Glow Ball - Not A Billiard Puzzle Game

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Trash game

Glow Ball is a simple physics puzzle game where you control a bouncing ball and hop around collecting Pac Man power pellets and work out how to exit the level. While this looks like and has a lot of the same qualities as a Unity asset flip, it does seem like a genuine attempt to make a video game. Unfortunately it's not a great attempt. The gameplay is the killer. The controls are super floaty. It seems like maybe they just wanted to make the ball move when it bounces on the ground, or otherwise they just did a really bad job of it. Moving the ball is an uncertain chore as you're not sure if it registered your keypress or not. Otherwise, thanks to Unity, the game does display properly in 4K, full screen, but the graphics are really minimalist and lacklustre. $5.95 is way too much to ask for such a mediocre game.

Glow Ball - Not A Billiard Puzzle Game is a compact 3D puzzle-platformer that takes a very simple concept and builds its challenges around movement, momentum, and careful navigation. Developed and published by WTFOMGames, it puts players in control of a glowing ball that has grown tired of endlessly bouncing around platforms and dreams of becoming a real billiard ball. The premise is deliberately silly, but it gives some personality to an otherwise abstract puzzle experience and provides a lighthearted reason for progressing through its collection of stages. The basic goal is to collect all of the coins in each level and then reach the exit. That sounds straightforward, but the continuously bouncing protagonist changes how players approach even relatively simple environments. Instead of moving like a conventional platforming character, the ball requires players to account for momentum, direction, positioning, and the layout of nearby surfaces. Much of the challenge comes from looking at the environment, determining a safe route between platforms, and then successfully executing that route without falling or touching something dangerous. Different platform properties introduce add…

The controls are delayed so it feels miserable to play.