Hi everyone! Happy new year and a great 2026 already.\n\n\n\nOne of the goals I had for Game With Balls was to have the main game ready in 2025. And in good old fashion it is the last day of 2025 and I just added the last level to the game! Going to do some more testing on the achievements and then it is ready to be enjoyed by others. \n\nBut that is not all I wanted to post about. While the release date is approaching, I am planning regular little updates after release in 2026. One of the larger ones will drop in Q2 with a new theme... \n\nThank you all for the support on this little project of mine for the past half year. \n\nGeert\n\n\n\n \n\n\n

Hi everyone! Game With Balls will release 27th of January 2026! At launch it will include 50 handcrafted levels and 10 challenges, but I have some extra content planned throughout the year. More info about this will probably come at release!\n\n\n\nAh and the price is set. In US dollars the game will cost $5.99 and in euros it will be 5.89, but the price will differ depending on the region using Steams regional pricing. \n\nHope you guys are looking forward to the release! At least I am. Just doing some finetuning and last polish at the moment. \n\nThank you!\n\nCheers,\n\nGeert\n\n \n

Hi everyone! Somebody reported an issue in the demo with their Steam Controller and the Steam Deck a while ago that I didn\'t really understood, but ran into recently. In short if you connected a gyro controller to the Steam Deck it took the input of the controller AND the Steam Deck. \n\nThe demo is now patched with a partial fix where if you connect a controller to the Steam Deck it disables the movement of the Steam Deck. The only thing you need to check manually, most of the cases it automatically swaps, is that the order of the controllers are correct. Something I am still investigating. The fix has been tested with a Switch and PS5 controller.\n\nA short explanation in the video:\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IgLoMT0omQ\n\nThank you all for trying out the demo and leaving reviews/posts in discussions as it really helps getting this game ready for release!\n\n\n\n \n

Hi everyone! A small update to the demo to reflect more the final version of Game With Balls!\n\nChanges:

• Updated levels visually to reflect current build of final game after feedback

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• Performance increase on some levels as implemented in final game at the moment

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• Wishlist button :)

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Thank you all for trying out the demo and let me know in the discussions if you have any feedback/bugs on the demo changes!

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Hi everyone! You might not have heard a lot lately about the progress of Game With Balls, but it were a couple of busy months. But! While not making videos I was actually still working on levels. So that is what this little mini develog is about. Still planing a beginning of 2026 release.

Next week is Steam Next Fest and Game With Balls is part of it! Ahead of the festivaland since Im also boarding a 12-hour flight on Mondaythe demo is updated with three new levels! One of the levels is specially made for Next Fest, and I recorded how it was painted, because whats more fun than watching paint dry?\n\nAlso, some small performance upgrades. While this is still an ongoing process to see where I can optimize the game, I hope this already helps! Thank you all for already playing the demo and working on getting the final one, with some happy little suprises, out of the door beginning of 2026!\n\n\n\nhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3831430/Game_With_Balls_Demo/\n\n

Hi everyone! A couple of small updates to the demo. Working hard on the actual game at the moment that I can hopefully submit in time for Steam to approve with still an expected release date end of 2025/beginning of 2026. \n\nPatchnotes of the demo:

• Made the menu ball more accurate to give a better feel

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• Made the ball in the wooden level more accurate to the Steam Deck movement. Maybe the record can be beaten now?! I tried myself, but failed.

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• Removed the rolling sound. Looking at different options to add it back, but have people decide if they can mute it.

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A new mini devlog about Game With Balls with an update on one of the most requested features: SFX for the ball when it is on wood. I experimented a while with this and still tweaking, recording and adjusting it to make it feel right for every level, but it is here! And you can test it in the Demo where it is now added to the main menu and level 3.

Let me know what you think! More updates in the mini devlog video.

\n\nAlso did a couple of bugfixes in the demo that were reported by you guys! Thank you for that and let me know if there are any more bugs you can spot. \n\nDemo v1.1.1 Bugfixes

• Demo level 3 music is now reacting to the volume slider in the main menu

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• Loading screens had rare occasion of not showing if it was needed, but that is now fixed

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\nOther news

This week Better With A Friend is 40% off because last week it was its one year anniversary. But.. I forgot to set the discount for that week. Thank you everyone for the support and lovely messages I got from people that played it with their loved ones. \n\n[dynamiclink href=\"https://store.steampowered.com/app/2943100/Better_With_A_Friend/\"][/dynamiclink]

Hi everyone! Thank you all for the great support the past weeks while I was on holiday! The most asked questions on different sites are about why I am using Proton and why I, at the moment, am only making this game for the Steam Deck. I talk about it in this new mini devlog where I explain why I made these choices, but in short it is the following reply I wrote earlier:\n\nI am a Windows programmer by trade and with proton it just works on the Steam Deck. Why not use it if it works? \n\nAlso with handheld gaming becoming more popular and also Windows aiming for it I might want to make it available for those in the future. Maintaining only one branch is in that sense way easier. \n\nSure the game can already be played on other devices now, but I cannot guarantee how it will run on different hardware. \n\nThat is why I only support the Steam Deck as a device to play Game With Balls on :)

[p]\n\nMy Discord server is now also updated for my game development projects and other things! Join the conversation there or in the discussion page on Steam. \n\nThank you all and see you soon!\n\n\n \n

It is here! The demo of Game With Balls is now available with 5 different levels! Ofcourse it is just a demo and you can expect way more in the full game when I finish it. At least 40 handcrafted levels and 10 challenges, but there are also some extra ideas floating around. \n\nThis is just the first demo as just before Steam Next Fest I will upload some extra levels for you to try out!\n\n[dynamiclink href=\"https://store.steampowered.com/app/3831430\"][/dynamiclink] The demo has been tested many times by me and others, but if you find any problems please let me know in the discussions of the demo on Steam.

Thank you all for the support I have received already!

- Geert

Hi everyone! A quick update on the upcoming demo and some other news surrounding Game With Balls. It takes longer than I anticipated as I am waiting for the demo build to be completely reviewed before posting it. Also probably going to add a couple of small things to the demo that I explain in my second mini devlog. \n\nThank you all and the next update will hopefully be the demo!\n\n\n\n\n\n\nUntil the end of the week, Better With A Friend is 40% off if you want to already try one of the levels on the Steam Deck!\n\n\nhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2943100/Better_With_A_Friend/\n\n\n

Hi! Thank you for looking at my new upcoming Game With Balls. A project I am working on during 2025 and planning, but not promising, to release at the end of the year. As this is my second Steam Deck game I decided to document a little bit more what I am doing. I will be publishing some short mini devlogs how I make the handcrafted levels, things I changed or finished and much more.

The YouTube channel will also be used for other mixed media personal projects I am making.