United StatesSumoscience is a game for people who want to learn more about sumo. It models the physics (forces/collisions) between the wrestlers. You can do a frontal pushout, belt pushout, slapdowns, and throws. You can practice in the practice room or try your skills in a one or two player tournament. In the practice room, you can change the attack style and level of your opponent to practice how to deal with certain attacks. You can also select automatic play to watch the computer play itself. In the game, you are the wrestler with the yellow belt. On the right side is a first-person view of your opponent with buttons for various attacks. 1) Chest attack: Press the red button the push the chest. You need to be moving forward for this to be effective. 2) Slapdown: Drag down the yellow button and your arm will reach for their head and attempt to pull them down. After your arm makes contact with their head (button turns blue), you need to move backward to give more force to your pull. This only works if your opponent is moving forward. 3) Grip Belt: You can press the green buttons to reach for the belt. When you have a grip, the button will turn blue. You can push them out of the ring. If you have a two-hand grip, you can sometimes lift them. You can escape from this grip by turning quickly. 4) Throw: Once you have a grip, you can turn quickly to the side opposite your grip. Once you are facing the same direction, you can step forward to throw them. 5) The forward and back buttons are on the left. The turn button is in the middle of the first-person view and it must be dragged left or right to turn. There is a tournament room where you can compete in a tournament and get ranked from low Maegashira to Yokozuna. A tournament consists of 15 matches and you need to win 8 to be promoted. To get promoted to Ozeki, you need 33 wins in the last three matches. To get promoted to Yokozuna, you need to win two consecutive tournaments. When you finish a tournament, your rank will be posted on the leaderboards. There is one for overall high scores and one that is reset each month to provide a monthly tournament. In real world sumo, Yokozuna is an honorary rank and you cannot go down to ozeki (a Yokozuna can only retire). To simulate this, there is a Yokozuna leaderboard where the scores of tournaments by Yokozuna will be posted in terms of recency. To stay at the top of this leaderboard, you must regularly be in tournaments as a Yokozuna, otherwise your name will go down the list and that will be like retirement. Also, in this room you can change the color of the sumo’s belt. Just click on the belt of either your own wrestler or your opponent, and select the color from the wheel. Then click the belt again to close the selector. There is also a two-person room where you can play with others over wifi. Just connect to the same wifi. One player should press player 1 and the other player 2. Then both players press play and when they are both done, the sumo wrestlers will bow and the game will start. At the end, player 1 needs to press play to reset the game and then both players need to press play to start the bow. Sumoscience attempts to mimic some of the difficulties in real sumo. The chest push is easy, but you need to keep your opponent in front of you. Slapdowns are more difficult, because you need to have enough room to move backwards without going out. Gripping the belt and pushing them out is relatively straight-forward, but can be difficult if they are doing the same thing to you. Throws are a powerful move, but they require the coordination of multiple movements. As in real sumo, moving forward and keeping your opponent in front of you are the basis of a good technique.
Easy to learn, Hard to master
Firstly, let me just say that I love this game. It’s so much fun! I’ve had it for a year and a half now, I even downloaded it on my GF phone to play. I came across this app because I just started to get into watching grand sumo and had a hankering for a sumo game. This game scratched that itch. Not only did I get to play but I also learned some of the kamarite along the way. I usually play when I’m at the airport or on public transit, to pass the time. Just learning the controls takes a little while to get used to, but once you learn them the game really takes off. It took me two tournaments to get the hang of what I was doing. Very appreciative of the developer for taking the time to make this gem. I’m sure it wasn’t easy getting all those techniques to actually work how he wanted. Secondly, I have a pipe dream suggestion, I’m no game developer, so I’m not sure how difficult it would be for you to implement any of these ideas, but I figured I’d ask. Have you considered having a career mode, where you can customize your wrestler make them different sizes, the ability to pick our stats in the beginning, make them faster if they are smaller , or a tall and strong belt grabbing extraordinaire, Like our Yokozuna. The ability to have names, maybe give our opponents random generated names. change the wrestlers skin color, maybe add some distinguishing features like sideburns or bushy eyebrows, so we remember that the bushy eyebrow’d yellow mawashi kicked my butt three tournaments in a row. Next tournament I shall have my revenge. Just an idea I had while playing that I thought would make this game more immersive. If it’s impossible for this game, I understand. But is there a possibility that you would consider making A Sumoscience 2 and implement said features. After all you said that Sumoscience was your first baby, so maybe now that you're a polished game developer and have your sumo degree the sequel is your next challenge. lol here’s to dreaming. Again Mr. Chang thanks for making this game. I’ve enjoyed every second I’ve played.
United StatesThe greatest sumo game out there
I don’t know what to say, this game is a must play for genuine sumo fans. It has a lot of realistic techniques, that are Translated mind you, and now with all that improvement that’s been done to it in the last couple of months, now this game has transitioned from being a great sumo game to the best out there, since the last great sumo game was made in 2001 for the PS2, That’s 20 years ago! And it was in Japanese. So having an English sumo game that’s realistic basho and technique wise, is a dream come true. And I have always wondered, is the opponent supposed to be Tochinoshin? Because his yori-Kiri is scary.
United StatesLovely game.
I lost 30 matches in a row to start off but once I figured out oshi-dashi I was fine lol. (I'm a Takakeisho fan so I guess it comes naturally.) The mechanics are really fun to play around with and I love playing this game so much. I wish I could name my rikishi and I wish the other rikishi were named too, I feel that it would add a subtle layer to the already amazing game you've made. If you see this, thank you.
United StatesGreat potential
This is my first review for a game in a very long time, this just shows you how great of a game this is. You guys should try to improve the game by implementing new realistic graphics and overhauls and a much smoother gameplay. This game is the first game that tries to replicate actual sumo, not your run of the mill parody sumo game. This game has a lot of potential.
United StatesMake more games like this
First off, I love the game. I think these mechanics will work great for a grappling, or boxing game.
United StatesYou guys should take a good idea off this game and make a new one
I feel like these physics , and mechanics would do really good for a GRAPPLING game , for example freestyle wrestling game would do really good with these mechanics , not only will it get so much love from the wrestling community . It’ll have potential to become one of the best grappling games ever made
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1) Fixed Belt Color Bug. In the tournament room you can change the color of the sumo’s belt. Just click on the belt of either your own wrestler or your opponent, and select the color from the wheel. Then click the belt again to close the selector. 2) Fixed Support Button
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