- New Year, New Updates - 6 January 2022
It’s a new year! Over the past few months, we’ve continued to make a few updates to Necroball to make the experience more fluid, more crisp, and more intuitive. Our retro game design specialist, Diamonick, has been actively studying the game and finds new ways to improve it— from visual acuity to actual gameplay to the overall function of the game. It’s always been very important to us to keep to our retro roots, while taking inspiration from other games we love, to continue to mold the perfect Necromantic experience. Some key updates included in Launch: Upgraded UI/UX Controller and Ability callouts have been updated for clarity Streamlined Experience/ More First Time User Friendly Inclusion of Tooltips and Gameplay Gifs Balancing Enemy AI Adjustments and Character Ability Updates Graphical Overhaul New Screens, Minions, and Maps Post-Launch Updates Included in this week’s patch: Bug F…
- Detailed Patch Update Notes - 6 January 2022
Here's a list of detailed patch notes for this round of updates to NECROBALL: Bug Fixes: Various UI fixes Fixed HP regen during Soul Shield Fixed Summoning Circle overlap Fixed issue with Pause Screen interaction Fixed Ultimate Necroball animation Fixed pumpkin head zombie clipping Fixed Franken Monster health bar graphical error Fixed Tombstone Upgrade input Fixed issue where Players could move a dying Player off screen Fixed issues with Menu navigation Fixed unintended exploit with Upgraded Tombstones Updated old animations on the Loading Screen Graphical & Quality of Life Updates: Graphical Update to Power Up Collection Graphical Update to Power Up Text Graphical Update to Player Character UI (indicator arrow that is only shown locally, small health bar next to character on field, blinking indicator when player health has reached critical/red condition) Outline added to Minions to di…
- Necroball - WE ARE LIVE! - 26 October 2021
The time has come. ARE YOU AND YOUR CREW READY!? We are thrilled to announce that we are LIVE and in FULL ACCESS ON STEAM!! We’ve made some pretty sweet updates to this game to make it the most Necromantic experience yet, and want to give you all the details as you dive in! Take down the enemy in this freakishly fast play amongst Necromancers, and summon your own gang of minions to help you destroy your opponent— all while playing wizard soccer! Check out what’s new, oh— and GOOD LUCK! 💀 GHOULISH UPDATES INCLUDE: MULTIPLAYER MADNESS Party style. Play 1v1, 2v2, or 1v3 in local or online competitive play! NEW MAPS New maps throw a deadly twist into this wizardly soccer sport. Play in a Day of the Dead arena, a Celtic graveyard, a Medieval graveyard, or a Japanese graveyard to set the stage for the ultimate throw down. UPDATED MINION ARMIES You're only as good as your gang, and we’ve got…
- Necroball- Ghoulish Updates/ Gearing Up for Full Access - 12 October 2021
ARE YOU AND YOUR GHOULS READY!? We are thrilled to announce we are gearing up for our FULL RELEASE on STEAM October 26th, and we’ve made some pretty sweet updates to make this the most Necromantic experience yet! Take down the enemy in this freakishly fast play amongst Necromancers, and summon your own gang of minions to help you destroy your opponent— all while playing wizard soccer! Check out what’s new and get your crew ready for battle: MULTIPLAYER MADNESS Party style. Play 1v1, 2v2, or 1v3 in local or online competitive play! NEW MAPS New maps throw a deadly twist into this wizardly soccer sport. Play in a Day of the Dead arena, a Celtic graveyard, a Medieval graveyard, or a Japanese graveyard to set the stage for the ultimate throw down. UPDATED MINION ARMIES You're only as good as your gang, and we’ve got new minion armies ready for battle. These minions work under your spell and…
- New Character Select! - 23 January 2021
We've been working hard to revamp our character select and make it streamlined while maintaining our retro style! We brought in a new dev with a real eye for design for this revamp and we're pretty pleased with how it turned out! We eliminated a lot of clutter with this design by giving map select it's own screen and turning options into a pop up. We also updated the ready notification when you have your character choice locked in! We went for a classic tombstone design to go with our necromantic theme. Stay tuned for more updates!
- New Year, New Map! - 1 January 2021
ːnecropalmː We're excited to show off our Day of the Dead Map! ːnecropalmː It is one of the final two maps we will be adding to the game and is inspired by Día de los Muertos, "Day of the Dead." We really wanted to make the maps feel more like arenas and be distinct so we added some small touches like the Necroball papel picado banners, sugar skull Necroball, and sugar skull scoreboard icon. We hope this map becomes one of your favorites!
