hyperbowl

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first #steam review of the year for #hyperbowl

review saying "it's decayed really bad over time. but still playable. Smooth surfaces bump thje ball arouind, control's don't get recognized at times, but still has the early 2000s charm to it. Still playable, still a good game."

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not the latest #hyperbowl #steam review (because that one is terrible) but the latest nice one

I remember playing this game as a kid, so to see it here on Steam was definitely exciting! Back in the day we only had the demo, so we had two levels and you could occasionally play the others until a timer ran out or something, so to be able to see the others and explore them was a lot of fun.

Does it hold up to modern standards? Absolutely not. Surface geometry that appears even will disrupt your movement, some of the hitboxes for obstacles are a little wider than you'd expect, and the audio is pretty crunchy. Maybe there was some kind of porting issue when Technicat got the license and data for the game, or maybe my perception of good sound design was lacking when I was a kid, both are possible. But it's pretty tinny and a little difficult to listen to, and seems to vary in quality from course to course for some reason. I admire the developer's dedication to keeping things as original as possible, but if we could get a few sliders to adjust game volume, I'd really appreciate that.

But this is meant to be just like the old Windows game, a trip back in time for those that played this game when they were younger. We're not looking for a good game, we're looking for THIS game, if that makes sense. I've seen so many comments of folks that played this when they were kids and came back all these years later, and still love this. And for that I tip my hat to you; you nailed it.

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found this old screenshot from when I was playing around with a painterly plugin for #hyperbowl

screenshot of a 3D bowling game with a flat-shaded ink-bordered loook

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switched the #hyperbowl site from render.com to statichost.edu, working again

https://hyperbowl3d.com/

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just noticed #hyperbowl #steam sales had a spike last month, probably from that youtube review

sales graph that just lumps along on the bottom since 2017 but with a recent spike

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