2K Sports released a new Top Spin 4 “Dev Diary” in which Game Designer Jean Karl Tupin-Bron discusses one of the title’s most entertaining multiplayer features – King of the Court. The post talks about his inspiration for the new mode and how it brought back memories of long evenings with friends playing multiplayer games.
King of the Court mode allows players to customize various elements, while bringing the fast and furious competition of tennis to 1-4 players in Top Spin 4.
King of the Court is a new take on the popular and very addictive tennis game many fans have probably played at some point growing up. In Top Spin 4, King of the Court can be played with 1 to 4 players, both online and offline. The mode is based on very quick matches to a pre-determined amount of points – first player to 3, 5 or 7 points. At the end of each match, the loser leaves the court and a new challenger tries to defeat the winner. Matches are played one after another until either a player has won a certain amount of matches or a certain amount of matches have been played, at which time a King of the Court is declared.
Along with the standard King of the Court settings, we wanted to provide gamers with the ability to tweak game options and give them the power to create their own style of King of the Court. Some of the King of the Court customizable settings include:
- The players (pros, legends or created players)
- The duration of each match
- The game mode’s ending condition
- The court
- The number of CPU players involved in the King of the Court (and also their AI level)
Read the whole post from Jean Karl Tupin-Bron, Game Designer on Top Spin 4 on the Top Spin 4 Facebook page.
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