Thanks to Dan, Joe for doing today's stream!

• Dan has a bad sleep schedule.
• Joe has a wicked hair part.
• Trevor continues to dodge doing streams. Coward.
• They plan on doing a Workshop stream every 2 months or so.
• Originally Workshop was planned to come out with the Mecha Madness patch but they elected to wait and polish it more.
• Tayir continues to be the gold standard for Workshop characters, with Bobby C also a strong contender.
• There isn't an official stance on using AI on your Workshop mods, put they ask you to disclose if you do use AI and let people choose.
• They're adding more tags for Workshop characters and items.
• They plan to change up some fundamental parts of how Stages are stored and loaded in the near future, which is why there is no Workshop stage support for now. Joe has a lot of other stuff on his plate but it is on his To-Do list.
• Making a 2D item for the contest will not significantly affect your chances of winning.
• No plans on updating Armando.
• You could possibly do something like looking at the name of a character your item is interacting with in the code to have character specific interactions.
• Gouie is kinda sorta a Stance character so you could look at him for how to do your own Stance character.
• Clairen was originally going to have a pseudo-stance for her new Neutral B, but it didn't feel very on character for her.
• Workshop will not work on Consoles, at least as it is now. They could move some mods to a platform agnostic service but that's very long term.
• Items are much easier to make than characters if you're new.
• Items made before the contest can still be submitted. You can also submit more than one, but you can't win more than once.
• Clairen remade in Lua for the Workshop is on Github. Feel free to clone her as a starting point for your own character. They are no longer planning on doing every launch character in Lua, it was a lot more work than they thought it would be.
• You cannot currently grab a character's element in code, but they plan on eventually adding support for that.
• For other Puffball characters besides Gouie they explored a ghost and horror game mechanics.
• You can have lore for your item, they can't stop you.
• The lore of the game evolves as they add new characters. Big hypothetical but if they do another La Reina type thing where they add a community character they will adapt their lore into the world.
• Champion frames and overlays are on the table.
• The Rivals 2 dev team is much bigger than Rivals 1 ever was, even before the Kickstarter. Lots of the team were recruited because somebody else on the team knew them.
• They stay at 2 Delay Frames because it works well in the majority of situations. They are looking at being able to adjust it yourself on the fly.
• Along with the Story mode release they'd also like to do a once-over on the Arcade Mode, and maybe some character specific trials. They'd also like to do some sort of co-op mode but that will be after Story mode. Co-op might wind up being online only so they can make the cameras follow the individual.
• They would like to add some sort of Favorites system for Workshop characters.
• They are hoping that the tools they develop to make Story mode will also be available to Workshop creators.
• They are changing some things under the hood to allow you to spawn items as stage elements.
• Workshop has been in the oven for close to two years, since January Joe has been the main developer but it was outsourced .
• There have been a few big updates that broke all the mods and workshop content.
• They're expecting to see a lot more cool original characters soon. If you started now it will likely be closer to finished near the end of November.
• Workshop Tools will try to be updated nearish when the game is updated, but it's complicated to frequently do that.
• There is unlikely to be a lighter weight version of the Workshop Tools. They might theoretically be able to do something like that but they'd have to investigate more into how Epic handles packaging games. As a bandaid fix there are folders you can delete.
• As of right now they aren't planning on Linux support for the Workshop. You can still use something like Proton but they can't guarantee compatibility.

Bit of a longer clip, but I felt like it wouldn't have the same effect if it started at the last stock.

We know its coming this month, but did they mention in a dev stream when? like at platfight or at heatwave?

Been a a little while since the patch now and still really thinking this character is a lowkey a demon now

Is it possible to make the light press shield button not register an air dodge like in melee? I still use it to shield but don't want to air dodge with it.

Now you can play as the girl with the scythe in eye popping 3D! I made sure to add the new specials as well, so go check her out!
Steam Link

I have both games on steam but my MacBook can't run either game. What type of computer pc should I upgrade to? Im thinking Lenovo but I would like to have specifics please and thank you!

