Devlog 0.21.0: Online: Ranked, Rooms And Friends

The menu now has PLAY (everything on this device, no internet needed) and ONLINE, with ranked matches, arena rooms for up to 6 and friends.

What's new

• PLAY: VS CPU, 2 PLAYERS, TRAINING and ARENA MODE, all offline.
• ONLINE needs a trainer account: just a name and a password, no email. Only your name, Elo, ranked games and friends are stored. Keep your password: it cannot be recovered.
• RANKED: 1 vs 1, best of 3. Find a match and you face someone with a similar Elo. Blind pick: 30 seconds to lock in your Pokémon, and you see theirs when both have locked. Random arena. Win to climb from POKÉ BALL to GREAT, ULTRA and MASTER BALL. Leaving a match counts as a loss.
• LEADERBOARD: the best trainers, their Elo and the Pokémon they play most. The META tab shows how often each Pokémon is picked in ranked and how often it wins.
• ROOMS: create an arena room for up to 6 (name, optional password, slots and arena) or find one in the list and join. The host can fill free slots with CPUs, kick players and start when everyone is ready.
• FRIENDS: add friends by their trainer name and see if they are online and what they are doing. INVITE sends them a 1 vs 1 challenge that pops up on any screen they are on.
• Room codes still work for a quick private 1 vs 1 (FRIENDS > PLAY WITH A ROOM CODE).

Version 0.21.0 of the game.