Factsheet

Developer:
Erik Asmussen
Based in Cambridge, Massachusetts

Founding date:
2010

Website:
82apps.com/DiscoDodgeball

Press / Business Contact:
press@82apps.com

Social:
twitter.com/82apps

Release Date:
February 19, 2015 on Steam
$8 PC/Mac/Linux

Address:
26 Plymouth St. #1
Cambridge, MA 02141

Phone:
617-861-7847

Description

Robot Roller-Derby Disco Dodgeball is a projectile-based sports FPS where you race around a dance club in jet-powered robots, launch off skate park ramps and nail each other with exploding glow-in-the-dark dodgeballs.

Every shot is a one-hit-kill and you can deflect and catch enemy fire or perform a wide array of trick shots for bonus points or just to show off.

It plays like you enabled 'all-throwing-knife' mode in other shooters, and were all on skateboards, and at a rave.

Stats

  • Over 150,000 owners on Steam
  • Designed and developed by a single person
  • User reviews on Steam are over 90% positive
  • Has reached over 10 million views across hundreds of YouTube channels including Markiplier, JackSepticEye, TotalBiscuit, Northernlion, NerdCubed and Smosh Games.
  • Noteworthy Features

    • Objective-based multiplayer modes such as Hoops, and Grand Prix, Capture The Cube as well as classic Elimination
    • Easy-to-use in-game custom mode creator
    • Play online multiplayer, split-screen local multiplayer, or solo against bots.
    • Powerups like jetpacks, pogo jumps, laser balls, homing balls and boomerang balls
    • LAN and custom dedicated server support
    • Singleplayer roguelike 'Arcade' mode with unlockable superpowered upgrades and boss battles
    • Steam Workshop allows players to submit cosmetic items to the game and earn revenue share
    • One of the first games on Steam to use the 3rd party Inventory and Item Shop service
    • Dance club lights pulse in realtime to the beat of the music
    • Monster Truck VO announcer

    History

    Disco Dodgeball began development in July 2013, was added to Greenlight that November, was successfully Greenlit on February 5th 2014, was released on Steam Early Access on March 28, 2014, and officially released on February 19th, 2015. It has received a number of large patches since launch.

    Videos

    Official Launch Trailer YouTube, .mp4

    Images

    download all screenshots & photos as .zip (10MB)
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    1 Radius.png
    Promo Capsule.png
    5 Local Multiplayer Select.png
    4 Garage.png
    2 Vortex.png
    3 Chasm.png
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    6 Local Multiplayer Room.png

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    Selected Quotes

    • "It's as amazing as you would expect."
      - Bo Moore, WIRED
    • "So many satisfying moments. It's a great idea well executed. You should probably think about buying it if you're into arena shooters - frankly, it's a damn good one."
      - TotalBiscuit, YouTube
    • "Disco Dodgeball feels like an utter revelation, a lightning bolt aimed to shock FPS developers from their creative slumber (9/10)."
      - Steven Wright, IndieHaven
    • "A breath of fresh FPS Air. Manages to redefine what the genre is capable of...In many ways, Derby Disco Dodgeball boils the FPS genre down to its very basics but it also repurposes those basic elements into so many fun and unique alterations that becoming bored is next to impossible."
      - Nate Hohl, GameCrate.com

    Team & Repeating
    Collaborators

    Erik Asmussen
    Designer, Developer

    Jorge Velez (Kaigetsudo)
    2D Art

    Power-Up Audio
    Sound Effects

    Adhesive Wombat
    Music

    Anoctave
    Music

    Danny NeverEnding
    Music

    Kraedt
    Music

    Bob Oakman
    Announcer VO

    Contact

    Erik Asmussen
    erik@82apps.com

    presskit() by Rami Ismail (Vlambeer) - also thanks to these fine folks