Additions

• Added extra graphics option for real potatoes.

Changes

• Camera smoothness has been increased for when the ball is occluded by some other big object.
• The slopeness of stairs has been increased, it'll now feel almost like a perfect slope.

Fixes

• Fixed some pickups' idle effect wont show up.
• Fixed loading animation alpha stuck at 100%. It should now fade in and out properly.
• Fixed a potential crash issue caused by some leftovers from a cutscene in level 2-3.
• Fixed leaves balls fallen leaves suddenly disappear.

Level 3-1 Releasing Now

Update Notes for Nov 23

• Activities are now more informative.

Fixes

• Fixed repositioning of the box on level 1-1 after the cut scene starts.
• Fixed spinners misplaced in level 1-2. <= check if bug is in production
• Fixed interactable items wont unregister themselves when they went too far on some specific scenarios. You cant grab items when theyre extremely far away now. :)
• Fixed torches still being held when changing balls. (which wasnt intended)
• Fixed misplaced on screen prompts when UI scale is not 1.
• Fixed camera rotation overshoots to the next 90 degree angle when starting from a 45 degree increment.
• Fixed lights of ball changers fixed in place instead of moving according to world curvature.

Additions

• You can now grab items.
• Added torches. You can grab them and use them to illuminate your path! (this will also take a greater role in future major update)

Changes

• Changes to how resolutions are saved in the settings due to engine deprecation. You might need to reapply your resolution preference.
• Lots of core changes have been made due to that engine upgrade. Some things may behave weird.. Please report any issues!
• On screen keys indicators have changed.
• Toilet paper pickup time bonuses for low, medium, high and gold have been raised from 1, 2, 4, 8 to 3, 5, 10, 30 seconds respectively.

Fixes

• Fixed a script error when unloading levels that can potentially stuck the game on a loading screen on (extremely) rare occasions.
• Fixed one of the three rotating spikes that jittered too much on level 1-3.
• Fixed a hidden area barrier not clearing away when its condition is being met in some specific level :).

Our first update for the game is out! It features the fixes & changes below.

General Changes

• Small style changes to the skybox materials.

Fixes & Changes to Level 2-1

• Fixed moving platform in left wing area (moving & rotating platforms) going out of sync with other platforms after a long while. By doing so, a new bug was discovered and immediately squashed!
• Fixed jittering while on the small platform attached to the big wooden wheel in level 2-1.

Additions, Fixes & Changes to Level 2-2

• Changed the ground blocks at the start area to bush blocks so itll absorb the impact of the ball thus making it easier to land on it.
• Puzzle hints got redesigned and now, hopefully, is much less vague.
• Added some more pickups.
• Fixed pickups position too high above the wooden planks.
• First respawn point has been relocated to the beginning of the floating planks array.
• Added a new respawn point just before the golden key puzzle.
• The long and boring rails to the end area got replaced with a new interesting area with more obstacles and another door to unlock.

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• Added ratchet sound to the submerged rotating lever.
• Fixed broken links (after 3rd party tool upgrade) that causes internal conditions to be skipped for objects (such as switches, bridges, lasers, interaction hints, cutscenes etc) in levels 1-1, 1-4, 1-5, 2-2 and 2-5.

• Added missing sounds.

Changes

• Velocity threshold changed for some objects to make them emit an impact sound when the impact is a bit low.
• Changed the wooden rickety stairs collapsing sound at level 2-3.
• Teleporters now use a new sound as well.
• Camera view changes to the initial cutscene in level 2-6.
• Gates on levels 1-3 and 2-4 will remain open after their corresponding puzzle is complete.

Fixes

• Snooker balls now use a proper sound when hitting each other.
• Fixed garbage bin lid (sometimes) falls through the ground.
• Fixed a sneaky curvature script error.
• In-game console auto-completion is now fixed.
• Fixed a script error preventing the game from fully launching the first time.
• Fixed an odd issue preventing the settings menu from showing up only in Linux builds.
• Performance improvements to some segments in levels 1-1, 1-3 and 2-1.

Additions

• Added Hebrew localization in the settings page.
• Added a under the hood support for some other languages so if the game will load with their corresponding CSV file beside the game's executable, they will become available in the game. So you can add your own translations to the game. If you think the translation is pretty good, please feel free to contact me and Ill see how to incorporate it into the game.
  • Linux users may have issues launching the settings page. If so please report for bugs.
• Respawn points can now direct you in the general forward direction to progress in the level when respawning the ball.
• Added missing basic sounds. This is still WIP so things might sound a bit off..

Changes

• Changed the menus fonts to Google Noto Sans.

Fixes

• Small performance boost.

Additions

• Added voices for the three buddies that help you get Bobot for the first time in level 2-3.
• Added more missing sounds to basic objects. Theres still work to be done.

