Discussion summary
The discussion centers on Neverball, a game involving tilting the floor to roll a ball through obstacles. Participants mention its gameplay, history, and related tools.
What the discussion says
- Some users reminisce about playing Neverball and Super Monkey Ball.
- Others discuss technical aspects like file formats and game development.
- A few recommend trying the game or mention browser versions.
“Tilt the floor to roll a ball through an obstacle course.”
“Did SMB pioneer this kind of AR/accelerometer gameplay?”
Comments
Hacker News
by icase
by ilvez
by kidfiji
by Obscurity4340
by mappu
by Macuyiko
> Tilt the floor to roll a ball through an obstacle course before time runs out. Neverball is part puzzle game, part action game, and entirely a test of skill.
Nice map/level tool!
by wxw
by jdw64
by doublerabbit
by toilet
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- Hacker News
- >”written in rust hehehe!” >tab closedby icase
- Oh the lost hours in Neverball..by ilvez
- Played a lot of this game on PC during the good ol' days of Super Monkey Ball :)by kidfiji
- Did SMB basically pioneer this kind of thing in the popular arena? Big of of all this AR/accelerometer mediated gameplayby Obscurity4340
- Blender has all these curve tools and more, it might be interesting to write an exporter to the Neverball file format if one doesn't exist yet.by mappu
- There is - to the standard Quake .map format Neverball uses.by Macuyiko
- I've not heard of Neverball. From the site, https://neverball.org/
> Tilt the floor to roll a ball through an obstacle course before time runs out. Neverball is part puzzle game, part action game, and entirely a test of skill.
Nice map/level tool!
by wxw - thanks!by jdw64
- Xorg version is broken for me :( although you can play in browser.by doublerabbit
- Everybody must play Neverball at least once in their lives, it's a fantastic game I've come back to so many times throughout the years. I recommend using the arrow keys to control the ball and optionally the S and D keys to turn the camera, also if you go to the settings you can play as a globe or an eyeball.by toilet
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