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Cotton Hammer @cottonhammer.com · 2d

Our Steam Store page is LIVE!

store.steampowered.com/app/1359380/...

We hope you'll consider adding our game to your Wishlist. This helps us a lot! (Really!)

Thank you guys for all of your care and support. We couldn't do this without you!!

#FPS #IndieFPS #IndieDev

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Greg Wasdyke @gwasd.bsky.social · 9d

we've come such a long way in a short time!

Cotton Hammer @cottonhammer.com · 13d

We tested out a loadout shotgun in our test earlier today... and it looks like it's here to stay.

#FPS #IndieFPS #IndieDev

Cotton Hammer @cottonhammer.com · 9d

A quick confirmation that we'll be using team colors for RINGFALL!

The colors themselves will change a little bit, but you can safely expect us to deliver the classic Red vs Blue FPS experience.

Well, plus the other colors in multi-team... More on that later!

#FPS #IndieFPS #IndieDev

Cotton Hammer @cottonhammer.com · 13d

We tested out a loadout shotgun in our test earlier today... and it looks like it's here to stay.

#FPS #IndieFPS #IndieDev

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Greg Wasdyke @gwasd.bsky.social · Mar 26

ATTENTION INDIEDEVS
Show off your art style
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code has massively outpaced art for us so here's a bit of our mood board
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Cotton Hammer @cottonhammer.com · Mar 24

Cotton Hammer @cottonhammer.com · Mar 13

🚨 we have rocket jumping in ringfall 🚨

#FPS #IndieFPS #IndieDev

Cotton Hammer @cottonhammer.com · Mar 12

As always, if you have any questions regarding this thread, or anything within RINGFALL, please don't hesitate to reply! We'll be opening up our public Discord very soon!

Cotton Hammer @cottonhammer.com · Mar 12

However, we are looking at ways that skill rating can help to enhance the player experience. This includes things like player onboarding and sorting teams after a match is found.

Also... we just want our matchmaking to be good.

Cotton Hammer @cottonhammer.com · Mar 12

We are being extremely careful regarding player skill rating. Our overall objective with matchmaking is to help players meet new friends.

Forcing a 50% win rate doesn't help us reach that goal. Realistically, it's pretty stressful having to give 100% effort every single match.

Cotton Hammer @cottonhammer.com · Mar 12

In our view, the perfect match isn't just about player skill. Sometimes you just want to goof around, other times you need to give it 100%. Every player is different, and the same player is going to have different goals over time.

Cotton Hammer @cottonhammer.com · Mar 12

The elephant in the room: Skill-Based Matchmaking (SBMM)

tl;dr We are currently focused on finding matches using match tagging and good connection. We are not currently focusing on SBMM as a means to find matches.

Cotton Hammer @cottonhammer.com · Mar 12

For example: A Polite Social lobby is focused on having fun and being nice to each other.
A Rowdy Competitive lobby will likely feel familiar to those of us that played FPS in the late 2000's/early 2010's.

You'll be able to update these preferences anytime!

Cotton Hammer @cottonhammer.com · Mar 12

Matches will primarily be sorted by two key tags:
- TEMPERAMENT describes the overall politeness of your experience.
- ETHOS determines the level of competition in your lobby.

Cotton Hammer @cottonhammer.com · Mar 12

We have new details on finding matches in RINGFALL!

Match Tagging is how we'll find compelling matches for you, allowing you to find players of a similar mindset and temperament to your own.

We are prioritizing preference above all else.

More details in replies!

#IndieDev #IndieFPS #FPS

Cotton Hammer @cottonhammer.com · Mar 5

HUGE player character reveal!!!

Cotton Hammer @cottonhammer.com · Mar 3

Finally hit this jump in a gunfight... only to immediately throw.

Raging and shaking rn

#Indiedev #gamedev #fps #Indiefps

Cotton Hammer @cottonhammer.com · Feb 22

am i hashtagging right? i feel old.

Cotton Hammer @cottonhammer.com · Feb 22

Ringfall is a very serious game, probably.

(Thank you for clipping this, @phlosio.bsky.social!)

#Indiedev #Gamedev #Indiegames #IndieFPS #FPS

Cotton Hammer @cottonhammer.com · Feb 19

1v1

Cotton Hammer @cottonhammer.com · Feb 17

More HUD progress!

Our goal is to give players plenty of ways to convey information to their team without overloading them. We have more to show on this soon!

We are currently designing RINGFALL to be played without a radar or a minimap.

Please let us know what you think!

#gamedev #indiedev

Cotton Hammer @cottonhammer.com · Feb 5

Cotton Hammer @cottonhammer.com · Jan 29

More footage.
More map colors.
More bounces.

Cotton Hammer @cottonhammer.com · Jan 22

More physics progress!

Falling off of a ledge... feels like it should.

While Unreal Engine 5 has been fantastic for our development, we're being thorough in making sure our game doesn't feel like stock UE5.

Details matter. Physics matter.

#GameDev #IndieDev

Cotton Hammer @cottonhammer.com · Jan 18

Also, hey Bsky.

We hope you like our game so far, and we're happy to answer any questions you may have.

We'll be posting a lot of updates, as well as a few catch-up videos to bring everyone up to speed.

Also, I gotta say... this site is really nice. Everyone seems so friendly here!