Something I wanted to try and add to this new multiplayer version of the game was more accurate dribbling. The original Football Superstars had quite nice dribbling animations which you couldn’t fully appreciate until watching a replay in slow motion. At the moment, my game just snaps the ball to Read more…
After a lot of trial and error (and plenty of pain and suffering), I managed to get the two clients to share the server-controlled ball whilst looking and feeling lag free. In reality, only the server knows the true state of the game and position of the ball, but with Read more…
I have finally decided to revisit this game with the intention of making it multiplayer. I will be using the fairly new Photon Fusion multiplayer add-on for Unity as it is the most recent and supports a dedicated server host which is what I’m looking for. I’m re-writing the code Read more…
I wanted to add some match notifications, similar in style to the ones in Football Superstars. Now, when it’s a goal, goal kick, kick-in etc, a message will flash on to the screen indicating what has happened. This makes it clearer to the user about what is happening in the Read more…
For this release I have added some sound effects which I got for free from Videvo. There’s applause for when the players enter the pitch followed by a general looping crowd sound effect. There’s also effects for kicking the ball, the ball bouncing and hitting the back of the net. Read more…
I wanted to add an animation to pass the ball backwards using a back-heel. Unfortunately, there was no animation for this on the Mixamo website so I had to create my own. I don’t have much experience in creating animations but I know how to use the tools in Blender. Read more…
For this version I have begun giving the other players some AI, however it’s very basic for now. For the AI player, if he detects that the ball is available he will run towards it. Once he collects it he will make a pass to you. I have also added Read more…
For this version I have added something that was in the original Football Superstars game – Space Passing. This allowed you to target a team mate and use the spacebar to pass the ball directly to his feet, even if he was running. To get this to work you have Read more…
For this version, I loaded the Mixamo football character into Blender and created some new football kit textures for him using Gimp. I also created a goalkeeper version and gave him a goalkeeping idle animation taken from Mixamo. I now have two teams on the pitch. None of them have Read more…
Football Superstars was a third-person football MMO which largely flew under the radar, which is a shame for such an excellent and unique football game. It ran continuously from around 2008 – 2020, undergoing a change of ownership around 2014. It is easily my most played game ever with Steam Read more…