Neverball

Jul 20, 2023

Tilt the floor to guide a ball through an obstacle course

In 1.1.5 version, the Neverball and Neverputt source trees have been merged into one. It includes 75 Neverball levels and 62 Neverputt levels.

Neverball, tilt the floor to roll a ball through an obstacle course within the given time. It is part puzzle game, part action game, and entirely a test of skill. If the ball falls or time expires, a ball is lost. Collect coins to unlock the exit and earn extra balls. Red coins are worth 5. Blue coins are worth 10. A free ball is awarded for 100 coins.

Neverputt, a hot-seat multiplayer miniature golf game using the physics and graphics of Neverball.

Neverball and Neverputt are known to run under Linux, Win2K/XP, FreeBSD, and OSX. Hardware accelerated OpenGL with multitexture OpenGL 1.2.1 or greater is required. A 500MHz processor is recommended.



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