i've been digging through the files because i work with The New Super Pickleball Adventure Wiki, and i would like to write a page about this scrapped opponent.. now, i know it has been 4 years, but do you remember what this alien is about??
7 days ago(+1)
The original plot of the game included a section after defeating the champion where the world got invaded by aliens who would take over unless you could defeat them in pickleball. The alien boss was supposed to represent the best "normal" opponent that would play totally by the rules and just have a ton of skill. Because of that, I spent a good amount of time working on the code for an alien player while I was developing the base mechanics. The other one I worked on was a variation of Radar who didn't use portals.
I ended up expanding the beginning of the game, cutting a lot of ideas, and just having the game end with the Champion. I also ditched the concept of "normal" opponents and made everyone weird, which was definitely the right choice. Nevertheless, the alien's code ended up being the template for most of the opponents. In particular, Momoko, Hector, and the twins are all probably modified versions of the alien (and each other).