iB Cricket Key Updates 2024!!

Updates Summary:

We have enhanced various systems, including fielding, bowling, field settings, pitch parameters, and commentary. We've upgraded the graphics quality, providing a more immersive experience. Significant updates have been made to the look and feel of the game with new stadiums, a new dressing room, new bat skins, new jerseys, and revamped the home screen UX for a more intuitive navigation experience. We've also added detailed live match stats in the game to help you analyze and refine your gameplay.

We've completely revamped the onboarding experience for new users and added an FAQ section that contains insights and solutions for a smooth, enjoyable gaming experience.

For more details on all the enhancements, updates and changes, please refer to the detailed notes.

Detailed Notes:

Bowling🤾‍♂️

• We’ve enhanced the bowling logic to bring it closer to real-world cricket

• Bowlers maintain consistent strength in Insane and Ultra-insane modes

• Significantly enhanced the effectiveness of swing, seam, cutters, and spin deliveries.

• Refined the speed and angle of spin for spin bowlers and fine-tuned the speed for cutters.

• Dynamic variations in bowling with enhanced line and length adjustments that adapt to field settings, batsmen's scoring areas etc providing a more strategic gameplay

• Improved the distribution algorithm of right-arm and left-arm bowlers selected and actively bowling throughout matches

• Improved Intelligent field placements based on the batsmen’s scoring regions throughout the match

• Improved AI strategies for maintaining fair gameplay

• The issue of consecutive wides has been resolved

Fielding🏃

• Fielding has been made more realistic

• Enhanced fielder selection logic to ensure more relevant fielders are chosen, based on the ball's hit direction and speed

• Improved fielding accuracy and game realism

• Significant improvement has been made in how fielders collect the ball

• Fielders will position themselves more accurately to collect the ball in line with its trajectory

• Fine-tuned running speeds for fielders, ensuring they reach the ball with optimal timing

• Bowlers now have improved reaction times when balls are hit towards them

• Fielders now immediately react when the ball hits the helmet in helmet view, preventing unnecessary byes

Pitches:

• Enhanced the realism in the behavior of swing, seam, cutters, spin, and bounciness across Green, Bouncy, Dry, and Normal pitches

• Swing, seam, cutters, and spin now vary based on ball newness in Insane and Ultra-Insane modes, adding depth to gameplay strategy

• Bounce on dry pitches is updated to match real-world conditions

Commentary🎙️

• Improved the commentary with additional phrases to enhance your game experience.

• Voice quality for commentary has been upgraded

• Made corrections to contextual inaccuracies in certain commentary phrases

Home Screen UX/UI:

• We've revamped the home screen UX and UI for more intuitive navigation by categorizing the game modes.

New Stadiums🏟️

• Five new world-class stadiums and one practice stadium are now available for purchase in the shop

Dressing Room

• New Dressing Room with a fresh look and feel

New Bat Skins:

• New Bat skins with enhanced wood textures for a more authentic cricketing experience

New Stumps:

• We've introduced illuminated stumps that light up dynamically whenever the ball makes contact with them enhancing immersion and making every wicket feel even more impactful

Updated Jerseys👕

• Updated jersey designs, offering a fresh look for both International and Indian city teams

In-Game VR Match Stats🏏

• Added the following live detailed match stats at the end of each delivery to help you analyze and refine your gameplay.

• Ball Trace of Deliveries: Track the ball deliveries for each over.

• Pitch Map of Deliveries: Access the pitch map for the complete innings so far, as well as for the current over.

• Added3D Wagon Wheel (Beta)Visualize the last 30 balls faced with our new 3D wagon wheel feature.

• Worm Graph & Manhattan Graph: Analyze your innings with the comprehensive Worm graph and Manhattan graph.

• Match Summary: Get a complete summary of the match, including detailed scorecard of batsmen and bowlers

My Matches:

• Access the pending matches of the following match types from your VR game in a single place

• Knockout matches from Season Tournament

• Dual-player leagues with 10-over and 50-over matches

In-Game FAQs🤔

• You can now access FAQs directly in the VR game for instant help. Get answers and support without leaving the game!

New User Flow:

• We have revamped the onboarding process, aimed at ensuring a smoother and quicker learning curve for the new users. The updated steps dynamically adapt to the user's gameplay making the introduction more intuitive and seamless.

Custom Tournaments:

• Organizers can now configure the end date of tournaments to better suit their scheduling needs.

• Introducing Ultra-Insane bowling difficulty option for those seeking the ultimate challenge.

• Invitation message now includes comprehensive match configuration details, ensuring all participants are fully informed.

• Addressed the net run-rate calculation issue

• Corrected the logic of fixture creation for knockout matches

Team Chasing Challenge🎯

• Our targeting system now intelligently adapts based on your progress, ensuring a more personalized gameplay experience.

Season Tournaments:

• View schedules for 250, 500, and 1000 tournaments directly from the tournaments home screen, ensuring you never miss a match.