Developer posts and news about this game.
Thank you so much for being with us on this amazing journey with Blocky Ball! Unfortunately, we have to take the Blocky Ball servers offline... BUT WAIT! Blocky Ball OT is just around the corner! Wishlist now! View game page All progress, unlocks, accounts, etc. in Blocky Ball wi
Just getting things ready for something cool that is coming soon... 😎
fixed matchmaker hanging improved on image icon of Blocky Guy in store
Added back in the ability to quick restart by pressing "R". Great find NightSector! Fixed store incorrectly positioning items on some screen sizes. Improved on the quality of some icons.
Intel Arc GPU Preview Improved on the quality of videos produced by Intel Arc GPUs on Linux Intel Arc GPU video recording on WIndows is currently in progress
Performance Improvements This was the biggest change that took the past 6 months to implement. The game is extremely optimized and runs much smoother. Latency and lag is reduced tremendously. Servers can now support significantly higher concurrent user counts. This was a HUGE cha
Squashed Bugs Fixed an issue where after purchasing an item, it would appear equipped on your character, but unequipped when a match starts. Now it stays equipped! :) No items were lost, all are in the user's inventory still. Reduced screen tearing and frame spikes significantly.
- Fixed video recording being broken from previous patch. Ooops. Keep being awesome you ballers! 😎
- Added the framerate cap back on 60. - Fixed several UI bugs and improved UI controller navigation. PS - There may or may not be a sneak peak of something to come. If you find it, I'll tip my hat off to you 🎩
Added the ability to hide the videos when you get back to the home screen after a match
You now don't get prompted to link your account to Steam unless you attempt to make a purchase. Just a small quality of life improvement. Fixed a bug where the error window wouldn't appear after the first error.
Squashed the bug where matchmaking would sometimes get canceled even though the cancel button wasn't pressed! Squashed a very small memory leak bug that would occur between scene loads.
Fixed the bug with matchmaking where users would wait for a match but never connect! There is still another bug where sometimes the matchmaker just stops matchmaking and the user has to restart matchmaking. We are still investigating this one. Keep being awesome you Blocky Baller
HUGE PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS!!! Lag should be reduced tremendously! The back-end had a huge rework. Many small bugs have been fixed making things much smoother. Let me know what you guys think! If nothing stands out as different... that might be a good thing 😉 Things to note: -
Performance Improvements! - Improved on lag and latency. - The server now only sends network updates if something has changed, drastically reducing network usage.
Awesome New Features! - Changed Bot Guy back to grey skin. - Added R2 as boost option for controllers. - Added loading indicator when logging in. - Reduced perceived lag by changing ping calculator from average to instant. Squashed Bugs - Fixed Inventory System equipping multiple
Awesome Improvements! - Smoothed out the camera so it no longer jitters / lags at high speeds. - Made the elastic spring visuals smoother. - The elastic goal spring should behave almost the same as it did on the previous physics engine. - Made some modifications to the physics en
Awesome Improvements! - Improved on input lag over poor internet connections. Squashed Bugs! - Fixed ball clipping through floor and walls. - Fixed not being able to rejoin after a restart.
Massive Improvements! - New deterministic physics engine that reduces lag in online games. - A new camera view has been added that keeps the player and ball in view all the time. - Reworked the networking algorithm to reduce lag. - New cosmetic items! - Cowboy Hat - Mini Cowboy H