- Gather Your Army - New Minions Coming Soon! - 18 December 2020
Here's a character sheet of all of the minions we will be including when the game fully launches out of early access! Minion armies will now be permanently tied to each character! What army are you going to main? Brunhilde: Zombie Army Necrocorgi: Skeleton Army Zuzukal: Shadow Army Crazy Jack: Science Experiment Army
- TALES FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE: NECROBALL RETURNS - 26 October 2020
Hello Everybody! We’re excited to announce that Necroball is back in full development! As a company we have been able to sustain and grow by acquiring outside work that has enabled us to finish Necroball. We have designers, programmers, and artists making changes based on user feedback to deliver you a satisfying, finished necromantic experience. ːsoloskullː So far we have implemented a new UI, added new maps, improved the multiplayer experience by enabling Steam Remote Play Together, and optimized the overall gameflow and user experience. We’re doing it all on our own timeline and will keep posting progress to keep you informed as things are changing. Thank you so much for your support, we’re aiming to make it worth the wait. This is the start of our games division making a lot of new games and we appreciate your patience as we learn and grow. Below are some content examples of some wo…
- Updates Coming Soon! - 13 November 2017
Hello everybody! We wanted to let you know there are a lot of things at work with Necroball and our plans to fully launch in Q1 of 2018. Stay tuned for more information in the following weeks. Thanks for playing Necroball! -King Crow Studios ːkingcrowːːflameyskullːːratbuddyːːsoloskullːːnecropalmː
- Steam Summer Sale begins! 50% off Necroball! - 23 June 2017
Hello Everybody! Necroball is taking part in the Steam Summer Sale this year! Here's your chance to get Necroball at the low, low price of $3.99! http://store.steampowered.com/app/563410/Necroball/ Help spread the good word and let us know what you think about Necroball with a review! Enjoy your summer! -King Crow Studios
- Update 1.3 - Steam Trading Cards are here! - 24 April 2017
Hello Everybody! Steam Trading Cards have arrived! Collect 'em all to unlock unique Necroball emoticons, Steam Profile backgrounds, and coupons for other games! In addition to that we've made some bug fixes, changes, and for this week Necroball is 25% off! http://store.steampowered.com/app/563410/ Please leave a review and let us know what you think of Necroball! We only need a few more reviews to get our positive rating to the public. If you would like to know more about Steam Trading Cards, go here: https://steamcommunity.com/tradingcards PATCH NOTES 1.3: - Removed the health bars on tombstones. This helps reduce the visual clutter and the tombstones already change their sprites to show more damaged versions as they lose hit points. - All games are 5 minutes long. This currently solves a high-severity multiplayer bug that crashes the game at some point after 5 minutes have been played…
- Sale + Trading Cards Incoming! - 18 April 2017
Hello Everybody! Have you been waiting for Necroball to go on sale before buying a copy? Next week we got you covered with a sale to promote Steam Trading Cards coming to Necroball! There will also be some mechanics tweaks and UI changes to reduce visual clutter and give emphasis to the important things on the battlefield. We'll post more details next week when the sale begins and the cards are available to collect! (Should be Monday!) Thanks, -King Crow Studios
- Update 1.2 - Multiplayer Bugs & Minion Balance - 12 February 2017
Hello Everybody! We put out a patch earlier this week and have been testing it's efficiency with great success! There was a lot of work done around fixing some Necroball multiplayer authority issues involving who owns the Necroball after collision between the host and client. While the desync happens much less often than it used to, it might still occur and if you see it please send us a bug report to [email protected] or leave a post on our community forum here! http://steamcommunity.com/app/563410/discussions/ Keep sending us bug reports and let us know what you think about Necroball by leaving a review! PATCH NOTES 1.2 - Player names should now always show up in multiplayer matches - Version difference stops the client from joining a match and gives an error message. - Shadows no longer spawn in the middle of the screen for the client. - Brunhilde can correctly shoot over ice…
- Update 1.1 - Survival Mode Added! 1/17/17 - 17 January 2017
Hello Everybody! Today we added in Survival Mode for Necroball! You'll face several waves of enemy minions while you try to keep them out of your goal and survive until the end! All you have to do is start a game with just one player in the lobby, or everyone on the same team if you want to do co-op, and you'll activate Survival Mode and choose your enemy horde to face. Please let us know what you think about the new Survival Mode and we'll continue modifying and polishing the existing mechanics in the game. Speaking of modifying and polishing mechanics, here is our first list of patch notes! PATCH NOTES 1.1 - Survival Mode added! Play alone or with friends against hordes of enemy minions! - Zuzu's summoning circle ability no longer allows you, or the Necroball, to jump out of bounds. - If another player leaves the lobby while the other players are "Ready" it no longer forces the "Ready…
- Get a copy of Necroball today and help us make our game! - 10 January 2017
Hello everybody! Necroball is now available on Steam! Thanks to everyone that helps support Necroball's development by purchasing a copy in Early Access. We promise to keep updating our builds regularly and fix bugs as fast as possible. Speaking of bugs, with any Early Access release we know our game has them and we want to address them asap. Right now we are noticing some inconsistencies in our online multiplayer matches and that is our first priority on the bug list. Dropped games, latency issues, and abnormalities in the game lobby are under examination and we should have some progress on fixing them soon. Our knowledge of these bugs is only because we've had tons of bug reports sent to [email protected] and the Steam forums. This allows us to prioritize things users are encountering the most. Thanks for those emails! We really have a lot to be thankful for. Our community has…
