Sometimes there is a game that combines clean pleasing visual experience, a brilliant audio composition, and a great way to talk about my special balls all in one package.
The music goes balls deep and draws you in.
The different ball handlers all have their special talent of manipulating your balls in a way that feels different and yet really good at the same time.
You can even build a town that is dedicated to making your handlers do their ball handling better.
The combat can really break your balls and need some strategy for how to keep your balls from being impotent. You can even combine balls, to make the biggest balls of them all!
Who knew my balls had so much potential!
I really fell in love with this game! I recommend playing with headphones, sit back, crank the volume up and immerse yourself into this wonderful world this is dedicated to making your balls be the best they can be!
PS: I love the soundtrack; It is the rug that really ties the room together.
After 36 hours in the demo getting the first 3 characters through FAST+9... I had to take a break. I was having bad dreams about getting single fusions 3 times in a row every time, because it kept happening in rea llife. Every time it did I cursed the game's creator. I must have said "F*** you Kenny Sun" no less than 50 times in the span of a month.
And then it launched. And all is forgiven. You'll see what I mean when you play on far enough, not gonna spoil anything, but you're in for one helluva show. There's nothing like BALLxPIT around, not even close. This is the genuine one-of-a-kind sorta game that blows everyone's expectations. This is like the Balatro of Arkanoid.
Why are you still reading? Buy it already! Or wait for a discount if you're broke, but demo progress transfers over so you can start rebuilding Ballbylon for free and get the full version when the time is right.
you can do so much with the balls
i even fused 2 balls together which I thought would be painful, but it wasn't!!
if you buy the game you could also put your balls in the pit!! we've all thought about doing it
take the leap
grab your balls and jump in
When I go to sleep at night
I dream of the perfect roguelite..
When it's found
It would finally be true
And I could stop this terrible search..
And the search is finally over.
Very fun gameplay loop where you can play around with your balls to your heart's content. Lots of variety in builds and characters! The progression feels nice too.
This is the year of the indie masterpieces. I just went from Silk Song to Hades 2 to Ball Pit and all of them are freaking masterpieces. Ball Pit is addicting as hell and you can tell it was made by people who knew what to do with every aspect of this game. Pure master craft with excellent balance and spot on controls and game play. Great music and graphics all culminating in absolute fun. So fun. Every friend I tell about this game is hooked moments later. Another game of the year for those that judge a game by entertainment above all else.
RNG level ups are retarded. I just hit 4 one level ups in a row where the average is three. Wow, so cool. Casual minus 8 levels for no reason. That's so fun!
Imagine Vampire Survivors booked a hotel room alone with Loop Hero, then Breakout showed up with a bottle of tequila and kept putting his balls everywhere. 9 months later BALL x PIT is born:
A very addicting game. I keep finding myself thinking, "oooh, I have a spare 20 minutes, I could get a quick run in!" and then end up forgetting I have other shit to do and find myself 4-5 runs deep instead. This game is the epitome of "one more run" syndrome.
The high detail pixel art style is fantastic. The music and sound effects are a vibe. There's many of those dopamine hits you get when you level-up, find a power-up and get the items you want for your build (Ethereal Cloak is OP by the way) or discover a new synergy. There's way more depth (guhuh) than you would expect and it's all wrapped up in a package that allows you to turn your brain off but still enact some skill at the same time.
If you like games that are simple to play, but have depth and that can (but won't be because aforementioned addiction) played in short bursts then this is one you absolutely must get. It can also run on potato hardware.
Should've noticed it's published by Devolver before I purchased it.
Like so many Devolver games, it's extremely shallow, a lot of flash and basically zero substance.
The "base building" aspect of this game might be the quintessential example of this.
The whole bounce a worker onto something for building and upgrades has got to go, it absolutely ruins the game and just saps the desire to play out of me. Can't recommend it until they change that, or at least add an option to turn it off.
Other then that, its a solid game.
