https://www.singularitygamestudios.com/home daily 1.0 2021-05-14 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b818ea9b98a78c54961e8b8/603c2e770aa63f6cd3d84005/604225fb3dbe4c300a00d49b/1614947861280/the_sport.png Miller - The Sport https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b818ea9b98a78c54961e8b8/603c2e770aa63f6cd3d84005/603c3526fe1d40450f1c748a/1614558525522/the_clubs.png Miller - The Clubs https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b818ea9b98a78c54961e8b8/5ba99f0db208fc63480ca71a/603c28518c227a557e14c88c/1614555256782/gb_2021-02-28_171831_DOUBLES.png Miller - Represent Your Planet Ride hard for the pride and glory of your home planet https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b818ea9b98a78c54961e8b8/5ba99f0db208fc63480ca71a/603c2785b5aaae47e891861e/1614555057034/gb_2021-02-28_170445_DOUBLES.png Miller - Lasers For Defense Shoot lasers at your opponents to knock the puck away https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b818ea9b98a78c54961e8b8/5ba99f0db208fc63480ca71a/603c2705f34f6a4fbec02b83/1614554980547/gb_2021-02-28_171306_DOUBLES.png Miller - Goal Have Gravity The goals draw the puck in as it gets closer https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b818ea9b98a78c54961e8b8/5ba99f0db208fc63480ca71a/603c261d3d06494e3ae7527a/1614554757234/gb_2021-02-28_172437_DOUBLES.png Miller - Hoverbikes Race for the puck on rocket-powered Hoverbikes! https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b818ea9b98a78c54961e8b8/5ba99f0db208fc63480ca71a/603c25c44d006a400493a21e/1614555355164/tournaments.png Miller - Tournaments Compete in tournaments of several different formats https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b818ea9b98a78c54961e8b8/5ba99f0db208fc63480ca71a/603c256739706e7582476928/1614554557253/splitscreen.png Miller - Local Multiplayer Play split-screen multiplayer games with up to four players! https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b818ea9b98a78c54961e8b8/5ba99f0db208fc63480ca71a/5e78ee961f527038f0475064/1614554524400/trophy_case.png Miller - Career Mode Play through an entire career as a new Space Hockey star. Earn your Tour license to win tournaments and trophies! https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b818ea9b98a78c54961e8b8/t/603afd53b1d9d26b2d296836/1614478687692/SH_web_4000x1500.png Miller https://www.singularitygamestudios.com/download daily 0.75 2020-04-30 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b818ea9b98a78c54961e8b8/t/5bdf205540ec9a449db813fa/1557273555055/gb_2018-09-22_115950_TWO_ON_TWO.png Download https://www.singularitygamestudios.com/about-singularity daily 0.75 2021-03-06 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b818ea9b98a78c54961e8b8/t/5c75fb37eef1a1cf3174683d/1551235898000/singularity_logo_simple_medium.png About Singularity https://www.singularitygamestudios.com/space-hockey-clubs daily 0.75 2021-03-06 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b818ea9b98a78c54961e8b8/t/603da0a40f3eaa5b55c7a2f8/1615041117394/earth_club_frame.png Space Hockey Clubs Earthers may not have invented Space Hockey, but you wouldn’t know it by listening to fans from the Blue Marble. When Space Hockey replaced Magnoball as humanity’s most popular sport at the dawn of the 22nd Century, Earth riders held the Sol Cup aloft eight times within a decade. The four siblings from the Mendalson family were nearly unstoppable regardless of who paired with who. Broadcast holos were filled with which musician Billy was dating, whether Friedrich was drug free, or if Melanie was going to go through with her plan to transfer her consciousness to an android body. But through it all, they kept winning. Their offspring, however, were not quite so talented or driven. Earth has raised the Sol Cup just once in the subsequent 35 years, and have just 4 riders with Premiere Tour titles to their name during that same timeframe. The fading star of the Mendalson family can no longer shine brightly enough to illuminate the darkness that has crept into Earth’s SH Club. Earth Space Hockey fans still talk about the glory days of the Mendalsons as if it were yesterday, but the rest of the system just roll their eyes. A new president has cleaned house, putting younger and more modern-thinking executives in place to develop and market new talent. The results haven't yet come, but some young prospects are showing well at Juniors events. