Balls of Steel
A downloadable game for Windows and Linux
Hey Rocketeers!
I'm honored to present you the first game of Rocketman Gaming. Balls of Steel. The title was developed in the Unity Engine and took around 4 months. So to say from zero knowledge how to use Unity until this version.
Basically this game consists of Platform-, Skill- and Puzzle-Elements combining everything into a final score for comparing and battleling with your friends. If you'd like to know more about the way the game was created it, just let me know.
If you have any suggestions for improvement, please let me know. If you have any ideas for a cooperation project, just let me know. I'm open for new and interesting projects at any time, especially if you're interested in solving Engineering Problems with a game engine like Unity. ;-)
Now let's start with the important facts.
Rules:
- You have an infinite amount of lifes.
- The more lifes you need the less will be your final score.
- Collect the blinky cubes to raise the score.
- Push the bluish objects into the black space to raise the score.
- The less distance you travel, the more final score you will get.
- Be ready for suprises.
CAUTION:
- Take care of the towers!
- In Cube-Shape towers can not hurt you, since Cube-Shape is super massive.
- Game is finally over when no health points are left or if you reached the level's end.
Controls:
Feel free the adjust the acceleration slider to the value you need. If you'd like to use the gamepad optimized control, just click the checkbox in the Game-HUD. Check the last screenshot for the place where you can find the checkbox and the acceleration slider.
Keyboard:
| Command | Keys |
| Move | WASD or Arrowkeys |
| Shape Change | Q or E |
| Extra Speed-Up | SPACE BAR |
| Pause Game | P or Escape |
Until now, the game has exatly one level. If you'd like to see more or you have ideas for a level design, just let me know.
I look forward to your feedback.
Greetz, Michael
Special thanks to...
- Sahar and BIG D for your support
- Music by AShamaluevMusic.
- Website: https://www.ashamaluevmusic.com
- Website: https://www.ashamaluevmusic.com
- Sounds FX
- Website: https://www.freesoundslibrary.com/
- Textures by Yughues Free Metal Materials
- Website: https://assetstore.unity.com/
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Hello Donpuno,
I really like your game, it reminds me of a lot of very good memories on marble madness ^^
But you exploit good ideas like pushing boards to build a path, it adds revival to the genre of the game.
It could be good to use this game in multi and one direction Fall guy :)
Congratulations for this work, (especially for a first game) I will try in due course to finish it but I am very bad haha: D
Hey Gorkhs,
Many thanks for your kind comment.
I checked a video of Marble Madness. Seems like Balls of Steel is a grandchild of it. To be honest, I didn't know MM before you've mentioned it. But I think I will download a kind of Emulator for the Atari, so that I can play it. I'm quite curious how the maker solved the problem of ISO-Metric View controls for the marble.
Good luck on finishing the course :D
Hi DonPuno! wolf here. I thought the idea of the game is very cool! To be honest, this is quite impressive for your first Unity game, nice job! I like the changing terrain types and the towers which damage you. Although the ball was difficult to control, I got used to it. Also, the music was really nice!
Now, idk if the cube bullets are supposed to hurt you more, but they didn't seem to have much of an effect. Also, having a restart button that can take you back to a checkpoint would be really useful. I got stuck in the potholes area with a score of 6507. Having a different text font would be nice as well, but that is up to personal choice. All in all, cool game!
Many thanks for your kind comment Wolf!
The controls are definitely a point for improvement.
Regarding the restart to last checkpoint function sounds interesting. I'll see what I can do to implement that.
Currently it is still the standard text font from Unity's TextMeshPro Compoment. It's good idea to adjust the font, so that it fits the theme "metal" better. Currently it looks a little bit to "round" and standard.
This is my final score! I challenge you to beat it =)