New Star Tennis v1.05

[kustom_02]

Simon, love the game. Any chance of getting the womens tour somehow in the game? or will that be for the next one?

[Darknnez]

I'll try again later, playing with a much more weaker player.

Now, playing with Baghdatis, I just had a hard match. Much more difficult now. =D

It shouldn't be easy to beat Federer, even playing with Nadal. So I still think the game could be harder (knowing that I beat Federer playing with Del Potro, with a score of 6x0, as you can see on my last post). But anyway, it's already a good improvement.

Thanks, Si.

Edit: just bought it!
Can't wait to start my career.

[Thor]

Si, could you widen the window that appears after the game? Polish words "lay" on each other... (a nice mess out there)

[Thor]

I'd like to remidn my suggestion - a strip on the top of the net would be better if it was thinner. Like in the attachment
PS: Those concrete walls behind players' backs look bloodily cold. A bit of colour would make them more "vivid"
Check the picture.

[chernij]

This may be a bit pedantic but when it's the final of a tournament, can there be 'championship point' instead of 'match point'? And can there be 'Game, set, match and championship', too?

[Pitzi]

I haven't played the game since version 0.95, so I gotta say it has improved a lot.

Btw, can anyone explain the differences of the shots?

And, do I get any skill points after matches?

Oh, and I really feel the need for hotkeys. Like Space key for continue or something like that. It's tiring to keep using to mouse button to do the same things all over again. That's especially at the start when I do a lot of training.

LE. Some more sounds would be nice, and crowds. It's kinda dull when you're playing in a match, feels like training with no crowd or special sounds.

Other than that, it's great! Good job SI

[west_ham_ 4_life]

And btw, can anyone explain the differences of the shots?

normal shot = a normal flat shot with little or no spin.

slice shot = putting backspin on the ball which makes it drift. allows you to get back into a point.

top spin = putting top spin on the ball to make the ball dip. allows you to hit the ball harder without hitting it out past the baseline (if done well )

lob = playing the ball over a players head when they have come to the net

[Pitzi]

I am playing best out of 3 sets. And in the last set we had a break. Is that normal? Cause I thought in the last set they keep playing until someone gets 2 points ahead.

[west_ham_ 4_life]

thats only in a five set match

[FattySock]

Hi Si,

Really enjoy the game, but I do have a suggestion on the playability.

When I started, quickly decided that the most efficient way to become competitive quickly would be to work on my serve. No matter how slow or useless my guy was, if I had a decent serve, I'd be able to win a few points. So, I trained up my serve stat until it was full.

I then got to work on speed and stamina, and once they were full I started working on the other four stats kinda evenly.

Unfortunately, this method has basically worked too well.

Even on hard, with full serve stats, no one can touch my serves (well, I've not played the top 3, but I just beat Roddick, who is 4th so pretty sure no one).

The thing is, that up until recently, I was actually too rubbish to win any points of other people's serves. So each set would go to a tie break - me winning all my games off aces, and the computer winning all their games by actually being half decent at tennis. I even won a few minor tournaments without ever breaking serve - just going to a tie break and then eventually winning a point against serve and then serving aces all the way to victory!

To this day, I have never ever lost a game on serve, and now that I'm half decent and can compete - as soon as I break serve the set is mine.

The reason I can do this is not just that my serve is very powerful, but because I can put it right in the corner probably 8 out of 10 times.. and when you do that the computer just simply can't get it, and 8 out of 10 is more than enough to hold serve every time.

So - as a solution, and I don't think it would be that hard to code (but I'm not a programmer, so I don't actually know) would be simply to make the target circle increase in size as the power of the serve cranks up - so you can't just do full power right into the corner (with spin) every time. If you want to try full power and aim in the corner, you have to take the risk of faulting - and if you want to keep it nice and safe (and not double fault) you have to take a bit of pace off, or aim more central.

It is kinda taking the fun out of it, I CAN put the serves so the computer can hit them - but if I'm losing, then it's hard not to just ace them to pieces!

This is far from a criticism, as I reallly enjoy the game. Just think this would make something that is already really good - even better!

[MartanCJ]

Great game! It is possible to port it on Iphone/ipod touch?