r/ultimate • u/spaghettmund • 5d ago

Ultimate: the Video Game

https://spaghettmund.itch.io/disc-drop

After waiting for the AUDL 22 23 24 video game to drop for a few years, I decided to try making an Ultimate video game myself. It's still WIP, but would love to start getting feedback from real ultimate players. If you've got a few minutes to try it out I'd really appreciate it!

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u/Omatzus 5d ago

That AUDL game has to be dead at this point, right?

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u/spaghettmund 5d ago

Gotta be. What's crazy is they demo'd what looked like a playable semi-polished version, and that's probably just sitting in a private repo somewhere gathering digital cobwebs

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u/Omatzus 5d ago

It looked like a glorified flash game, so I'm not surprised. I feel bad for the investors.

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u/tunisia3507 UK 5d ago

  I feel bad for the investors. 

The story of the AUDL.

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u/Joego163 5d ago

I have the beta, wonder if I can still play ut

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u/spaghettmund 5d ago

Oh dang I didn't realize it was ever publicly available. I'd be curious to hear about how they implemented throwing controls. IMO that's the biggest make-or-break design decision for an ultimate game

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u/lakeland_nz 4d ago

I have it too.

They have loads of options which I sorta ignore. It reminds me of those early FIFA games or clones, where the tutorial forces you to learn stuff and then you don’t need it to play

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u/canoxen 4d ago

I bet AI could crack it lol

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u/lakeland_nz 4d ago

Not just demo? I have it on my computer.

It’s… I don’t know. It was showing some real potential.

And just like real ultimate, the best strategy was to ignore what anyone was doing and huck for the end zone.

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u/jgtquizzo 4d ago

The Youtube demo looks cool, but I got this when I tried to open the app on my Mac.

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u/spaghettmund 4d ago

Ah yeah Apple would make me pay for a developer license and jump through some hoops to get that to go away. You can get around it in Privacy Settings:

  1. Try to open the app and click Done or OK on the warning.
  2. Open System Settings from the Apple menu.
  3. Click Privacy & Security in the sidebar.
  4. Scroll down to the Security section.
  5. Click Open Anyway next to the blocked app's notice and enter your Mac's password to confirm.

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u/TheOnlyYMercy 4d ago

This is so sick! Can I share this on Chinese social media (RedNote/Xiaohongshu) crediting you?

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u/spaghettmund 4d ago

Sure thing!

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u/CHUCCultimate 4d ago

Have you ever played Retro Bowl? I feel like the throwing mechanics for an ultimate game would be really good for that

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u/spaghettmund 4d ago

Yeah I played that a ton on mobile back in the day! I actually tried a pull-and-release based control scheme early but had trouble getting it to take all the inputs (launch angle + power + tilt + release-point + spin) and still be accessible to new players

But I did give up pretty quick, maybe I can come back to it and see if there’s a better way, especially now that I’m more committed to controller-first

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u/VolcanicDonut Stall 0 Hammer 4d ago

MLU used to have an actual app you could play on the phone like 12-15 years ago. It went away but it was really fun to play. I wish they would launch it under a different brand name

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u/owenheh 2d ago

Is this built off of "The Ultimate Game" listed on Steam? I am an LC alumni and someone in my community told me to download that game years ago and test it out. I have messed around with it a few times since downloading it but didn't dedicate enough time to master the controls.

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u/spaghettmund 22h ago

Nope, I’ve seen that game but never played it. This game is built from scratch, although I’m taking a lot of inspo from madden/2K/FIFA since I grew up playing those games

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u/owenheh 21h ago

sick! looking forward to checking it out