Virballs — patch notes and updates
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Dated developer announcements recorded from Steam. Open the source for the complete update.
| Update | Date | Excerpt / source |
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| Inflation Reduction! | 2025-05-15 | Prices are skyrocketing on everything from your eggs to your electronics. That's why we've decided to reduce the price to Virballs! Think of it as an inflation reduction. You can now buy Virballs and get hours of relaxing entertainment for the low, low price of 14.99! You get six planets filled with procedurally generated levels, crazy creatures, and good times. Get yourself or a friend a copy today! |
| Patch 1.0.3 | 2025-04-29 | Big shout out to our Bug Hunters who help us ensure that this game is relatively bug free! We've got a big fix and a small update ahead for you. New Updates: Added relic prizes to Dr. Corvid's Lab. - When you win a challenge, you'll receive relics you can use to purchase new skins. Added new skins - Make sure to tell Eric how pretty they are if you see him on Discord. He's a skin making machine! Bug Fixes: Fixed a soft lock on Bogarta that was halting player progress. (Thank you Smiles for this find!) Changed some of the text on Virball Cores and Boss Names. - The last thing you want to do is let Virballs run havoc in your config files. You n |
| Dr. Corvid's Lab Challenge Contest | 2025-04-21 | If you've played the challenges in Dr. Corvid's Lab you know that they can be both fun and terrifying! We've got a challenge for you! We want you to create a challenge of your own! You just might see it in the game! To win, simply tell us what your ultimate challenge would be. Here are the Rules: 1) Choose a Core. (Or multiple cores if they are allowed.) 2) Choose which Virballs Type you want the player to take on. (Electric, Fire, Air, Earth, Water, Slime) 3) Let's talk volume. Do you want lots of small Virballs or a few massive ones? Get as nitty gritty as you want here. 3) Choose How many waves of Virballs should spawn in your challenge. 4 |
| HotFix 1.0.2 | 2025-04-15 | We're pushing a quick Hotfix! Thanks to Sosich for catching the Relic bug! Fixes: Improved achievement tracking to minimize bugs/errors. (If you've earned achievements and haven't gotten them to pop, this update should fix that for you.) Added a missing relic to Everfin levels. (It was previously supposed to be in Level 4, but our Objective Tiles were punting it out of existence. We stuck it in Level 5 instead.) Fixed sound issues with Atom Boots, Wind, and Metal Virballs. (You shouldn't get your ears blasted off anymore by the surprising sounds.) Added a shiny new skin for people who help us find bugs! If you find a bug in the game, please l |
| 1st Speed-Run Challenge | 2025-03-27 | Welcome to the first speed-run contest. It's easy to enter! Record your speed run through Jambito level 1 - You have to beat Nicole's time of 4 minutes 47 seconds Post it on Social Media (Anywhere will do. Make sure to tag us there so we can celebrate your win!) Fill out the entry form https://forms.gle/EMo8TC8aCPjbkvuZA (So we know where to send the prize) The Grand Prize: The fastest time will receive a Bolder Prize pack including a T-shirt, a beanie (and whatever Rachel can find in the prize closet.) Plus, a copy of Virballs to give to a friend. Runner-Up Prize: The runner-up will receive a copy of Virballs to give to a friend! Participati |
| Hotfix! | 2025-03-20 | Despite hours of testing, you all found a show stopper on the first day! Some players were encountering a bug where you weren't able to get past the wall separating the boss. Good news! We fixed it =) Fixes Implemented a fix to prevent the boss wall from causing a soft lock in Scortopia level 1 |
| Virballs Full Game Launch | 2025-03-18 | Are you ready to kick some Corvid Butt? Because the time is now! Patch 1.0 Get ready for the Air, Slime, and Fire Planets! New Content Vio - 5 all-new levels of Air Core plus a new boss fight! Bogarta - 5 all-new levels of Slime Core plus a new boss fight! Scortopia - Dr. Corvid's Lair - the bossiest of boss fights! Achievements - There are over 50 new achievements that you can accomplish! New Cinematics! - We've added new cinematics and adjusted a few old ones that weren't working quite right. New Music! - Each new planet has its own score. Fixes! We rebalanced the skin shop. You can now collect 30 relics so that you can get all of the skins |
