First off, a big THANK YOU from me to everyone who played, wishlisted, and wrote a review for A Simple Ball Game. ❤️❤️❤️ It is especially exciting for me to read your thoughts. 🙏 Overall, next fest was awesome and I can't wait for everyone to get their hands on the full release!
Release Date
While I don't have a specific date yet (hopefully soon!), A Simple Ball Game is planned to release during Q3 2025, meaning September at the latest. There are still some development tasks that need ironing out including one really cool addition I hope I can talk about soon!
What to do Before Release
For the current Demo, I revamped many aspects of the game including the visual style, many stages, controls, optimizations, and customizations. And well, there's still more of that to do. 😅
Some more specific examples what what I'll be focusing on next:
Increasing the total stage count from 75 to 80.
Reworking around 30 stages based on your feedback and my own learnings (there won't be any significant changes to the Demo stages).
Adjusting the appearance of some of the background vistas (again, I won't be changing much about the vistas present in the Demo).
Improving the controls and gameplay feel even more.
Optimizing the frame rate, lighting, and a bunch of other things so the game runs as smoothly as it possibly can.
Fixing bugs.
The release date is approaching fast, but there's plenty of work to be done! 💪⚙️ Thank you for your patience, it will be rewarded.
That's all for now! Stay Cozy. 🌒 🌃
Paul