Designed and directed by popular modder Hourences, The Ball is a delightful looking beast. It's an Aztecan-themed, first-person puzzler that takes place in an allegedly mysterious temple – itself, located within a cave system inside a volcano. As a physics-based puzzle game, players ultimately roll around a large ball made of steel and gold in order to succeed at the given challenges.
Duties for the ball include not only solving puzzles, but getting around certain obstacles and even killing enemies by rolling over them. Players manipulate it with a funky weapon that features both a hammer and a magnet in order to repel and attract it. Oh, and one of the enemies is a giant, undead gorilla.
In this weeks Fantastic Neighborhood, Fred covers the Beta release of Electronic Super Joy, New Levels in Rayman jungle run, and expanded Ouya coverage including reviews of Deep Dungeons of Doom, You Don't know Jack, and One Tap Hero.
Fred then hosts a new Let's Play segment, but he may be full of hot air.
Gameclub this week is The Ball.
Epic Games have teamed with seven developers to give gamers the first ever “Unreal Indie Bundle,” which offers seven Unreal Engine 3-powered games for $19.99 (USD), £14.99 (GBP) and €17.99 (EUR) on Steam.
Read on to see the titles available and more.
Mike from D Pad D Bags Says:
The Ball from Teotl Studios here is a first person puzzle game that takes inspiration from Portal. The player is an archaeologist exploring what is assumed to be Mexico who falls into a giant ditch. It just so happens that your colleagues can’t rescue you anytime soon, so they suggest you do some exploring.