| Virballs Launch Date Announced! | 2025-03-05 | Get ready to get blastin’! We are so happy to announce that Early Access is nearly at an end and Virballs will release the full game on March 18, 2025. This release will include all six planets plus Dr. Corvid's Lab. Have you seen the launch trailer yet? Dust off your platforming skills, because the Floobers need help and only Orb can save them from Dr Corvid's evil plans! |
| Virballs Merrock Launch | 2025-01-29 | Patch 0.4.0 Early Access Merrock Planet Launch Welcome back Virballers! We're almost at the finish line, but we've got one more major update for you while you wait! Update 0.4.0 brings you a few new cool things to play with so let's get to the patch notes. New Additions: Merrock Planet Release - Unlocking the Electric Core, means that you have new Virballs combinations. Mine Thunder Gravity Laser Lightning Relics! Jambito, Everfin, and Merrock have been populated with this new item. Find the relics and you will be able to use them to buy new skins for Orb! Added a pop-up visual for relic collection. We've added a tutorial to show you how to f |
| Virballs Holiday Update | 2024-12-17 | We have a big update for you this week, so get comfy and see what's incoming! New Additions: First, happy holidays! We're so happy to have you as part of our community. All of the good Orbs get a new Christmas Candy Skin! You can find this in your skins menu on the pause menu. Next up is Dr. Corvid's Lab! We've been teasing our challenge sandbox mode for a while now, and it's finally here! Players can unlock this new mode through the world menu either with your mouse or gamepad. Players will start with 6 challenges to beat. They range in intensity and difficulty from ludicrous to plaid. Good luck, and beware, the bees! Enter The Inferno! (Wav |
| Build 0.2.1-EA | 2024-12-11 | Build 0.2.1-EA The first December update is here! We’ve added a few quality of life updates as well as some fixes. New Stuff: New Atom Update Release! - Finally those atoms have meaning! Once you collect enough of them, you’ll be able to overcharge! This gives you damage and speed bonuses in combat. Added a tutorial for atom overcharge and atom completion Added threshold atom completion UI to top right of screen Pressing ‘X’, will activate atom overcharge Removed atom completion score in the Achievements screen and replaced it with earning badge instead Added a “Collection Badge Obtained” popup – This lets you know that you’ve collected enoug |
| Virballs Roadmap 2.0 | 2024-12-04 | Roadmap 2.0 It’s been a busy few months since we launched the Early Access version of Virballs. In that time, we’ve added Orb’s rolling ability, revamped our sounds and music, added new tiles to Jambito and finally launched Everfin. The team is back from the holiday break, and we’re working harder than ever to bring you new content to play in the next few months and prepare the game for its full launch. Here’s the updated roadmap. December 12/10 Everfin Bug Squashing. 12/10 Atom Update: We’ve been listening, and you’re right. The atoms don’t make a lot of sense. Hopefully, we will change that with this update, making collecting atoms fun and |
| The Everfin Release | 2024-11-19 | Everfin Welcome to Everfin, a planet with beautiful oceans, tropical fauna, and ...an unfortunate infestation of Virballs. They’ve created a cacophony of chaos in a once beautiful world. The server droids have run amok, and the pools are filled with unmentionable creatures. Only Orb can save this planet now! Beating Jambito means that you’ve unlocked the Water Core which means: New water Virballs combinations. Each of these new Virballs has a different attack. You might just find a new favorite ammo! • Deep • Coral • Tiki • Ice • Snow • Mine • Eel Five new levels are ready for you to play! This means that you have all new challenges waiting t |
| Build 0.1.3-EA | 2024-11-12 | Build 0.1.3-EA In this patch, we took our player’s feedback on the Tutorials, the way we communicate with you in the game, and the game’s voice over sounds and did an overhaul. You should see a marked improvement. Changes: • Updated text prompts – We’ve overhauled some of the tutorial and other text prompts that you see in the game. • Added button press UI – There are now tutorials in the game that won’t allow you to continue until you’ve pressed the appropriate buttons. • Removed all of the old VO and replaced it with new sounds. Characters will now only use noises instead of full lines • Updated the sound quality Bug Fixes: • Fixed bug for |