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b818ea9b98a78c54961e8b8/t/603eff07cd9a482d4c661d15/1615044958607/mars_club_frame.png Space Hockey Clubs The rivalry Mars developed with Earth in the 2110’s has cooled considerably, as neither club has fielded a consistently competitive tandem in recent memory. The Mendalsons’ torment of the Clark clan and the Radha family in the late 2100’s gave way to the dominance of the husband-and-wife duo of Emanuel Mendez and Marion Rucillo from Mars’ Acidalia Planitia colony. Finally the little brother of the system was fighting back against their bullies from the Blue Marble! But that dominance was not backed up by a strong talent pipeline in Mars’ athletic program, and by the 2120’s both Earth and Mars were seen as second class citizens of the Space Hockey world. A recent influx of funding from the Martian government has seen some promising young riders develop. A Martian rider just won the Permiere Tour Singles title for the first time in 15 years, and a Martian pair has been on the podium at the Sol Cup the last two years. The Achilles heel of the Martian SH program has suddenly become the Venusians, who have won numerous critical games against Mars to keep them from regaining their old level of prominence. The rivalry has spilled over into the press, with each federation accusing the other of unethical practices. While most of these claims are unfounded, it has made for compelling action on the platform when they face off. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b818ea9b98a78c54961e8b8/t/603f077b9acbe044dded8326/1614827273361/venus_club_frame.png Space Hockey Clubs The history of the Venusian Space Hockey program has mostly been one of great promise and great frustration. Apart of the multi-title run of the Jackson sisters in the late 2120’s and early 2130’s Venusian riders have always been the chic pick to win the next Sol Cup, without ever delivering such a victory. While their feuds on the platform with Martian riders have recently produced a number victories, the feuds off of it have produced scandal and spiraling costs. And all the while the riders from the outer planets sit back, laugh, and collect championships and prize money. Since the start of the 2150’s a new rider named Juanita Pom has emerged as a generational talent. She’s won dozens of singles events, but pairing her with a capable teammate to make a serious run at the Sol Cup has proven difficult. If that search ever proved fruitful, the Sol Cup would be adorned with Venusian gold trim for a decade. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b818ea9b98a78c54961e8b8/t/6040511dc13a867fd242a39e/1615047267097/titan_club_frame.png Space Hockey Clubs The Saturnians have been the bullies of the Space Hockey world for over a decade and a half. First it was the brother and sister pairing of Viktor and Petra Toklanov, winning three Sol Cups in seven years in the 2130’s and 40’s. More recently it’s been the Brekovic brothers; on the podium the last eight years, winning four times. Their training regimen is unparalleled in the system, and their understanding of the game goes beyond mastery. Aspiring coaches go to Titan to learn their craft. Young riders compete for apprenticeships with Titanian champions. But no one has been able to duplicate their success. Just when the Space Hockey world thought they’d seen the end of Titan dominance, word has gotten out that Petra Toklanov’s daughter Penelope has her mother’s knack for the bike. At this time, though, she is without a worthy teammate… https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b818ea9b98a78c54961e8b8/t/603f05aa62473142bfb7a893/1614743523985/io_club_frame.png Space Hockey Clubs No one knows why the Jovian Athletic Conglomerate chose Io as the headquarters for Jupiter’s Space Hockey program. Not getting crushed or irradiated while mining deuterium from Jupiter holds the focus of most of those living on Io Station. Shuttle Racing is the most popular sport among those living on the various Jovian habitats, so the Space Hockey program has traditionally been underfunded and unappreciated. That said, the few who ride professionally for Jupiter have always been talented. The Sol Cup has been draped in orange-and-brown banners three of the last ten years. A Jovian rider or team has finished in the top three of either the Singles or Doubles season each of the last five years. And anyone who steps onto the platform against a rider from Io knows they’re facing someone who’s been forged in the fires of the hardest place to live in the entire system. