multiplayer options

[generatedname]

is it possible to have 2 local players play in an online multiplayer game with others?

[Barkley]

No. We considered that option but that presented a lot of technical problems and we decided not to pursue it. I'm sorry about it, but that's really complex from a technical point of view. Particularly for a game with only one programmer!

[Gravelsack]

In that case, you might want to remove the "Local Co-op" tag from the description in the store. I bought this game solely because it said it had local co-op, and I am now disappointed.

I am frowning. With my mouth. Like this :(

[Barkley]

I'm not sure. The local co-op part is there to indicate that you can play local multiplayer games. Since there's no local multiplayer option we use local co-op as the nearest thing. We did that after looking at games like Sonic Racing Transformed.

[Gravelsack]

I'm confused. Can I play this game locally on one machine with my friends on the couch or not? I bought this game because I was hoping that we could race against each other, but I can not find any sort of option in game to make that happen.

[Locke]

Originally posted by Gravelsack:

I'm confused. Can I play this game locally on one machine with my friends on the couch or not? I bought this game because I was hoping that we could race against each other, but I can not find any sort of option in game to make that happen.

You can do local multiplayer from quick race.

Originally posted by Barkley:

I'm not sure. The local co-op part is there to indicate that you can play local multiplayer games. Since there's no local multiplayer option we use local co-op as the nearest thing. We did that after looking at games like Sonic Racing Transformed.

Surprised that's not an option. Well, I'll make sure to go tag the game as Splitscreen and Local multiplayer, hopefully others will as well and we can get that information out properly through tags at least.

[Barkley]

As Locke said in quickrace you can press A in another gamepad in the vehicle selection screen and a new player is added to the race. Up to 4 players offline multiplayer.

I wouldn't be so surprised split screen is not an option in the Steam params. Not that many types of games can use effectively split screen for offline competitive multiplayer. I can only think of fighting games and racing games. Most others (shoot'em ups, beat'em ups or even FPSs) I can think of can only do co-operative offline multiplayer. Anyway, thanks for the tagging!

[Hanomaly]

Originally posted by Gravelsack:

In that case, you might want to remove the "Local Co-op" tag from the description in the store. I bought this game solely because it said it had local co-op, and I am now disappointed.

I am frowning. With my mouth. Like this :(

Huh? Local co-op just means you and your friend can play together - but... not "online with other people who are not you or your friend". When has local co-op ever meant anything else?

Like .. every Lego game is tagged local co-op because me and my best friend can sit next to each other in real life.. and play together.

But we can't "go online" and play against other people. We can just play against each other on the same computer or whatever? ....

i assumed that's wha tlocal co-op meant for this game too. So this game seems tagged properly with the "local co-op" option to me.

Okay! i haven't bought it yet.. but!! i am before the sale is over! But couldn't help chiming in.

[generatedname]

Originally posted by Dinophiliac:

Huh? Local co-op just means you and your friend can play together - but... not "online with other people who are not you or your friend". When has local co-op ever meant anything else?

that's how I understand "Local Co-op" as well

there just isn't an option for steam games to label "local party joining others online to play multiplayer" and so we have to ask the devs :)

Maybe steam will one day add a "Local and Online Combo-Multiplayer" or something for the games that do offer both (which seem to be rare on the PC). I have a feeling that once steam machines blow all other consoles out of the water, these will become more common for PC.

[Gravelsack]

I didn't realize that the OP was asking about playing online multiplayer and local co-op simultaneously. My question was slightly different. Thanks to Locke, and the Dev for clearing that up for me.

I am smiling. With my mouth. Like this :)

[vertone7656119]

sorry for asking an obvious question (have not played the game a lot)
does anyone considered race time sharing among steam friends or leaderboards
- is that implemented? I think it's missing ... (may be mistaken)

[Barkley]

Hi,

There are leaderboards. You can access them in quickrace by pressing the spacebar or the start button (if using an Xbox controller).

There are no 'only-friends' leaderboards though. Do you guys think it's an interesting feature?

Thanks!

[Hanomaly]

Originally posted by Barkley:

There are no 'only-friends' leaderboards though. Do you guys think it's an interesting feature?

i'd really like that. i don't personally care where i rank among strangers, but seeing easily the ranks of my friends compared to me would be neat ^-^

[generatedname]

Originally posted by Barkley:

There are no 'only-friends' leaderboards though. Do you guys think it's an interesting feature?

"friends only" is the only leaderboard I pay attention to in any game. It's fun to rank 3rd among friends, close behind 2nd; it's not fun to rank 35876 in the world in a 200-way tie.

[Hanomaly]

Originally posted by generatedname:

It's fun to rank 3rd among friends, close behind 2nd; it's not fun to rank 35876 in the world in a 200-way tie.

i completely agree.

[Barkley]

Ok, I'll see what I can do. I can't tell you exactly when will that feature be available, but I'll try to make it available sooner rather than later.

Thanks for your feedback!