Core Destruction 8 - Leviathans vs Comets (Marble Race)

Welcome to Vortex League - six teams facing off against each other in a marble race core destruction battle to take the others down.
Each team has its own weapon loadout and home stadium, with each team playing each other home and away. Match winners walk away with 3 points, the losers get zero.
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Weapon Info
Clusters are slow moving, but break into bomblets when they hit something, including enemy weapons.
Ricochets fire 2 projectiles at a time, and bounce around until they hit something, or a set amount of time has expired.
Rockets are fired rapidly, but take time to build up speed using their thrusters. Not very accurate.
Saws can drill through an opponent’s shield and reach the cannon even if the shield is previously unbreached.
Spread shot fires accurately but in a spread of 5 separate shots.
Sticky bombs attach themselves to the opponent’s shields. After a set amount of time, they will explode. If they are hit before they explode, they misfire and deal zero damage.
Swarms fire rapidly but inaccurately, but home in towards the enemy’s cannon.
Healer bot
Healer bot duration is determined by the marble value using a non-linear formula.
Time in seconds = 1 + 0.5555556 * LogBase2( marbleValue ) + 0.038 * marbleValue
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[@joinvortexleague]

Hi all - the league table at the end of the match has an error. It should show that Comets have played 3 games (after this match). Thank you to @amethyphoenix for pointing this out! You can see the correct league table here vortexleague.net/standings/after-game-8

[@streamusdarkwater5016]

An underrated channel, go Leviathans!

[@joinvortexleague]

Thanks!

[@somepersonontheinternet.]

Another very important thing for the league´s future staying power and continued growth would be to make each team unique, not just in a sense of humanizing, but giving them a "wildcard" feature to each one. As is, all teams are just re-skins of eachother with different weapon combinations, leading to entretaining albeit mildly repetitive games regardless of who is facing who. Introducing some kind of feature that distinguishes each team from another, such as one-time abilities, swayed odds for certain events, or any unique and tangible team-defining features would help seal a personality and brand for each team. It doesn´t have to be anything massive, but a little flavor would likely help a long way

[@harodos3354]

Completely agree

[@MaidenOfAir]

I think just having each team have a signature weapon would be great

[@Talik13]

I'm loving these so far! If I could put in my 2 cents; It looks like the marbles can sometimes pile up on one side or another for big waves of attacks that the other just can't defend against because the marbles don't respawn until they're used. Maybe it would give the other side a bit more of a fighting chance against times like that if the marbles could spawn in on a random timer as well? That way, even if one side is hogging all the marbles for amo, it doesn't leave the playing field quite as dry for the other side. And in conclusion, thank you for making these!

[@jaredloveless]

0:27 (after randomization of weapons) I'm calling it now, Leviathans.

[@Thavleifrim]

yeah called this too, weapon strength needs a balancing pass, i called an early comet lead because mines are OP early followed by leviathans coming back and taking the win once their digger/missiles came online. destructive power of diggers with accuracy of missiles is very dangerous compared to orange which lacks synergy beyond just relying on destructive mines.

[@Drfru]

Idea : hitting the enemies healing thingy decreases healing time by 1 sec

[@mathematicalgamer7692]

Yes! What a clutch win by the leviathans, especially considering the comets overpowered array of weaponry. Leviathans got some unreal luck with the marbles, and it won them the game

[@WillowEpp]

Honestly, I think the Leviathans have a much better loadout. Clusters have pretty consistently been more of a liability than an advantage and the stickies have such a long fuze time that they don't tend to be as useful as they seem for the amount of shield damage they do.

[@ThatNerdGuy0]

In my opinion leviathans had the way better loadout (i think its the best loadout, though it would have been better to start with saws over ricochets) while stickies can do well, they also can easily get destroyed and don't do well against the cannon itself, the clusters don't really work as well as they seem like they should since half the bomblets usually don't hit the shield or the cannon, and the shotgun does barely any damage. meanwhile the leviathans had saws for massive shield damage, homing for guaranteed (if exposed) cannon damage, and ricochets to take out enemy projectiles

[@Sivanot]

What? Leviathans had the overpowered loadout.

[@RadicalPi32]

What do you think about adding some subtle sound effects for the attacks? And maybe chime the first time a ball breaks 100, 200, etc. A persistent counter that shows the largest ball that has been would also be pretty cool

[@RadicalPi32]

A current and all time counter. And a ticker that displays important events like "First ball to breach 500!" or "Leviathan's health sinks below 50%!"

[@epsilonthedragon1249]

*-- Weapons guide --* *Ricochets* _(Leviathans primary)_ - Fired in parallel groups of two. Travels quickly in a straight line and causes shield damage on impact. If it hits a wall instead of an opponent's shield, it will reflect off of the wall and continue to travel. *Sticky Bomb* _(Comets primary)_ - Travels in a straight line and sticks firmly to the first shield it touches. Will explode after a few seconds, causing moderate AOE damage to surrounding shields. Can be cleared if struck with an opposing projectile at any time. *Swarms* _(Leviathans secondary)_ - Targets the opposing core and adjusts course accordingly with increasing speed. Causes minor AOE damage to shields on impact with any surface. *Clusters* _(Comets secondary)_ - Travels in a straight line and causes shield damage on impact. Will break into five smaller explosive projectiles on impact that are affected by gravity. *Saws* _(Leviathans tertiary)_ - Travels in a straight line with moderate speed. Upon impact with an opposing shield, it slows to a crawl and chews through shields continuously for a few seconds. *Spread Shots* _(Comets tertiary)_ - Fired in parallel groups of five. Travels quickly in a straight line and causes shield damage on impact. All projectiles can be removed from play instantly when colliding with an opposing projectile unless otherwise specified.

[@jaydedash]

i think itd be cool to see more team-specific mechanics in the second season whenever that comes about, like having the x2 and +1 behave differently. maybe one team has a x3 and a -2, or a +4 and +25 for some non-specific examples

[@sadimmortalprincey6927]

Another game with the same boring outcome... Comets did good, too!! Healed and everything, but of course, the side with big number pretty much always wins.

[@jordanjamison97]

kinda bummed there were no huge numbers, but that's the way it is i guess

[@amethyphoenix]

The Comets weren't updated in the standings...

[@joinvortexleague]

You’re right, sorry about that. It should show that Conets have played 3. The correct league table is here vortexleague.net/standings/after-game-8

[@zetade-wi8ec]

When I watched this there is 69 views and it’s released 42 minutes ago

[@0OH_NO0]

Is this done with a program? Will this or some sort of version of this be available to the public so we can mess around with it?

[@joinvortexleague]

It's something I made myself, the "making of" video is here kzbin.info/www/bejne/jmm4Y3eNlpqro7ssi=GDn_OHXU4kNftqdP No plans to release anything publicly as yet.

[@mathijsraeven9120]

Is this one slightly spet up, or it just me?