'Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl' Developer Teases Next Update

Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl developer shares what to expect in next update, says hitbox changes go hand-in-hand with direct balance

The latest, fast paced platform brawler Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl is gearing up for another balance update. While players of brawler games are typically left wondering what when the next patch will be released, the game's character designer and programmer, Thaddeus Crews, has been vocal about the next update on Twitter.

This patch puts a focus on hitbox changes, as Thaddeus previously mentioned, but we now know that only a handful were tweaked. We also get some insight into how integral these changes are to overall game balance.

"Hmm, seems like not all the stuff I was planning/making will make it into this patch wave, which is a bit of a bummer," Thaddeus begins in a tweet. The developer goes on to divulge what types of things are confirmed for the next patch.

"For sure there's gonna be updated hurtboxes, new 2D calculations, initial dash boosts & some hitbox adjustments in the upcoming patch at the least," Crews explains.

Hmm, seems like not all the stuff I was planning/making will make it into this patch wave, which is a bit of a bummer. For sure there's gonna be updated hurtboxes, new 2D calculations, initial dash boosts & some hitbox adjustments in the upcoming patch at the least

— Thaddeus Crews (@Repiteo) October 29, 2021

A lot of this comes down to wanting to fix & adjust aspects of the game that are outside my area of expertise. Once Elias is back next week, the shackles of limitation will be broken because I'll have someone way smarter than me to help

— Thaddeus Crews (@Repiteo) October 29, 2021

Translation: I spent way, way, WAY longer than I'd care to admit trying to figure out the launch state calculations & preventing wector shenanigans, but it well and truly went over my head & I had to give up for now

— Thaddeus Crews (@Repiteo) October 29, 2021

While only a handful of hitbox changes are making it into the next patch wave, that can be attributed to how inescapably hand-in-hand it goes with direct balance, which I'm wanting to avoid radical changes in until I have a consistent means of implementing proper hitstun scaling

— Thaddeus Crews (@Repiteo) October 29, 2021

Earlier this week, Crews took to Twitter to ask for the assistance of the players. Fans were prompted to submit the really egregious examples of hitboxes that didn't line up with the visual of the attack properly, as this is what Thaddeus aimed to fix most for this upcoming update.

Following the tweets about the update, Thaddeus went on to explain the correlation between hitboxes and direct balance. It is because these changes affect balance so much that only a handful were made this time around.

It's currently unknown when the next update for Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl is scheduled to be release, but now we have a good idea of what's coming when it does.

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Original source: EventHubs.

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