The six games listed above will be increasing in price on or around Monday, May 13th depending on when Steam approves the price changes submitted.
These price increases are influenced by a number of factors including these six games haven't seen a price increase since 2022 or earlier. These are games that offer incredible value for their price even after the price increase, and also due to the inflation of almost everything the world over.
While these price increases are only a dollar or two each, if you've been considering purchasing one of these six games, this weekend before the price increases would be a great time to grab them!
Have a great weekend or day whenever you read this message!
Sincerely,
ZaxtorGameS .. (Solo Indie Game Developer)
Every ZaxtorGames Title Is Now Under $5!! - Incredible Replay Value X 10!!
Several of my games, including my newest title "Zaxterion: Space Frenzy!" has been drastically discounted permanently to offer even more bang for your buck!
Every Game... Now Under Five Bucks!
ZaxtorGameS ... ( Solo Indie Game Developer )
UPDATE 1.23 - Small Tweaks Per User Feedback & Possible Complete Overhaul Coming
Hello, this update is the first for Laser Ball in a long time and is here now per the suggestions and feedback of Steam user Mihailovich on the feedback forums recently.
In this update, I've decreased the size of the deposit bin hit box so that it hopefully no longer feels as if you can "throw" a ball into the bin from very far away. For any players who've played this game in the past, you may now just need to be sure you move your character a little closer to the deposit bin before being able to drop the ball in.
I've also changed the deposit area so that when you are needing to shoot the ball, it shows the color of your "target ball" here as well as the border of the screen as seen here:
When you've already shot and neutralized the target ball and picked it up, the bottom deposit ball area now simply tells you to "deposit the ball here" with an arrow as seen here:
I MAY DO A COMPLETE OVERHAUL OF THIS GAME FROM SCRATCH IN THE COMING MONTHS:
When I made these changes to the code today, I couldn't help but notice how much my coding skills have developed since I developed this game way back in early 2018.
This game launched in March of 2018, so I have decided that I might just work on a complete overhaul of this game in time for a "5 Year Anniversary" of my original Laser Ball launch.
If I do an overhaul of this game, I believe it would be a much improved version of what I did nearly five years ago now. Laser Ball was only my 2nd Steam game release, and now I have 10 Steam games under my belt. I've learned a lot since I coded this game and would love to see how much I could improve this game with a complete rebuild.
If I do overhaul this game, I want to promise two things:
1) This current version of Laser Ball would always be available to play by simply putting in an access code into the BETA properties that I would make available with an overhaul launch. This way anyone could easily go back and play this 'old school' version should they desire at any time and/or anyone could easily switch between versions at any point just to see the difference.
2) The new overhaul updated version would replace this current version and the price would NOT change. All current owners of this game would get the new updated and overhauled version completely free, and it would be the default version going forward. This rebuild would just be for 'fun' and to see how much better I can make this game with my current game development skills and because I do care about the quality of the products I sell here on Steam.
..Again, I want to thank the Steam user Mihailovich for his feedback and suggestions that helped make this update a reality.
Feel free to post any feedback, suggestions, or ideas below about this update or my ideas of overhauling Laser Ball in the near future!
Sincerely,
ZaxtorGameS .. .. (Solo Indie Game Developer)
UPDATE 1.23 - Small Tweaks Per Steam User Feedback
Hello, this update is the first for Laser Ball in a long time and is here now per the suggestions and feedback of Steam user Mihailovich on the feedback forums recently.
In this update, I've decreased the size of the deposit bin hit box so that it hopefully no longer feels as if you can "throw" a ball into the bin from very far away. For any players who've played this game in the past, you may now just need to be sure you move your character a little closer to the deposit bin before being able to drop the ball in.
I've also changed the deposit area so that when you are needing to shoot the ball, it shows the color of your "target ball" here as well as the border of the screen as seen here:
When you've already shot and neutralized the target ball and picked it up, the bottom deposit ball area now simply tells you to "deposit the ball here" with an arrow as seen here:
I MAY DO A COMPLETE OVERHAUL OF THIS GAME FROM SCRATCH IN THE COMING MONTHS:
When I made these changes to the code today, I couldn't help but notice how much my coding skills have developed since I developed this game way back in early 2018.
This game launched in March of 2018, so I have decided that I might just work on a complete overhaul of this game in time for a "5 Year Anniversary" of my original Laser Ball launch.
If I do an overhaul of this game, I believe it would be a much improved version of what I did nearly five years ago now. Laser Ball was only my 2nd Steam game release, and now I have 10 Steam games under my belt. I've learned a lot since I coded this game and would love to see how much I could improve this game with a complete rebuild.
If I do overhaul this game, I want to promise two things:
1) This current version of Laser Ball would always be available to play by simply putting in an access code into the BETA properties that I would make available with an overhaul launch. This way anyone could easily go back and play this 'old school' version should they desire at any time and/or anyone could easily switch between versions at any point just to see the difference.
2) The new overhaul updated version would replace this current version and the price would NOT change. All current owners of this game would get the new updated and overhauled version completely free, and it would be the default version going forward. This rebuild would just be for 'fun' and to see how much better I can make this game with my current game development skills and because I do care about the quality of the products I sell here on Steam.
..Again, I want to thank the Steam user Mihailovich for his feedback and suggestions that helped make this update a reality.
Feel free to post any feedback, suggestions, or ideas below about this update or my ideas of overhauling Laser Ball in the near future!
Sincerely,
ZaxtorGameS .. .. (Solo Indie Game Developer)
New Lower Price! - 40% Reduction In Price To Just $2.99!
Laser Ball is believed by many to be my best indie game I've made yet!
