The Ball is an indie singleplay action/puzzle game, running on Unreal Engine 3, for PC. The expected release date is spring 2010. The project started out as a mod for UT3, but has recently gone stand alone.

  • Best Singleplay Mod of 2008 according to ModDB MOTY 2008
  • Four time first place winner in the UT3 MakeSomethingUnreal Contest
  • Used by Epic Games' to promote their UDK release

The Ball offers an adventure that puts you in the boots of an explorer who gets stuck in a cavern and bumps onto ancient Meso-American tombs. While making your way through the internal workings of ancient ziggurats, golden cities, and huge caverns, your only companion is a mysterious big gold and metal-shelled ball.

Innovative physics driven gameplay. Roll the ball around to solve puzzles, overcome obstacles, and crush enemies with. All from a first person perspective. Explore a world rich in atmosphere and history.

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We are doing a small survey about our puzzles and other areas in the game - We would like to find out which puzzles/areas people like or dislike. We will be using the results of this little survey to improve our game. We will remove areas many people dislike, and replace them with something new and cool.

It is primarily meant for those who have played through the latest Cahua release, but others are also free to join in and give their thoughts!



Also, we update our Facebook page every few days with short explanations of what we are currently working on. A major thing for us right now are "Combat Improvements". We realized that things like the landmines and the electricity we had in the last release work out really well, so we are going to extend that kind of gameplay. More flashy combat, more varied, more spectacular. While we really like our subtle atmosphere and style, it may be too subtle for some. We need a few stronger and more obvious elements here and there to add the necessary variation.

We have given ourselves an internal deadline of December 31 to have the final level largely finished, our brand new train ride section entirely finished, to have half of our planned combat improvements implemented, and get dozens of small new features and tweaks into the game. We will be telling you all about those in the future!

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The Ball - Cahua - Final Mod Version

The Ball - Cahua - Final Mod Version

Nov 11, 2009 Full Version 7 comments

The Ball's Grand Finals submission for the Make Something Unreal contest. This is the final mod release of The Ball. One new level, two new enemies, a...

The Ball UDK Demo

The Ball UDK Demo

Nov 05, 2009 Demo 3 comments

A 40 minute long stand alone demo of The Ball made for Epic Games' UDK Release. Running on the latest version of the Unreal Engine, this demo features...

The Ball - Hueca

The Ball - Hueca

Aug 25, 2009 Full Version 9 comments

The 4th episode of our mysterious adventure. Venture deeper than ever into a volcano and come across an ancient vehicle that will take you across a vast...

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Sanyika
Sanyika Nov 17 2009, 12:53pm says:

Great cheers to you guys at Toltec Studios, can't wait for this to get released :)

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matsilagi
matsilagi Nov 10 2009, 6:24am says:

Hey TOLTEC, keep rolling The Ball, dont stop this, Congrats for your success in the Standalone, finally i can play this without UT3.
We are making a party in honor of your success and this Have CAKE!

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Killer_man_1996
Killer_man_1996 Nov 9 2009, 3:55pm says:

finally i just have to pay the internet bills and not pay my credit card bills with games from Steam that i buy...

THANK YOU EPIC GAMES AND YOUR EPIC UDK!!!

and obiously... TOLTEC STUDIOS!!!

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gammo08
gammo08 Nov 6 2009, 2:12pm says:

will this come to ps3?

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MrBCut
MrBCut Oct 20 2009, 7:32pm says:

Hey congrats everyone on the Toltec team!

It's obvious you guys have worked very hard on this and you deserve the credit.

And also thanks for the motivation.

MrBCut

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Colossal
Colossal Oct 13 2009, 7:09pm says:

http://colossalsoft.blogspot.com/2009/10/few-things_12.html

My review.

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migmax
migmax Oct 12 2009, 8:05am says:

How ho how???!!! I ASKING YOU A QUESTION HOW DID YOU GUYS DO THIS!!!
lol

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Shadow-Marine
Shadow-Marine Oct 11 2009, 8:58pm says:

wait did you guys get an engine license

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8205Mills
8205Mills Sep 25 2009, 9:33am says:

PS3 sound support has been released!

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vinnyisme
vinnyisme Sep 23 2009, 10:33am says:

Very good! I'm just about done with the second chapter. I love the environment, it is very captivating and sets a great tone and feel of mystery and magic while playing.

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