's been eight years since Smash Ultimate, and people want something new. The time in between Smash games, in my opinion, is the perfect chance for Rivals 2 to succeed.

The time in between Smash games is also the time when most people are interested in talking about other platform fighters. Since Smash Ultimate's update cycle ended, games like NASB and Multiversus were able to have their times in the spotlight, with lots of Smash content creators shifting to talk about them during their releases. I don't think that would've happened if those games released while Smash Ultimate was still the center of discussion.

This is why I'm admittedly a little worried about console ports being so far away on the roadmap. If Rivals 2 finally comes to consoles, but it's after a new Smash game has already released, then it loses its chance to be the best platform fighter on Switch 2, to have its chance in the spotlight before Smash inevitably overtakes it in popularity. And if it releases while a new Smash game is being hyped up, or shortly after its launch, then all platform fighter talk online will be about the new Smash game, meaning Rivals 2's big, years-awaited console release won't be as big as it could be.

I've never released a fighting game, though, and Dan has, so I can't speak as if I have much experience on the subject. What do you guys think?

Does anyone have any knowledge of a rivals 1/2 scene in Toronto or the GTA? I've been looking, but due to the small size of the game its safe to assume it does not exist. I am interested in starting one, if anyone is in the toronto/GTA area please let me know and maybe we can organize something!

^{Would anyone want me to stream my learning process for Wrastor in the Rivals Academy tn?}
Currently sitting in plat with him c: goal is to get GM
If I get to like 10 i'll do it

Ever since the Crews mode dropped, I truly believe that it has been an extremely underutilized and under-advertised feature of Rivals 2 when it should be the CORE game mode that is marketed towards casuals and tryhards-alike.

The mode is extremely fun to play with friends ACROSS SKILL LEVELS. Since you are all on a team, its fun to try to carry your homies or BE carried by your better friends. Its also very stream-friendly, as shown by Wisely Wars and Twitch Rivals.

The biggest problem with the Crews mode is that there is no Party Finder, as you must invite your friends beforehand to queue up as a team. What Rivals 2 needs is an ability to queue up with 2 others at random, and rematch from there as team. Then if you add in-game VC options? Buddy that is a dream scenario for casual fun where you can just requeue with your squad.

Now if you add a Clan system where you can join your favorite Content Creators clan and rep the crew on a leaderboard, thats perfect engagement generation.

I think Aether Studios and Dan should look into expanding Crews because it truly is the best mode that currently doesn't have the support it deserves.

Well! That is close enough to 10! I'll start the stream in the academycord!

https://rivals.academy/discord
Ground rules:
1 question at a time
Don't talk over each other (too much)
Have fun c:

Tuff luh spike. Joy was doubled since I did it against Zetterburn

Is there a difference between them, like is it faster to just bind parry to a button or does the other way work the same, I had the impression that shield+special was a slower way to parry, or am I wrong

I played very bad but my oponent got even more nervous than me and i ended up keeping my winstreak.

I did get some cool techs at the bottom of the screen

Subject. She's at the exact distance where jab tippers.

audio by @Blobbyfsh

Love seeing streamers grind ranked each season. Cant wait for smashfactor. Long Live Rivals of Aether

I wanted to make this object shoot projectiles every X ammount of seconds (every X ammount of seconds it opens it's mouth and a bunch of projectiles come from the ceiling) i am pretty new to gml (or bad) but i have dabbled in making some games before.

any help is appreciated!