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b818ea9b98a78c54961e8b8/t/603efa63ae71ff7ba376c86b/1615060316200/luna_club_frame.png Space Hockey Clubs A Magnetic Anchor is a tool used by miners in Low-G environments to keep anti-grav minecarts in place while the workers load them with minerals. During one day during the late 2080’s, two miners were riding hovering extractors on the Moon trying to meet their quota for the week. In his haste, one of them accidentally slammed into the magnetic anchor, compromising its power supply. The mine carts, fully loaded with valuable minerals started drifting around the still functioning but underpowered anchor. The miners, desperate to secure their cargo, took turns bumping the floating carts back toward the anchor to try and get them to lock in place. Their supervisor watched the entire episode in horror on her holo monitor. But when she heard her staff cheering and taking bets on the outcome of each maneuver, her creative wheels started turning. The first sanctioned Space Hockey game was played on Luna in 2097, and the game has taken off as the number one spectator sport in the entire Sol System. Lunar riders are seen as the consummate professionals, with a high attention to detail and strong fundamentals. Luna is always competitive in major events, and riders from all over the system know to respect those clad in the purple and silver. https://www.singularitygamestudios.com/space-hockey-sport daily 0.75 2021-03-06 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b818ea9b98a78c54961e8b8/t/6043e20ef7f2091595612fe5/1615061536402/bike.png Space Hockey Sport - The Bikes While there are several models of hoverbikes available to professional riders, the Specter (pictured here) is what most new riders cut their teeth on. A rocket engine and a magnetic handbrake give a Space Hockey hoverbike extremely dynamic maneuverability. They’re also equipped with a Gravity Pulse feature, which allows a rider to capture (or influence) a loose puck from up to 12 meters away. All hoverbikes also include dual customizable laser cannons for those sad times when your opponent has the puck. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b818ea9b98a78c54961e8b8/t/6043e658de6df06b48ee7b78/1615062620309/format.png Space Hockey Sport - Formats Space Hockey is traditionally played by two teams of two riders, typically referred to as “Doubles”. “Singles” is also a common format, though less popular and less prestigious than Doubles. Some tournaments employ a free-for-all format where three or four riders all compete against each other, though this format is generally reserved for charity events and off-season exhibition games. But if you like chaos, “Four Players” is for you! https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b818ea9b98a78c54961e8b8/t/6043d760eeb84a14b57f74f0/1615059049921/moon_small_square.jpg Space Hockey Sport - Basics What started as a mining equipment malfunction on the moon has turned into mankind’s favorite spectator sport in the mid 22nd Century. Riders on rocket-powered hoverbikes chase a glowing, chrome-plated puck around a large platform. The object of the game is to capture the puck in front of your bike and launch it into your opponents goal, which looks like a swirling vortex of energy. Those without the puck can shoot lasers at the puck and at their opponents to dislodge it. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b818ea9b98a78c54961e8b8/t/6043e9a7b9a208620ca2f4fb/1615063469506/faceoff.png Space Hockey Sport - Faceoffs The start of each game and the restart after each goal consists of a Faceoff. The puck is dropped onto the platform from a few meters above it. When it hits, it rockets randomly either left or right hard enough to bounce off the side wall. The teams chase the puck to gain control of it and try to score. Or…they shoot each other first, then try to gain control of the puck. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b818ea9b98a78c54961e8b8/t/6043eae1dc05fa33cab01916/1615063782013/puck_possession.png Space Hockey Sport - Puck Possession When your bike gets close enough to a loose puck, the puck becomes magnetically bonded to your bike until you launch it or it’s shot away from you by an opponent (or careless teammate!) The puck glows your teams color so all riders know who’s captured it. When carrying the puck your bike travels slower than usual, so get those shots off quickly! https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b818ea9b98a78c54961e8b8/t/6043ebdfcc3c7b44bb60b614/1615064039441/scoreboard.png Space Hockey Sport - Gameplay & Scoring A typical Space Hockey game lasts 3 minutes, though some competitions favor shorter or longer games. Goals are scored when you shoot the puck into the very center of your opponents’ goal. Most goals are worth 10 points, though if you drive the puck directly into the goal or knock it in with your lasers you only get 3. A game can be won two different ways: 1.) scoring 50 points, or 2.) leading when the clock runs out. https://www.singularitygamestudios.com/space-hockey-team daily 0.75 2021-02-28