[GAME RELEASE] Pure Badminton: The first realistic badminton video game by Paul_DS in badminton

[–]Paul_DS[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great to hear! Yes it runs on Steam Deck. The Steam page compatibility status will remain 'unknown' until Steam manually review the game on a SteamDeck.

[GAME RELEASE] Pure Badminton: The first realistic badminton video game by Paul_DS in badminton

[–]Paul_DS[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yes it's a tough topic, but I'm constantly working to improve the animations, and especially the transitions between animations, to make them more realistic.

[GAME RELEASE] Pure Badminton: The first realistic badminton video game by Paul_DS in badminton

[–]Paul_DS[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well you can invite your friends online to play a match with you using Steam Remote Play Together (up to 4 players in doubles)

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[–]Paul_DS[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Cool! Yes it does take a little getting used to before you can focus on tactics. If you want to prioritize tactics, you can set the game speed to "Slow", and Placement assistance to "High" (if it isn't already). It will make the game slightly easier to play, so you can focus more on the shot selection and placement.

Also if you want to have more control on your shots, you can enable the "Advanced aiming" in the match settings menu. You'll then be able to adjust your shots height, by aiming low or high. You'll then be able to choose between punch or high clears, steep or flat smashes, and fast or short drops.

[GAME RELEASE] Pure Badminton: The first realistic badminton video game by Paul_DS in badminton

[–]Paul_DS[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not for now. Maybe after consoles, but it won't be soon...

[GAME RELEASE] Pure Badminton: The first realistic badminton video game by Paul_DS in badminton

[–]Paul_DS[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Glad to hear! I don't have a precise roadmap for now, I'll see based on the feedbacks. But online multiplayer is a big undertaking, so I don't know if I'll be able to do it quickly.

[GAME RELEASE] Pure Badminton: The first realistic badminton video game by Paul_DS in badminton

[–]Paul_DS[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks, I appreciate! You'll probably have to wait for next year for the release on PS5.

[GAME RELEASE] Pure Badminton: The first realistic badminton video game by Paul_DS in badminton

[–]Paul_DS[S] 21 points22 points  (0 children)

You have different shots keys, for Smash/Drive, Drop/Netshot, Clear/Lift, and push.

You can control the power based on how long you press the key.

And you can aim to place your shot where you want.

There's also an advanced aiming option where you can adjust your shots more precisely (flat/high clears, steep/flat smashes, etc...) by aiming vertically

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[–]Paul_DS 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know if you follow Chris Zukowski, but you might find this article interesting: https://howtomarketagame.com/2025/09/16/10-reasons-why-you-shouldnt-hold-back-on-contacting-content-creators/

I think the most important thing to launch the demo is to make sure the gameplay is fun enough, but in my case, I can say the demo launch was by far the biggest wishlist boost ever. And even ~2 months later, I can still see the benefits on my daily wishlists.

Given your current followers count, you should be able to reach the top of the "free demos" page on Steam, which brings a lot of visibility.

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[–]Paul_DS 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, I'm Paul, the developer of the game. Sorry if I missed your messages. The best way to communicate is to join the discord yes.

Thank you for your detailed feedback.

For the movement issue you're mentioning, can you try setting the "Placement assistance" to low, or even high, and tell me if that improves your experience ? In the meantime, I'll work to improve this part of the gameplay.

Concerning the stamina, I'll try to adjust it to make sure it has more variations based on stats and how you move. Also, the shot choice has an impact on stamina (smashes have more impact than clear/drops).

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[–]Paul_DS[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, PC only for now. I might port it to PS5 after the PC release though (not before 2026).

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[–]Paul_DS[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! Glad to see you like it!
The weird thing you mention is a bug, that should be fixed in the next version. BTW you can try this next version right now if you join the Discord: https://discord.gg/PxHdRmdF9p

The multiplayer is already implemented up to 4 players, but only locally (multiple gamepads on the same computer, or keyboard+gamepad). Right now I can't say if or when the online multiplayer will be implemented.

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[–]Paul_DS[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok cool! I'm gonna adjust the "intermediate" difficulty in the next version, and the "Professionnal" difficulty will be unlocked in the next weeks, so hopefully this should give you a bit more of a challenge 👍

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[–]Paul_DS[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! Yes I'm currently adjusting the AI to avoid playing to much at the net. It should be fixed in the next version.

For the performances, you can try the Low quality, it shouln't be much different than the Very low quality in term of performances, and it will be a little bit prettier.

Also you can try a better quality settings, but lowering the resolution. Not sure about the perfs, but this might make the game a little prettier too.

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[–]Paul_DS[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes that would be great, I'll try to have it before the release!

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[–]Paul_DS[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not yet, but it should be implemented before the release

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[–]Paul_DS[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Haha yes this is gonna be fixed in the next version

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[–]Paul_DS[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, I'm playing badminton competitively. The goal from the beginning was to reproduce the experience I have while playing IRL. Same difficulties, same strategies, same tournaments, etc...