The Ball - Indie FPS Action/Puzzle Game

Quote from e-freak

damn i need to keep on talking my professors into getting you to our school as well. decent price you won yourself there. 40.000 isn't too much but it can help alot especially regarding you can sell the game UDK based.

Yeah, make them hire me for a talk

I am really stepping up my teaching activities, I am trying to go by one school a month.

Update!

We have been awarded a 45 000 USD development grant by the Scandinavian governments. It was a huge honor for us to be awarded a grant out of the 90-something applications they received! This grant will really help us get this game done, and to make it best possible experience.

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And we have posted screenshots of our brand new "King". Remember that monster with the staff that never attacked you in the mod version? We have totally remade him.

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The release of the full game is set for August!

Our website: http://www.theballthegame.com/

Our Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/theballthegame

Our Twitter: http://twitter.com/TheBallgame

Quote from e-freak

that's totally kick ass. wonder though how you guys work with that money as i was under the impression you all work remote?

Office or no office, making a game is expensive. You can get a simple little office for between 300 to 500 euro a month. Times 5 for 5 months development is a mere 1500 to 2500 euro. That doesn't has a big impact on your budget.

What does are salaries, and that you always have, with or without an office. Lets say you want to have 1000 euro after taxes a month, which is very little. That means 2000 euro before taxes multiplied by lets say 4 people multiplied by lets say 5 months is 40 000 euro.... And thats for not even half a year, just 4 people, and a salary you cant even survive on.

And there is the age certificates which are quite expensive, accountant, the (way too overpriced) 2d and 3d software, you need a budget for marketing, etc.

It may have gotten easier the last few years to distribute your game and get your hands on pro technologly like the UDK, the whole process still demands a significant investment. So we are very happy to have received this grant, takes some pressure of us and allows us to focus on making the best game we can rather than worrying how we are going to survive the coming month.

Update!

Two new videos. One action packed video, one showcasing the atmosphere and mood, the revamped first level, and the new menu.

9 Ways to kill a mummy

Coming up in a week and something is our Ten May Days of Screenshots special. One cool screen a day.

http://www.theballthegame.com/

10 Mad Days Of Screenshots – Day 1

Over the next 10 days we will be posting one cool new screenshot a day!

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An environment shot of the revamped Teotl I City Square. The lush cities of Teotl were once the heart of this hidden world, but beware, for the beauty of this place hides horrific perils. Destroy the crystal and tremble as the city comes back to life!

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Day 2

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The Nail Room in the Oztoc level. Charge up the Ball with nails, and release them to temporarily turn it into a giant frag grenade, instantly killing any mummy that was unfortunate enough to be within range!

Day 3 and 4 (was not home yesterday)!

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Two armored Tlalocs battling fire in the final level of the game! These fierce beasts are the guardians of Cahua. To solve the riddle of the Ball you must defeat these vicious overlords!

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An atmospheric shot of “The King”, taken in the basement of one of the three massive pyramids of Hueca. This mysterious ruler follows the player throughout his journey. Who is he? Why does he follows the player?

Day 5

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One of the fearsome worms that guard the three pyramids of Hueca. This is the first place in the game where you get to use electricity to kill things!

Day 6

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An unfinished room in the final level of the game. The construction was abandoned when the civil war broke out. Little trains used to deliver the raw material to the construction site, as workers excavated caves deep inside the “Pico del Miedo” as the volcano is known nowadays.

Cant say at the moment, but a major announcement is on its way.