I wonder how much they spend advertizing this game.
wtf is this scalling ? first run went ok and I managed to beat it easily, but 99% of the runs are unbeatable, spawning endless rows of enemies that I can beat even fully upgraded, with 4 ball fused.
also you can remove the upgrades since they are completely useless, the longer the game the game goes the weaker you get, unlike every single roguelite.
if you find forced losses and meta progression fun, you might like this. i hate it.
the formula is:
- you get put in a roguelike battle
- you lose, regardless of any level of skill or decision making
- you do some meta progression, in this case with a boring town management mini game
- you enter another battle
- you lose again
- you do more meta progression
you can literally AFK during the battles in games like this - the gameplay doesn't matter AT ALL, all that matters is meta progression
contrast this with Slay the Spire - you can jump into your first game ever and complete a run. It's based on skill, decisions, and a bit of luck. That's how to do roguelikes
Lots of content, characters, and builds that you think might work but end up getting you killed. One of the best 2D Action Roguelike/Roguelite City Builders I've played. Great immersive gameplay and mechanics with a neat concept. 100% recommend if you enjoy Roguelike/Roguelite games.
Power fusion got me interested, but it ended up being pointless. It is not like Vampire survivors where the fusion really is gamechanging. Here you got the fusion and now the ball is red istead of white. Okay, that's kinda meaningless.
Nice for them to attempt to do the fusion thing, since none of those in this genre tried to yet. Game feels straight up boring.
Also, for the small games like this soundtrack should be really punchy that's you can enjoy for the entirety of the level, the one they got is just annoying.
I read a lot of the negative reviews, and positive. The positive are all short bouts of praise with almost no hours played, a lot of the neg. reviews are critical reviews examining the core mechanics of the game with a lot of hours played. Unsure if the developer paid people off or whats going on with that. But roughly 2 hours into the game I see the signs of what the negative reviews complained of, the biggest being that no build feels like it has an identity. At the end of the day it all feels very samey and almost like an idler with health checks. Unfortunately I will be refunding this.
Now this is an amazing little game with an incredibly addicting gameplay loop.
You build and upgrade your city so that you can dive deeper into the abyss, and the deeper you go, the more you can upgrade your city. The loop feeds into itself perfectly, and it’s good, addictive, even.
The gameplay feels like one of those dopamine squeezing reels you find on TikTok while doomscrolling that just scratch that itch in your brain, but here you actually have control and pick your own playstyle with different balls/characters that have unique effects.
The music slaps, the art goes hard, and there’s around 15–20 hours of content (30+ if you’re going for 100%). But honestly, you can keep replaying it thanks to the huge number of combos to experiment with.
Buy it immediately. I already yearn for a sequel, pls Kenny.
Sometimes there is a game that combines clean pleasing visual experience, a brilliant audio composition, and a great way to talk about my special balls all in one package.
The music goes balls deep and draws you in.
The different ball handlers all have their special talent of manipulating your balls in a way that feels different and yet really good at the same time.
You can even build a town that is dedicated to making your handlers do their ball handling better.
The combat can really break your balls and need some strategy for how to keep your balls from being impotent. You can even combine balls, to make the biggest balls of them all!
Who knew my balls had so much potential!
I really fell in love with this game! I recommend playing with headphones, sit back, crank the volume up and immerse yourself into this wonderful world this is dedicated to making your balls be the best they can be!
PS: I love the soundtrack; It is the rug that really ties the room together.
After 36 hours in the demo getting the first 3 characters through FAST+9... I had to take a break. I was having bad dreams about getting single fusions 3 times in a row every time, because it kept happening in rea llife. Every time it did I cursed the game's creator. I must have said "F*** you Kenny Sun" no less than 50 times in the span of a month.
And then it launched. And all is forgiven. You'll see what I mean when you play on far enough, not gonna spoil anything, but you're in for one helluva show. There's nothing like BALLxPIT around, not even close. This is the genuine one-of-a-kind sorta game that blows everyone's expectations. This is like the Balatro of Arkanoid.
Why are you still reading? Buy it already! Or wait for a discount if you're broke, but demo progress transfers over so you can start rebuilding Ballbylon for free and get the full version when the time is right.
you can do so much with the balls
i even fused 2 balls together which I thought would be painful, but it wasn't!!
if you buy the game you could also put your balls in the pit!! we've all thought about doing it
take the leap
grab your balls and jump in
When I go to sleep at night
I dream of the perfect roguelite..
When it's found
It would finally be true
And I could stop this terrible search..
And the search is finally over.
Very fun gameplay loop where you can play around with your balls to your heart's content. Lots of variety in builds and characters! The progression feels nice too.
This is the year of the indie masterpieces. I just went from Silk Song to Hades 2 to Ball Pit and all of them are freaking masterpieces. Ball Pit is addicting as hell and you can tell it was made by people who knew what to do with every aspect of this game. Pure master craft with excellent balance and spot on controls and game play. Great music and graphics all culminating in absolute fun. So fun. Every friend I tell about this game is hooked moments later. Another game of the year for those that judge a game by entertainment above all else.