Changes

• Shield ability has changed.
• Improved leaves ball falling leaves effect.
• Some machines' sound loop will start from a random seek position rather than the start.
• In-game console replaced with a new, simpler one.

Fixes

• Credits will now also scroll when theres a level loaded (and paused) in the background.
• Fixed overly stiff grass patches near garbage bins.
• Fixed a texture not being rendered in the level summarize screen.
• A flipping platform on level 2-1 will now be reset when the ball gets respawn.
• Fixed misplaced lantern in level 1-6.

Remarks

Additions

• Added a chest box that unlocks the last Bobot upgrade in.. well, Ill let you find it yourself :).
• Added sounds to the wooden valve thats responsible for opening gates.
• Added fire mechanics.
• Added more color variants for rails.
• Added missing thumbnails for levels 2-5 and 2-6.
• Added missing background music for levels 2-3, 2-4, 2-5 and 2-6.

Changes

• Changes to the base of the wooden valves, it shouldn't be in-your-way too much now.
• The mass of (any) ball debris now reflects the actual ball mass.
• Removed the necessity of using curvature offset scripts in (some) VFXs. Thus reducing the load on the CPU a bit.

Fixes

• Fixed wrong impact sound for 2 rails in level 1-2.
• Fixed random missing UI elements when requesting them.
• Fixed ball detectors malfunction sometimes after level start.

• Fixed some light bulbs misplaced in level 2-6.
• The non-spawning splashes seems to magically fixed itself. Issue was related to Unity's VFX graph.

Additions

• Added a check in bindings page to determine incomplete actions. You will now receive a prompt indicating missing bindings for particular actions.
• Level 2-6 is out for testing.

Changes

• Realigned a bit the two annoying rails separated by a bridge at the end of level 1-2.
• Changed the 3 boxes buttons with a newer object detector variant. Itll be easier to align a box on top of it now.
• Changed the button on level 1-4 with the newer object detector.

Fixes

• Fixed a crash when recycling the small rock balls obstacle in level 1-5.

Known Issues

Further Notice

Happy holidays, Christmas and Chanukah!

So the holidays are gone and updates are back!

Additions

Changes

Fixes

This patch only includes a few fixes:

• Fixed shield ability effect wont scale by the size of the ball.
• Fixed force applied to the ball when its size is set to < 1.
• Fixed shield abilitys chest consumed prematurely, causing the abilitys pickup to never spawn, thus not possible to get the actual ability.

Additions

• Added a duplicate protection for key rebinding. You can now swap keys when prompted.
• Also added a way to remove binding for a specific key. Should you want to, for example, to clear the alternative binding for Roll Right.
• Added a simple guide to certain situations.
• Level 2-4 is out. You can now unlock the shield ability!

Changes

• Game will try to calculate the best UI scale based on the screen height upon first launch.
• Level locked condition changed to include new levels when all previous levels are completed.
• Added a progress bar in prompts.
• Added a 10 seconds timeout when rebinding a key.
• Changed the keys in key rebinding pages to user friendly fancy icons.
• Big overhaul to the hints & prompts system.
• Big overhaul to the on screen key binding glyphs.

Fixes

• Settings will now load earlier to let new UI changes take effect prior menus show up.
• Fixed a script issue causing some of the pickups to not spawn at all.
• Fixed a script error causing low framerate on levels with spikes and ball presence detector overlapping trigger area.
• Removed the center of mass calculation performed on buoyancy objects that produced wrong center points. This causes the ball to fall aside imitating floating behavior.

Additions

• Added UI scale setting.
• Added ball zoom setting. To see the change live, make sure the ball is in control before launching the settings page.
• Added a key rebinding page in the settings. (Duplicate protection is still a WIP)

Changes

• UI Sound resources optimizations.
• Settings page now uses alphanumeric text.
• Few changes to the Summary page.
• Removed mouse cursor, navigation controls and redundant pause menu screen.
  • Just press the back\cancel buttons to navigate back in menus and skip cutscenes (without prompt).

Fixes

• Pointer input is now disabled when the cursor is not visible. Preventing it from unexpectedly highlighting UI items. (This issue was fixed prior mouse cursor removal)
• Fixed a potential issue preventing UI sounds in settings page to play when the main menu scene is not the first scene that loads. (which is not currently possible anyway) :)
• Fixed bypassing level boundaries while shield ability is up.
• Fixed game controls will not get disabled when the game is paused. Causing the ball to jump as soon as the game unpauses if the jump button was pressed while the game was paused.

Hi all! Just a small patch to let you know Linux builds are back. In this patch there's also one change:

• Sokoban puzzle difficulty at level 2-3 has been slightly increased.

