Разработчик: Почежерцев Влад
Описание
Одной из основных возможностей в игре является создание и публикация собственных уровней. В игре присутствует гибкий и интуитивно понятный редактор. Каждый игрок может представить свой взгляд на то, какой должна быть игра по сложности и дизайну. В свою очередь игроки, проходящие созданный уровень, могут оценить старания автора, что в дальнейшем повлияет на его место в Топе строителей.
Игрок имеет определенное количество «очков» на старте, которое уменьшается с течением времени. На пути игрока будут встречаться дополнительные бонусные «очки», которые помогут закрепить лидерство по окончании уровня. Если игрок закончил уровень с наибольшим количеством очков, то за ним закрепляется новый рекорд уровня. Все рекорды заносятся в таблицы лидеров. Ставя новые рекорды на уровнях, игрок зарабатывает очки глобального рейтинга и получает возможность занять первое место в топе лучших игроков.
Поддерживаемые языки: english, russian, german
Системные требования
Windows
- ОС: XP
- Процессор: Dual-Core, 2.4 GHz+, AMD 2.8 GHz+
- Оперативная память: 2 GB ОЗУ
- Видеокарта: NVidia 9800 / 540M, AMD Radeon 4870
- DirectX: версии 11
- Сеть: Широкополосное подключение к интернету
- Место на диске: 250 MB
Mac
- ОС: Mac OS X
- Процессор: Dual-Core, 2.4 GHz+, AMD 2.8 GHz+
- Оперативная память: 2 GB ОЗУ
- Видеокарта: NVidia 9800 / 540M, AMD Radeon 4870
- Сеть: Широкополосное подключение к интернету
- Место на диске: 250 MB
Linux
- ОС: Ubuntu 12.04
- Процессор: Dual-Core, 2.4 GHz+, AMD 2.8 GHz+
- Оперативная память: 2 GB ОЗУ
- Видеокарта: NVidia 9800 / 540M, AMD Radeon 4870
- Сеть: Широкополосное подключение к интернету
- Место на диске: 250 MB
Отзывы пользователей
This game is the BEST!!!
and use slabs of glass to make fragile bridges!!
perfect for stoneball puzzles =D
Low quality copy of "Ballance".
A ballance game-like with better graphics. Still have some problems with non english translated content. Need russian language knowloge to play :/
Good concept. Poor executuion. Reminds me of a game I played as a kid - Balance. Although I like this type of game, the gameplay it's really no big deal. The "puzzles" are easy, the game has issues with the graphics, one second I'm running it at 90fps, the other it drops down to 10fps ?!? Might be a problem with my pc, but I play most of the games on atleast 30fps with no issues.There's nothing that a good patch would probably fix but there's no support for the game. If you wanna try a good game with a good challenge, just find Balance and play that instead.
Garbage.
Half of the text in the game isn't even english!
Sadly, really unfinished. I regret buying it now. If you're thinking about buying it just because you played Balance; please don't do it. You'll only end up being disappointed :(
Great Copy of Ballance!
I really like this game, this gives back the old spirit of ballance.
And yeah there is a level editor in it, that was missing in the old one.
i dont need any controller support, i like the oldsch00l controls.
Options button is not working and the menu is a little weird, but yes i like it.
This game is some weird mix of 3 different languages and no way to make it just 1 language.
I played this game when it was named Balance, and it was so cool and beautiful.
The beautiful environment and the relaxing graphics were amazing so i bought this game hoping for a same experience.
It was disappointing.
This game is something else.
Critical bugs and much, much heavier than balance, even the physics of balance were better.
I definitely don't understand this game but I'm not ditching it just yet however I don't think the instructions are English instead I think they're German? :(
No controller support, terrible interface with NO options, most of it is still in russian, not very good puzzles and just sort of left half finished.
Excellent
The game is OK, but it is not multiplayer except split-screen. It says it got coop, multiplayer and cross-platform multiplayer. Thats a lie.
Now has controller support, This game is worth buying. very cool nice looking game.
First review, go easy...
To the nay-sayers here I'd advise remembering two things: 1) The game costs just £1.99 and 2) Ballance never had a level editor!
In all seriousness the levels in Puzzle Ball do seems a touch easy, or their in-game level-ratings are incorrect. The sometimes Russian text is a small bug that shouldn't take too much to fix. I'd like to have access to all the levels shown in the preview video, there are definately some missing from this first release.
Graphically the game is fairly good, I am glad to find others who like this genre enough to create a game and add a level editor.. I have to say thank you for that.
Now, there says there is a Multiplayer option, but I cannot seem to find much information about it, or access it in game, any Ideas? - Also this would be perfect for sharing user-created maps surely?
Anyway, for £1.99 - If you enjoyed Ballance and fancy something simerlar.. Buy Puzzle Ball.
There are a number of glitches in this game: tutorials in russian, balls out of control and it doing its own thing. Sad because I thought it would be as good as screwball scramble.
This game is pretty bad, but for $2 it's hard to argue with. I don't know how many people these days have played or even heard of Ballance, and I have no idea how many other games are similar to Ballance or what Ballance got its ideas from, but Puzzle Ball feels like a worse made version of some of those other marble puzzle games.
Either way Ballance is rather old, and doesn't have a level editor. The puzzles in Puzzle Ball are pretty fun though extremely easy, but with the level editor the possibilities are endless but since I'm not a creative type I doubt I'll see much use out of it.
