Quidditch Season

Quidditch Season

Quidditch is back at Hogwarts. Fly full Quidditch matches at the school pitch, in any position, or take the best seat in the stands and watch two house teams battle it out, with live commentary, a packed stadium and Madam Kogawa keeping order (mostly).

Beta 0.1: everything on this page is in and playable, but flying, the AI and difficulty are still being tuned, and your feedback decides how. Being a beater is especially difficult currently (still trying to come up with a way to make it easier without being too OP). Bugs and thoughts are very welcome: see Feedback and bugs below.

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Features

Play any position

• Chaser: catch the Quaffle, pass to team-mates (aim assist leads your passes) and shoot at the hoops. Watch out for opponents trying to steal it, and for passes being intercepted.

• Keeper: guard your three hoops. A shot marker shows where the Quaffle will cross; reach to catch or parry it, and dash between hoops in a burst of speed.

• Seeker: hunt the Golden Snitch. It starts wild and darting, then settles as the match goes on. Get close, stay on its tail and grab it in the moment you can, before the other Seeker does.

• Beater: bat the Bludgers away from your team and into your opponents. A warning shows when one is coming for you, and a marker shows who your next swing will hit. The beater position for players is extremely difficult, I would greatly welcome insight on how to make it more fair/intuitive

Watch a match

Sit back while two AI teams play a full match. Switch between your own view, a camera chasing the Quaffle, a high overview of the whole pitch, and the view over Madam Kogawa's shoulder. Orbit and zoom any of them with the mouse.

The real game, the way the books describe it

• Seven a side: three Chasers, a Keeper, a Seeker and two Beaters on each team.

• The Quaffle: passing, shooting, steals, interceptions, rebounds, throw-ins when it leaves the pitch, and a restart from the Keeper after every goal.

• Two Bludgers hunting riders all match. A hit dazes you and knocks the Quaffle loose; a second hit while dazed sends an AI rider tumbling to the ground.

• The Golden Snitch: released at the start, and catching it ends the match.

• A proper start: the teams line up, Madam Kogawa opens the ball box, the Bludgers and the Snitch fly out, and she throws the Quaffle up for the tip-off.

• A proper finish: the final whistle, the score, fireworks in the winners' colours, and the winners celebrating.

Madam Kogawa referees

Madam Kogawa flies with the play and watches for foul play. Each house has its own habits: some sides cheat far more than others, and some are far better at getting away with it. If she spots a foul, she blows her whistle, signals, and awards a penalty.

Seven fouls from Quidditch Through the Ages:

Foul What it is

Cobbing Elbowing an opponent

Blagging Grabbing the tail of an opponent's broom

Blatching Flying into an opponent on purpose

Blurting Locking handles to steer an opponent off course

Stooging Two Chasers in the scoring area at once

Bumphing Batting a Bludger into the crowd

Quaffle-pocking Tampering with the Quaffle, so it swerves in flight

A penalty is taken from the spot, with the teams lined up, a countdown and the whistle. And yes, hitting the referee with a Bludger is always a foul.

A stadium that's alive

• Live commentary: hundreds of announcer lines calling the passes, shots, saves, Bludger hits, fouls, penalties, the Snitch chase and the final score as they happen.

• Over two thousand students packing the towers and the stands in their house robes. They cheer, boo and celebrate with the score.

• Match music: six original tracks made for the mod, shuffled, following your Music volume setting.

• Sound: the whistle, the crowd, Bludger hits and fireworks.

Choose your match

• Houses: pick the home and away sides from all four houses.

• Difficulty: Easy, Normal or Hard (faster Bludgers, sharper rival Seekers).

• Rules:

• Quidditch Champions: the Snitch is worth 30 and the first team to 100 wins.

• The book: the Snitch is worth 150, and the match goes on until it's caught.

• Practice modes for Chasers, Keepers and Seekers: no Bludgers, no fouls, just you and the job. Practice mode for beaters: Still needs work.

Getting started

• Load your save and fly to the Hogwarts Quidditch pitch. Matches and practices only work there.

• Press F7 to open the Quidditch Season menu.

• Pick your houses, difficulty and rules, then choose Watch match, Play match as… a position, or a practice.

• To end a match early, press the same button again.

Controls (keyboard and mouse)

Action Key

Open or close the menu F7

Look, and climb or dive by looking up or down Mouse

Speed up (hold) Shift

Barrel roll Double-tap A or D

Lock on to a team-mate, opponent, the Quaffle or a Bludger Middle mouse

Keep the camera on your target V

Chaser: throw, pass or shoot E

Keeper: reach to catch or parry E

Keeper: move W A S D, Space up, Ctrl down

Keeper: dash to a hoop 1 / 2 / 3

Seeker: grab the Snitch E

Beater: swing your bat F

Watching: change camera C

Watching: zoom Mouse wheel

Controller support and remapping through the game's own controls menu are on the way.

Known issues and limits

• Flying, the AI and difficulty balance are still rough. That's what this beta is for.

• No controller support yet.

• Matches only work at the Hogwarts Quidditch pitch.

• Match settings reset to their defaults when you restart the game.

• A full stadium is demanding. If your frame rate drops, please tell us your PC specs; a crowd density setting is planned.

Coming next

• A Quidditch season: a questline to bring Quidditch back to Hogwarts, tryouts for e