Additions

• Added missing props in level 2-3. (Vegetation is still WIP)
• Added reflection probes in level 2-3.

Changes

• Boxes rotation has been locked to make it easier to solve the Sokoban puzzle in level 1-3.
• Bloom post processing effect intensity has been reduced.
• Various optimizations to pickups.

Fixes

• Added missing collider on stone door frames.
• No more height accumulation on jump chaining.
• Fixed wrong impact sound for some grass blocks in level 1-4.
• Fixed broken environment lighting in level 1-4.
• Fixed wrong water level height in buoyancy script, causing it to take effect sometimes while you are on the ground.

Being Ball version B7.0.0 is live and brings with it our new friend Bobot!

More Additions:

• Added hints to some levels.
• Added boundaries for each level. The ball will now get destroyed on misadventures.

Changes:

• Slight increase to the force applied to the rock ball while on ground. Itll be a bit easier to move around with it now.
• Reduced the bounciness of the leaves ball by half.
• Some previous levels have been revisited to include new Bobot content.

Fixes:

• Fixed the clog detector malfunction issue in level 1-1 after a checkpoint when the bridge is still intact.
• Removed post processing from UI.
• Fixed an error in a script used to translate objects through the level (and cutscenes).
• Fixed a potential script error in objects that can be destructed.
• Fixed wrong position pulling times in the camera that follows the ball.
• Fixed the wrong collider mesh for lots of islands.
• Fixed a script error that potentially resets objects to wrong initial values.

Greetings everyone!

I am keen to inform you about new content that is about to be released in Being Ball in the next coming month in form of a new companion.

Meet Bobot!

Installation

Energy

Changes

Additions

• Added a screen resolution slider to the settings menu.
• Steam achievements.

Changes

• Overhead view is now toggleable. Simply press left shift or right stick on gamepads.
• Platform cutscene in level 1-1 is now more intuitive.
• Game is now being built with a newer Unity version. Please report any issues!

Fixes

• Fixed hinged wooden bridge jiggles (hopefully).
• Fixed some UI elements not ignoring time scale as they should.
• Fixed curvature not resetting when reaching the end of a level.

Additions:

• A demo is now available!
• Levels 2-1 and 2-2 are now available.
• Moving to beta builds.
• Added that nice LOD cross-fade animation to vegetation too.

Changes:

• Added light calculation in shaders to respect mesh deformation.
• Small changes to ambient occlusion.
• Slight color change to the bonus time indicator.

Fixes:

• Fixed bonus time pickups double indicator.
• Fixed checkpoint lights.
• Fixed light color in bulbs.
• Fixed object detector states.

Changes and Addition:

• Level 2-1 is now available for dev-test.
• New object detectors.
• Reduced amount of shaders.
• Changes to the LOD system to smoothly transit between levels.
• Changed the rails that lead to the end area at level 1-1.

Fixes:

• Fixed wrong water height causing buoyant objects to freeze on top of water as if it was a flat surface.
• Fixed an issue preventing the doors from opening subsequent times after clicking the box's reset button in the 3 boxes puzzle at level 1-3.
• Fixed unexpected water splashes from a grass clamp and one bush at the beginning or level 1-4.
• Fixed a potential issue with rotating rods suddenly rotating 90 degrees away.
• Fixed a potential issue that could occur when all levels are locked.
• Fixed level 1-6 boats wont stop at their destination sometimes.
• Fixed wrong golden pickup counts in levels.
• Fixed some light objects that wont take world curvature into account.

Changes:

• First level cutscenes can now be skipped.
• Separated environment from menu scene to ease development.
• Game will now slowly pause until complete halt. Before that, it was still running slowly in the background indefinitely.
• Changes to the Savegame. Please make sure not to skip this update as it will change your savegame files structure and please report any issues loading your savegame!
• Buoyancy script optimizations.

Fixes:

• Fixed an issue where the last level details wont be saved when finishing the level.
• Fixed potentially wrong details presented in level buttons.
• Fixed an issue preventing subsequent cutscenes from showing.
• Fixed initial cutscenes wont start as blank screen causing picking the level before it starts in some rare occasions.
• Fixed ball wont reset after falling to the water before activating any checkpoint in the first level, causing the game to be stuck at looking at the water indefinitely.
• Fixed a minor issue where levels start before all objects are done loading.

Please Note

• Added LOD crossfade to reduce popping.
• Fixed sound issues in the 3 poles at the end of the first level.
• Internal changes to the logging system.
• Fixed descending objects orientation.

• Bonus time is now represented with an image indicator instead of plain numbers.
• Changes to hold buttons.
• Camera view fixes when looking at the current ball.
• Fixed a script bug that potentially prevents the menu from showing all the level buttons.

• Steam overlay changes.
• Device disconnection detection.