And now it's under $3...
It's time to save your balls and don't let them kill you in the process, hmm?
- ZaxtorGameS - indie game developer
Lem-Amaze is my newest title in development! Check out the Kickstarter Now!
Please check out and consider supporting my newest game in development now! Remember that just sharing the link to the Lem-Amaze kickstarter is also supporting it!
This game is a completely different direction for me in indie game development and I'd appreciate your support in any way that you can!
Read the details about Lem-Amaze at my Kickstarter link here:
Price Increase from $2.99 USD to $4.99 Effective Immediately
Hello everyone...
Laser Ball continues to be my best selling indie game here on Steam and has seen many good changes since I first brought it to Steam back in March of 2018.
When I first announced the generator repairs as "coming soon" and gave Laser Ball a massive overhaul back in March of this year with update 1.20, I did announce back then that this game would see a price increase from $1.99 to $4.99 USD. When I put out the generator repair update, I decided to do a slower, more gradual price increase and went up to $2.99 then and now this game will go up to the $4.99 USD price I announced was coming almost six months ago.
I believe that Laser Ball is a super fun, relentless action game that is VERY unique on Steam today. There is no other game quite like it and I firmly believe that this new higher price still delivers a very high value with the crazy high replay value that Laser Ball offers.
Happy gaming everyone!
ZG (developer)
UPDATE 1.22 - Generator Repairs Now Reward You Points + Ball/Player Fixes
In this update:
- The Electro-Blob will now spawn in the top middle of the screen at a random position if you are playing the Electro Blob mode when you deposit the multi-colored ball after NOT neutralizing it with the laser gun (due to it becoming neutral in color because the timer ran out). ..So no longer can you just wait until the timer runs out to deposit the multicolored ball without spawning the Electro-Blob if you choose this mode of the game.
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- I've fixed the way the charged balls behave when they touch you. Before they would move to the players position unintentionally and this would sometimes be the cause of the balls getting caught on the borders or even in the player safe zone. The balls will now no longer move to the players position when they shock and kill the player. They should now keep their coordinates and sometimes reflect off the player as intended.
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- Repairing the generator now rewards the player with a small amount of points.
The points are consistent regardless of the level you are on.
You will score 500 points if you repair the generator from a broken state (0% to 49%) and don't have to move away during the repair progress until the repairs are completed to start the generator.
You will score 35 points if you repair the generator when it's already running and start the repairs anywhere from 50% to 85%. Again, you'll need to get the generator to 100% repaired without moving away to get the 35 points.
If you start repairs at a generator repair level at 86% or higher, you'll score no points.
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- Added a message in the tutorial to show the player the generator and that it needs to be repaired and kept repaired.
UPDATE 1.21 - ElectroBlob gets even deadlier! Plus Numerous Fixes!
In this patch, I've made the Electro-Blob even more challenging to face as he now shoots as you as before in update 1.20, but now he will continue bouncing around the screen for several seconds at the same velocity!
I've also added new sounds as well as adjusted all of the game sounds to give it all a good balance.
Multiple things to note with this update:
1) To get the 1,000 points for dodging the Electro Blob's charge attack, you need to be out of the safe zone on the left side of the screen when the Electro-Blob turns back to his normal white color and you need to have been out of the safe zone for more than half of his charge attack time.
2) You can now repair the generator at any time it has regressed, not only when it is in need of repair with more than 50% damage done.
3) Be careful with the laser gun as if you shoot your generator, it will be instantly destroyed and at zero repair status!
4) The acid that fills your safety zone will now be drained if the Electro-Blob touches a ball you've neutralized and turns it back to its original charged color. This change was made to allow you to control the gun from the safe zone in this scenario.
Also, while the balls may occasionally get stuck bouncing on the border of the room, this should be very rare now. I am continuing to adjust and tweak recent code changes to fix this problem until hopefully it never happens at all.
Note that if a ball does ever somehow leave the screen due to an add bounce or situation where you die while carrying it, it will be immediately placed back into the middle of the room.
I have added a grey cable that runs across the top of the room floor from the generator to the control panel to help visually show how they are connected.
That's about it. There's a lot of little changes I made in this update, but I think I've covered most of them here.
UPDATE 1.20 - Generators To Repair! A Blinking Nur.. Errr A Blinking Electro Blob.. Oh My!!
It's here people!
I promised back in March that a HUGE new update was coming to Laser Ball!
And NOW It's live!
You'll start each level with a broken generator in the upper right corner of the factory floor. To use the control panel which controls your laser gun, the generator must be repaired.. and kept repaired if it gets broken! You'll find a wrench on the floor that will allow you to repair the gen!
Also live in this update is a very angry Electro-Blob! No longer does he just mosey around doing his own thing and accidentally shock you if you stumble into him! That's right brave factory worker.. This energy filled enemy will now focus all of its power and form into a little red ball and then shoot out directly at your position trying to kill you! Oh my!
You can, as always, choose to play the "No Electro-Blob Mode" but be warned that this mode has double the damage done from all balls that smack your generator... and well, this mode just isn't as much fun now! Hehe.
Let me know what you think in the comments below, and I hope you like this new update!
The price increase to $4.99 USD as I stated back in March will be made in two increases, the first just a dollar more to $2.99 now that generator repairs are in, and the increase to $4.99 will be delayed until mid-summer. This should give people more time to grab the "new & improved" Laser Ball with generator repairs before it doubles in price.
In future games, I realize that I need to stop feeling the pressure to under price my games and then later increase the price to better fit the value I feel my games are worth.
..I hope you enjoy the new changes to Laser Ball! =)
