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 Fixes
Graphical & Quality of Life Updates
For a more detailed list of what’s included in the patch update, click here.
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 distinguish between armies
Graphical Update to the Summoning Circle ability
Background Music added to Menus
Death Timer Increased
Implementation of the New Intro Screen
Graphical Update to the Mausoleum Torches
Graphical Update to Lightning Rod Sprite
Graphical Update to Results Screen
Necroball - WE ARE LIVE!
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 new minion armies ready for battle. These minions work under your spell and your spell only to help defeat your opponent.
Each Necromancer has their own gang of ghouls to play with and you can choose a Zombie Army (Brunhilde), a Skeleton Army (Necrocorgi), a Shadow Demon Army (Zuzukal), or a Science Experiment Army (Crazy Jack) for battle.
NEW UI AND POLISHED GAMEPLAY
We’ve polished and perfected our gameplay for the most fluid and intuitive experience yet. This game isn’t for the faint of heart, or the faint of speed. Ghoulishly fast and deathly crisp, we think you’ll be stoked on the new and improved gameplay experience.
NEW MUSIC
Our new tracks will have you and your ghouls dying for more. Retro, arcade vibes make this an irresistible game to couch play with your friends.
We can’t wait for you to experience our best version of Necroball yet! Save the date, tell your friends— the time is near, and we can’t wait for you to check it out!
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It has been brought to our attention that we are region locked in certain locations, we are currently working with Steam to resolve this issue. Thank you for your patience!
-King Crow Studios
Necroball- Ghoulish Updates/ Gearing Up for Full Access
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 your spell only to help defeat your opponent.
Each Necromancer has their own gang of ghouls to play with and you can choose a Zombie Army (Brunhilde), a Skeleton Army (Necrocorgi), a Shadow Demon Army (Zuzukal), or a Science Experiment Army (Crazy Jack) for battle.
NEW UI AND POLISHED GAMEPLAY
We’ve polished and perfected our gameplay for the most fluid and intuitive experience yet. This game isn’t for the faint of heart, or the faint of speed. Ghoulishly fast and deathly crisp, we think you’ll be stoked on the new and improved gameplay experience.
NEW MUSIC
Our new tracks will have you and your ghouls dying for more. Retro, arcade vibes make this an irresistible game to couch play with your friends.
We can’t wait for you to experience our best version of Necroball yet! Save the date, tell your friends— the time is near, and we can’t wait for you to check it out!
-King Crow Studios
New Character Select!
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!
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!
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
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 work we have done!
New Map Concept: Japanese Graveyard
New Map Select
We will be continuing to post updates as we continue to work on this project. There is much more to come!
Updates Coming Soon!
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.