RNG level ups are retarded. I just hit 4 one level ups in a row where the average is three. Wow, so cool. Casual minus 8 levels for no reason. That's so fun!
Imagine Vampire Survivors booked a hotel room alone with Loop Hero, then Breakout showed up with a bottle of tequila and kept putting his balls everywhere. 9 months later BALL x PIT is born:
A very addicting game. I keep finding myself thinking, "oooh, I have a spare 20 minutes, I could get a quick run in!" and then end up forgetting I have other shit to do and find myself 4-5 runs deep instead. This game is the epitome of "one more run" syndrome.
The high detail pixel art style is fantastic. The music and sound effects are a vibe. There's many of those dopamine hits you get when you level-up, find a power-up and get the items you want for your build (Ethereal Cloak is OP by the way) or discover a new synergy. There's way more depth (guhuh) than you would expect and it's all wrapped up in a package that allows you to turn your brain off but still enact some skill at the same time.
If you like games that are simple to play, but have depth and that can (but won't be because aforementioned addiction) played in short bursts then this is one you absolutely must get. It can also run on potato hardware.
Should've noticed it's published by Devolver before I purchased it.
Like so many Devolver games, it's extremely shallow, a lot of flash and basically zero substance.
The "base building" aspect of this game might be the quintessential example of this.
The whole bounce a worker onto something for building and upgrades has got to go, it absolutely ruins the game and just saps the desire to play out of me. Can't recommend it until they change that, or at least add an option to turn it off.
Other then that, its a solid game.
I wonder how much they spend advertizing this game.
wtf is this scalling ? first run went ok and I managed to beat it easily, but 99% of the runs are unbeatable, spawning endless rows of enemies that I can beat even fully upgraded, with 4 ball fused.
also you can remove the upgrades since they are completely useless, the longer the game the game goes the weaker you get, unlike every single roguelite.
if you find forced losses and meta progression fun, you might like this. i hate it.
the formula is:
- you get put in a roguelike battle
- you lose, regardless of any level of skill or decision making
- you do some meta progression, in this case with a boring town management mini game
- you enter another battle
- you lose again
- you do more meta progression
you can literally AFK during the battles in games like this - the gameplay doesn't matter AT ALL, all that matters is meta progression
contrast this with Slay the Spire - you can jump into your first game ever and complete a run. It's based on skill, decisions, and a bit of luck. That's how to do roguelikes
Lots of content, characters, and builds that you think might work but end up getting you killed. One of the best 2D Action Roguelike/Roguelite City Builders I've played. Great immersive gameplay and mechanics with a neat concept. 100% recommend if you enjoy Roguelike/Roguelite games.
Power fusion got me interested, but it ended up being pointless. It is not like Vampire survivors where the fusion really is gamechanging. Here you got the fusion and now the ball is red istead of white. Okay, that's kinda meaningless.
Nice for them to attempt to do the fusion thing, since none of those in this genre tried to yet. Game feels straight up boring.
Also, for the small games like this soundtrack should be really punchy that's you can enjoy for the entirety of the level, the one they got is just annoying.
I read a lot of the negative reviews, and positive. The positive are all short bouts of praise with almost no hours played, a lot of the neg. reviews are critical reviews examining the core mechanics of the game with a lot of hours played. Unsure if the developer paid people off or whats going on with that. But roughly 2 hours into the game I see the signs of what the negative reviews complained of, the biggest being that no build feels like it has an identity. At the end of the day it all feels very samey and almost like an idler with health checks. Unfortunately I will be refunding this.
Now this is an amazing little game with an incredibly addicting gameplay loop.
You build and upgrade your city so that you can dive deeper into the abyss, and the deeper you go, the more you can upgrade your city. The loop feeds into itself perfectly, and it’s good, addictive, even.
The gameplay feels like one of those dopamine squeezing reels you find on TikTok while doomscrolling that just scratch that itch in your brain, but here you actually have control and pick your own playstyle with different balls/characters that have unique effects.
The music slaps, the art goes hard, and there’s around 15–20 hours of content (30+ if you’re going for 100%). But honestly, you can keep replaying it thanks to the huge number of combos to experiment with.
Buy it immediately. I already yearn for a sequel, pls Kenny.
