Naquatic may have ruined your life with CivCrafter (Free) and its inordinately-deep clicker gameplay, but thankfully they’re here to calm things down with their next game, Basketball Showdown 2015, releasing next week on April 30th. However, there’s an aspect of CivCrafter that’s coming to this follow-up to one of Naquatic’s most popular games, Basketball Showdown (Free): the clan system. Rebranded as teams here, because sports, you’ll be able to start up your own team, and recruit players to play for you, with a limit of 20 players, just like the CivCrafter clan system. Naquatic’s hoping to make their other sports franchises have similar systems, as they think it brings a community aspect to these games that makes them better.
The game’s all about shooting baskets from all over the court, but unlike other games, you have no shot guidance, you just have to get your shot to be accurate when you swipe to shoot. There’s the live online multiplayer to take on opponents with, along with a singleplayer season mode. There will be events and tournaments to take part in with your team, too. Naquatic put effort into making the visuals look great, with detailed textures on the different basketballs you can unlock. And they apparently consulted with an actual physicist to make the game feel as real as possible. Naquatic is going to be handing out early access on the forums, and some Touch Arcade teams are already forming, so get ready for some fierce battles, starting soon!
