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.
neverball.org
Did SMB pioneer this kind of AR/accelerometer gameplay?
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  • >”written in rust hehehe!” >tab closed
  • Oh the lost hours in Neverball..
  • Played a lot of this game on PC during the good ol' days of Super Monkey Ball :)
  • Did SMB basically pioneer this kind of thing in the popular arena? Big of of all this AR/accelerometer mediated gameplay
  • 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.
  • There is - to the standard Quake .map format Neverball uses.
  • 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!
  • Xorg version is broken for me :( although you can play in browser.

    https://play.neverball.org/

  • 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.