What makes the game bad? The music is terrible, a mouse cursor always flashes in the middle of the screen, the menus overlap, there's no 'next level' option when you beat a level, you can't actually close menus in 2-player mode without exiting the stage or restarting the level, deaths are rather meaningless since there's no lives or penalty that I can see, and only about half of the vital text is in English, the other half in Dutch or something. This made the tutorial totally useless, but the idea is pretty easy: use WASD or the arrow keys to guide your ball to the end using two other ball types (a stone and a paper mache ball) to solve the various puzzles. Each ball is better at different things, like paper being able to go over water (but wood can't float enough apparently) and stone being able to do some heavy hitting and fall through glass.
Other irks are the vertical split screen, horizontal would do better on some monitors and having the wider angle is easier to see anyway. It takes too long to load a level, I don't know why it has to do each individual block over the course of 10 seconds (and this on a not-weak-by-any-definition computer). The level editor has a block limit (come on we're on the PC here) and I wish a few of the graphics blended in a tad better. There aren't nearly enough actual levels (or scenarios) which I'm guessing is the purpose of the user-made levels, which, as you expect, range from absolutely terrible to waste of time impossibly hard. I also seemed to unlock achievements while idling on the home screen, and I'd get the same achievement 13 times after that. Weird.
What's good about it? The controls are good, the graphics are good, the puzzles are good, and this game is cheap as Puzzle Balls. Value wise this is a great buy, but game wise it still needs work and feels unfinished, or at least "we worked hard on this game, it's close enough, let's release it without smoothing out the rest" finished. So far best Steam Wallet buy but least favorite marble puzzle game buy.
This is a cool game the camera can seem really wonky at first but you get used to it.
The editor mode seems solid a little dissapointed to see a limit on how many tiles can be placed but I can see why this had to be put in.
Its worth what they are asking but dont expect fancy menus and the such its simple but fun.
Pros-
-Has a level editor
-Has split screen
-Really cheap
-Is a good little marble game
Cons-
-Only a few levels already playable and unless loads of peple grab this the level picker will probably end up with loads of hemp maps.
-Feels a tad unfinished
-No controller support (I know xpadder is an option but for a game like this it should just be standard in this day and age)
-Tile limit in editor seems a little low would have liked to make some mad maze maps for the splitscreen mode.
7/10
--OVERVIEW--
I just got this game on release day, and I must, say, it's surprising! Puzzle Ball is, in essence, a spiritual successor to marble-based games like Marble Blast Gold, Ballance and Marble Madness. Being a lover of Marble Blast Gold, I thought that this couldn't hurt and gave it a try. After playing with a few of the scenario levels and checking out the level editor, I must say that this game is amazingly fun for 3 dollars. This game is not as much of a skill platformer as others in its genre, but is more of a puzzle, like the name implies. Figuring out the order in which to accomplish challenges for a high score is important, as some points can be permanently missed if you don't do them at the right times. However, there is never so much chalenge that you will get angry at the game, as the game does live up to its "casual" tag This, the beautiful graphics, and the relaxing music combine to create a surprisingly fun experience, as watching each levels' mechanisms come to life is fascinating, and there is some satisfaction in completing each level.
--THE EDITOR--
In addition, the level editor is quite easy to use, as the description states. It is a simple "pick block and place" style editor. However, the camera and controls of the editor are a bit weird, so there is definitely room for improvement there. Other than that, there isn't too much for me to say about the level editor, as I'm not into taht sort of thing.
>NOTE: There is a "level budget," so you cannot make infinitely big levels! :(
--MENUS--
This is where my criticisms start. After launching the game, you will be treated to a small graphic informing you of the controls. There seems to be no way to bring this up again besides restarting the game. After dealing with the graphic, you will be treated to a menu with no logo and four buttons: "Levels," "Editor," "Options" and "Quit." Clicking "Levels" takes you to a bland screen with the 11 scenario leves shown, with the options to look at user levels. Clicking "Editor" throws you straight into the editor with no options or preparation screen. Selecting "Options" brings you to an options screen where you can edit your screen resolution, quality (idk what this exactly means), your languages (choices of English, Russian, and Dutch), something called "Image Resolution" (I really have no idea what this does), your sound/music volumes, whether to be fullscreen/windowed, bloom, and SSAO. There is no way to rebind key controls, although they are standard (WASD) and you shouldn't have trouble with them. While the menus certainly are functional, they are bland and lack depth; but as this is a 3 dollar game, it is acceptable.
--PROS--
>Interesting gameplay
>Very nice graphics
>Relaxing music
>Infinite replayability with the level editor
>Good learning curve
--CONS--
>Only 11 built-in levels
>Lame menus
>Some typical functionality missing (rebinding controls, advanced graphics, etc.)
>Small music selection
--VERDICT--
>9/10<
Despite a few flaws, this game is simply astounding for 3 dollars. Enough levels come bundled in to keep you busy for 2+ hours, depending on how slow you take them, and if you get bored after that, just wait! I'm sure the community will make some great ones soon. If you enjoy chilling out and rolling a marble (technically a ball, it's made of wood) around, then this is a definite reccomendation for you! Thanks for reading!
(If you didn't like the review, I'm sorry! This is my first one EVER. Trying to get better at these...)
Дополнительная информация
| Разработчик | Почежерцев Влад |
| Платформы | Windows |
| Ограничение возраста | Нет |
| Дата релиза | 22.01.2025 |
| Отзывы пользователей | 36% положительных (22) |