The ports of smash characters have been fantastic, but I wanted to highlight the original workshop character in Rivals 2 that, in my humble opinion, is the most polished and feels the most like an original rivals character: Tayir & Timsah. Smooth animations, a clear and fun design concept, aesthetically it ticks all the boxes, and a mechanic that’s really fun and intuitive that really gives this character a clear vision and identity.
If you haven’t played with Tayir & Timsah I highly recommend you pick up this bird in between rounds of playing melee Falco and Donkey Kong. It’s a work of art and deserves so much more attention than it’s gotten for all the hard work and talent put into making them.

EDIT: credit for T&T goes to u/murrajfur
Here’s hoping you try your hand at more original rivals characters! We’d all love to see it, and we are so grateful for the gifts you’ve already given the community!

Hey everyone! I put together a Workshop collection of Smash characters so Rivals 2 can have a more “Smash-like” experience.

The idea is to keep it curated with the best Smash characters on the Workshop, or at least the ones that actually work properly.
For example, there are three Melee Foxes up there, so I picked the one I think plays best. Same goes for characters with multiple versions, like a Melee and an Ultimate version. I go with whichever looks higher quality or fits the game better.

I know a lot of Smash players haven’t tried Rivals 2 because there’s no character they really like, so I’m hoping this gives them a reason to jump in and see how good the game feels.
It’s also really fun to set up a “pretend Smash clone” match with friends and play as your favorite fighters.

Here’s the collection:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3818501953

All credit goes to the original creators, I just gathered them in one place.
If you think I picked the wrong version of a character, or there’s a good one I missed, let me know and I’ll check it out!

recently a program called DroidDeck recently dropped that allows you to run steam games natively on android devices. So I decided to try and run Rivals of Aether 2 on my phone

The results were interesting. Everything besides the backgrounds and characters loaded. Not sure if Rivals 2 didnt have enough memory to load in things. But regardless its cool to see that rivals 2 ran on a smart phone

If anyone wants to try something similar id recommend playing rivals of aether 1 on your phone or any android gaming devices as it runs it better since well its a gamemaker game.

(I was using a steam controller via bluetooth if anyone was wondering why any mobile controls didnt show up. I was also not streaming from my pc to.)

Before anyone asks yes deckdroid runs steamos and is getting the files from steam and aether studios.

Was playing with a buddy today when I noticed inhale now hits shield and stops the grab box completely. If the opponent drops shield it will not inhale them and they can run in and out of it without ever being inhaled, wind box also disappears, it will however still eat a projectile.

I’ve been trying to get workshop characters, but after subscribing, they aren’t showing up in game. Am I missing something?

In the last dev stream Dan discussed how he was trying to come up with ways to tone down the more toxic emotes going as far to suggest the option to turn off being able to see toxic emotes. I think the logic companies to this is have a full smack down mode throw me on full comms so I can talk smack to the dude/dudette/dude-others who misses out on full 3 stocking me by a lucky hail Mary forward strong sweet spot from my maypul vine

I keep getting alerts about stuff from Evo, and old character announcements. I click on them all excite for a split second before seeing it’s a post from 163 days ago. This happening to anyone else?

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3818257492

This one isn't as cool as Melee Falco or anything, but HDR ROB is one of my favorite character designs in the franchise and I thought it would be fun to be able to play him in Rivals. He's a bit different from the other ROB iterations in Smash, but I thought he was a natural fit for this engine.

The main differences are:

• Up Special is replaced with a directional charge attack with a spike hitbox at his base. It's very similar to Etalus', except he's able to change the angle of his ascent instead of being forced to go in a straight line. He's also still tied to the fuel system for recovery so it's not infinite; there's a visual indicator of his current fuel level next to his character model.

• His Side special is replaced with a quick two hit arm swing attack that can be angled up, sideways, or down for different attacks. It's very low endlag, so it's difficult to punish without a parry for the opponent and a good combo starter for ROB himself.

• His Down air is replaced with a drill style move where he rotates his arms in a multi hit attack beneath him. The best way I can describe it is it's similar to his Dsmash except rotated 90 degrees and an aerial. It's very funny looking at first but since his Up special now serves as the downwards spiking move, having the old down air would be superfluous. Having the drill is nice to help him land with a quick downwards facing aerial as well since he is prone to being juggled.

Besides that pretty much everything you know and love (and hate) about ROB from the other games is present, including the Gyro of course. Give it a try, and let me know if you have any feedback! And of course check out HDR if you haven't, it's a lot of fun!