| Build 0.1.2-EA | 2024-11-05 | Nov 5, 2024 Build 0.1.2-EA New Features! Ball Mode is live! • Added a new tutorial in Level 1 to show players how to use this mode. • Added a “Ball Tube” asset to help showcase the ball mode. • Adjusted several environmental tiles throughout Jambito to highlight the ball mode. Turbo Mode! • After collecting 20 atoms, ORB will deal 2x damage for 10 seconds automatically Improvements! • Updated the UI on the world map to make it more intuitive on what worlds/levels available to play. • Added a back button on the Credits screen • Added Virballs icon to replace UE logo |
| Update 0.1.1-EA | 2024-10-29 | Patch 0.1.1-EA Hi everyone! First of all, thanks for playing Virballs! We've taken note of the feedback we've received and we have our first patch of Early Access. The details are below. What's New - Halloween skin is now added You can find your skins here - What we fixed - World Map will now highlight Jambito by default Auto aim fix: projectiles don’t inherit velocity, which will help projectiles connect more often (aka, we took your feedback about combat not feeling good and fixed it so that you're more likely to hit your target) Lightweight save handling update |
| Virballs 2024 Roadmap | 2024-10-28 | Hi there! First, thank you so much for trying and buying our game. Virballs is a passion project for our studio, and we hope that you're having as much fun playing it as we have in making it. You might have already played through the first planet, Jambito, by now and are wondering, "What now?" Good news! I'm here to tell you what comes next. The 2024 Roadmap October 29, 2024 - 1st Patch. We're giving everyone an Orb Pumpkin skin to celebrate Halloween. If you end up using it, send us a screenshot! We love seeing Orb out in the wild. (As a reminder, if you haven't downloaded your Early Access skin, that's free to all Early Access players and w |
| Launch Stream Plus a Giveaway! | 2024-10-23 | Tonight at 6 pm EASTERN / 3 pm PACIFIC / 10 pm GMT The Devs are streaming Virballs live on Twitch! Tonight, we'll play the game, show you how we make our environment tiles, answer questions, and give away at least one key for Early Access! Will there be more prizes? You'll have to show up to find out! |
| Virballs Early Access Launches Tomorrow! | 2024-10-21 | Great news, everyone! If you’ve played the demo and were hoping for a few more good levels or even to beat your old scores, you can play the full first planet, Jambito, starting tomorrow at 9 a.m. Eastern and 6 a.m. Pacific. The first five levels of Jambito will be available starting tomorrow, but the fun doesn’t stop there. Our dev team is hard at work smoothing some rough spots in our first Patch, which will bring a few quality-of-life improvements to the game. When you give feedback, we listen. Speaking of feedback, our official Discord server is the best place to chat with our dev team and get the latest news. You can join by clicking thi |
| It's Wednesday! Time to Stream! | 2024-10-16 | It's Wednesday so you know what that means! It's time to stream! Tonight at 6pm EDT, 4pm MDT, 3pm PDT and 10pm GMT we're streaming on Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/virballs We're going to show off our sandbox mode, Dr. Corvid's Lab (coming this Fall), Create an environment tile, and then challenge our players to a speed run. If you can beat Ryan, you could win a free early access key. So join us tonight for fun and games! |
| NextFest Streamer Giveaway! | 2024-10-14 | Win an Early Access Code + A Streamer Skin! In celebration of NextFest, we’re giving away 3 Early Access codes! This week, if you stream Virballs, simply fill out this form - https://forms.gle/vHtou964ESqJefhe8 and you’ll be entered to win one of three Early Access codes. You’ll also be given a special code that unlocks the Orb Streamer Skin. Orb is pretty awesome just as he is, but we’ve given him a glow-up and this Streamer Skin is exclusive to streamers who publish videos of Virballs. We can’t wait to watch! |
| TONIGHT WE STREAM! | 2024-10-09 | Tonight, Eric (Creative Director), Ryan (Senior Game Programmer), and Rachel (Producer Extraordinaire) are streaming Virballs on Twitch. We'll start at 3 pm Pacific / 6 pm Eastern and run for an hour. Join us to see Gameplay and a little behind-the-scenes peek into how we build our levels. Watch here! |