The Ball - Indie FPS Action/Puzzle Game

[insta]

I heard about that from Eva from Starbreeze, big congrats! Looking forward to playing the finished game

[Zeta]

Congratulations on all your success! I only just watched the trailer you posted a few pages back, it's very impressive. I especially liked the 'crunching' sound effects the ball made when running over the bugs as well as the ape at the end.

[Jenn0_Bing]

Wow, congrats again . The new King's looking great as well, looking forward to playing this again in it's new incarnation.

[Skacky]

Congrats, you really deserved it!

The king looks scary.

[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?

[Hourences]

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.

[sarge mat]

Good for you guys

[Froyok]

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.

I do not think it was coming too expensive for so few people. Glad you had additional funds to continue! Good luck to finish the project, I enjoyed the demo!

[Hourences]

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

The first few minutes of the game

And we've began our weekly event Developer Friday today. One interview a friday from now until release. Check out the first one - http://www.theballthegame.com/?p=262

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

http://www.theballthegame.com/

[Hourences]

10 Mad Days Of Screenshots – Day 1

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

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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[Hourences]

Day 2

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!

[Hourences]

Day 3 and 4 (was not home yesterday)!

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!

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?

[Hourences]

Day 5

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!

[Hourences]

Day 6

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.

[sarge mat]

So whens this out