
Beta – Working Title
Pocket Ball is a casual game where the aim is to put the ball in the pocket with a limited number of shots. Every round there is another ball, meaning that the game gets harder and harder as the game progresses. To combat the increased difficulty a range of ‘powerups’ become available throughout the game.
Current Powerups
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Any feedback would be appreciated, but in particular, I am after feedback on;
- Bugs
- Balance (frequency and introduction of powerups)
- New powerup ideas
- Any other improvements
- Name ideas
Powerup Information
Powerups are chosen in the following way. Every second iterate through all powerups and;
- If the powerup is valid for the current level then generate a random number between 1 and 1000.
- If the random number is lower than the odds for that particular powerup choose a random ball.
- If that ball is still in play then set the ball as the chosen powerup. This means that as a level is played the chances of a powerup become smaller and smaller.
Name | Description | Level introduced | Odds |
Plus One | Add one more shot | 2 | 50 in 1000 |
Plus Five | Add five more shots | 5 | 20 in 1000 |
Vibrate | Vibrate screen when device is shaken | 7 | 50 in 1000 |
Perfect Aim | Draws a line where the ball will go | 12 | 30 in 1000 |
Expand | Expand the pockets | 15 | 20 in 1000 |
Shuffle | Shuffle ball colours | 18 | 50 in 1000 |
All Pockets OK | Balls can be sunk in any pocket | 20 | 15 in 1000 |
Plus Ten | Add ten more shots | 25 | 10 in 1000 |
All Ball Same | Makes all the balls the same color | 30 | 10 in 1000 |
Lightning | Make 5 balls sinkable in any pocket | 35 | 20 in 1000 |
Bomb | Bomb that explodes and removes balls | 40 | 10 in 1000 |
Blackhole | Blackhole sucks in slow moving balls | 45 | 10 in 1000 |
Cross laser | A random ball shoots a laser vertically and horizontally | 55 | 10 in 1000 |
Remove One Colour | Removes all balls the same colour as the pocket the ball was sunk in | 55 | 10 in 1000 |
LaserBar | A laser works its way up the screen removing all balls | 130 | 5 in 1000 |