Curveball

Curveball

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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?
Obscurity4340

Comments

Hacker News

>”written in rust hehehe!” >tab closed

by 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 gameplay

by 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

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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  • Hacker News
  • >”written in rust hehehe!” >tab closed
    by 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 gameplay
    by 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.

    https://play.neverball.org/

    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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