
Hardcore, co-op (or solo) platformer. Dark Souls makes a baby with Super Monkey Ball. An easy-to-learn, hard-to-master experience to explore with your friends. All inside a vast open world, with each platforming course bringing its own twist.
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THE CANON OF BALLS is the hardcore, first-person platforming experience you and your friends have been waiting for. Imagine putting Shadow of the Colossus' PS2 aesthetics and Monkey Ball's gameplay into a blender and mixing them thoroughly. What comes out is an easy-to-learn, hard-to-master open-world multiplayer experience to explore and master together with your friends. A vast open world, with each platforming track bringing its own interesting twist, is waiting for you — all of this with no hand-holding. There are no minimaps, quest markers, or tutorials.
The game can also be completed in offline solo mode. No friends required.
I put a lot of work into the sound design to give the BALLS as much weight as possible, all to create a snappy gameplay experience with memorable juice. The world is fully "handcrafted" to be a non-repetitive, non-modular open world. I purposely didn't build a modular "copy and paste" kit to craft the levels. All of the parkour courses feature a specific idea, twist, or thought to make sure everything feels fresh in a different way. No AI art assets have been used.
From the start, I knew THE CANON OF BALLS should be something to experience with friends. Without setting any rules or multiplayer objectives, the world provides its own platform to give birth to fun, memorable, virtual togetherness. The premise was the good old days of playing Minecraft parkour maps and talking about all kinds of things while you struggled together. You can be competitive and see who reaches a crystal first, or play more cooperatively, navigating together and waiting for each other. The freedom is in the hands of the group, and I can't wait to see how you all choose to play it. The word "co-op" might be a bit stretched for the game, as there are no real mechanics that require multiple players—it all works solo. However, the true social moments are what make this experience so special.
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worth the 4 bucks
Hard as balls, but very rewarding. It certainly is Monkey Ball meets Dark Souls and Shadow of the Colossus. I would love to see another game (or DLC) like this one but with more varied scenarios and a bit (and I mean a bit) less frustrating puzzles. Having to repeat a 1 minute section is perfectly fine, but beyond that, it gets frustrating really fast. Maybe introducing optional mid-level checkpoints (a-la Hollow Knight) would allow players to choose the level of challenge they want to tackle without removing it completely.
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Languages: English
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Canon of balls is an incredibly random weird ass idea that somehow works perfectly. The movement feels great, it's incredibly fun and interesting to play with friends. I played through the entire game with a buddy of mine and it was an absolute blast. Play this game while wasted to unlock an extra mode or some ♥♥♥♥.
Money well spent!
phenomenal game that has tons of potential
Hidden gem, I love the level design
gud game 1000/10
rocket jump 😛😛😋😜👅
Excellent concept. Definitely hits the description of a super monkey ball soulslike. I'll definitely be on the lookout for a sequel.
Balls licking Balls, I like licking balls
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