- Steam version no longer supports headband function - 5 January 2021
Starting today, we will no longer support the headband function where you train your focus with an EEG headband here on Steam. In doing so we've also lowered the price by about 66% with hopes of increasing the number of players that buy and play Mindball Play. This should result in more online games for you who already own the game to play and compete in. Now as to the why. Throughout the year we have continued to work towards the goal of making focus training and EEG measurement available to everyone, during this time we've realized that we need to provide our customers that want to train focus with additional software outside of training, such as long term specific stats. This software, FO:CS Stats, has now been developed and will soon be sold together with our training game FO:CS Play (more or less Mindball Play with the focus training functionality only), at our new website www.focs…
- Muse headband support now requires Windows 10 - 26 February 2019
Due to new circumstances we can no longer use the SDK for Muse headbands in the app Mindball Play Bridge. Playing Mindball Play with the Muse headband now requires that you have Windows 10 on your PC and use the Muse Direct app. It will no longer be possible to play Mindball Play with the Muse headband on Mac. We are sorry for the inconvenience that might cause our Mac users. Unfortunately the circumstances are out of our reach. We hope that you will enjoy Mindball Play played with other input methods or by using the BrainLink headband.
- Merry X-Mas and Jingle Ball skin - 17 December 2018
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F27021116%2Fe04921f597bf567120e9ed5edc1f6b4d04d9354f.jpg Mindball Play is in Yogscast's Jingle Jam Bundle this year! (Check it out here. 100% of the proceeds go to charity, $2,870,601 has been donated so far!) Hi and Welcome to all jingle-jammers! Thanks for checking out our game while supporting a great cause! You're awesome! We're giving everyone the Jingle Ball skin to celebrate!
- Version 1.1 released, with spectator mode and new campaign chapter! - 11 September 2018
Hey everyone! We have now launched Mindball Play 1.1! Campaign Chapter 3 – Celestial Spheres The aliens are attacking in our 3rd campaign chapter – Stop them from leeching on our power supply before they lay more eggs! Finishing the 3rd campaign mode will grant you an achievement and a new skin! (And the eternal gratitude from the world of Mindballs - just don't expect McCheaty to admit it) Spectator mode You asked and we listened – You can now spectate players in online and LAN games! You can join a game and decide to be spectator from the beginning or start spectating other players after you have finished your race! In spectator mode you can choose to stalk a specific player or fly around the track like a crazy person! Have fun! Changes in version 1.1: Spectator feature added. Players can now spectate network games. New Campaign chapter added. One new skin and achievement added. Fixed…
- Mindball Play 1.0 released! - 11 July 2018
Hi! This update to Mindball Play signals the end of our Early Access period. We can't thank our early players enough for testing the game and giving us feedback! Thank you, and to new players, WELCOME! We are now releasing two brand new racing tracks, Emerald Flow and Binary. Emerald Flow is a more traditional race track, with focus on taking corners and optimising your line. Binary is the complete opposite with multiple ways to get from start to finish, and many obstacles on the way! Both tracks have support for multiple laps! We have cleaned our Time-Trial leaderboards by removing times set before ghost balls were implemented. This should ensure all leaderboard times have a correct ghost ball replay. Our new Campaign mode has been tweaked and should be more interesting from the get-go! We have also updated our achievements and added lots of new unlockable skins! While we were on it, w…
- RELEASE DATE! - 29 June 2018
Get excited! Mindball Play will officially leave early acces on July 11th! We here at the Mindball team would like to thank you early adopters for your tremendous support. With the release of Mindball 1.0 we'll give you two brand new tracks: Emerald Flow and Binary. Emerald Flow is a more traditional race track, with focus on taking corners and optimizing your line. Binary is the complete opposite with multiple ways to get from start to finish, and with many obstacles that stand in your way! You’ve all been waiting and now it’s almost here! Race with your hands, eyes or brain! The upcoming 1.0 version will give you the opportunity to play Mindball with almost any input mode out there. Tobii Eye Tracker which is now built into the new version adds to the already stacked input list, combine it with a brain sensing headband for a completely unique handsfree experience.
- Version 0.20 released, with a slew of new features! - 28 May 2018
Hey there! This update to Mindball Play brings a heap of new features: Online Time Trial, ranked online games and two campaign chapters. Online Time Trial works like normal Time Trial, each player race alone on the track vs the clock. Since it is a network game you can also see other players as ghost balls; not just ghost ball replays, but live ghost balls. Online games can now also be ranked. When you play ranked games your rating will go up or down depending on your final position in the race. There is also a new leaderboard where you can see the global rankings. The two campaign chapters contain a set of missions, where each mission has a custom set of goals, rules and conditions. Each mission can give a number of stars and when enough stars have been collected the harder “boss” mission is unlocked. Defeat the “boss” mission to unlock the next chapter. For network games the host can…
- Mac support added to Mindball Play - 24 April 2018
Hi everyone, We have just added Mac support to Mindball Play! Mindball Play requires macOS Sierra 10.12.6 or higher. p.s. Curious about the new campaign mode? Take a sneak peek and try it out on our new experimental beta! News post about the beta can be found here. All the best from us at Mindball
- Version 0.19.1 with volumetric fog and fixes. - 13 April 2018
Mindball Play 0.19.1 has just been released! While fixing all the problems that sometimes come from updating to a newer version of Unreal Engine we have also spent time improving the lighting on all tracks. On the high and max settings you now have a nice and soft volumetric fog around most of the lights in the game. We have also gone through the LOD- and lightmap-settings for many many objects, and as a result some tracks now take less disk-space and should run a little faster. The long-standing bug with minimap-indicators getting stuck has finally been squished, as well as a recent bug that sometimes stopped ghost replays from downloading correctly. For our headband-users we have also added a new focus-indicator that is displayed around the ball instead of in a corner of the screen. Finally we have added an option for mouse look, for those of you who prefer to control the camera direc…
- Introducing experimental - with campaign sneak peek - 12 April 2018
Starting today a new beta-branch is available in Steam: experimental As the name suggests it is meant to provide a way to share the latest of what is happening in development with those interested. If you want to try out the newest features then you can now switch to experimental. For those who prefer a more stable and bug-free experience I would recommend staying with the default branch. It is also possible to switch back and forth between stable and experimental at any time. Some warnings about experimental: Progress and setting are kept separate between stable and experimental, so any skins and stars you unlock in experimental will not be unlocked in stable. Experimental and stable uses different time-trial leaderboards, so any fast times you set in experimental will not be visible in stable. Experimental may be updated more often meaning more patches to download. Experimental may co…
- Version 0.19 released, with headband updates - 29 January 2018
Hello ballers! In this new patch we've added tons of stuff for headband players! You can now see how well you performed after a race, and keep track of how your focus scores (hopefully) increases over time! If you have a Muse headband and Windows 10, you can now use Interaxons new Muse Direct app which simplifies connecting your headband to Mindball Play. Keep in mind this function is in early beta so make sure to report any bugs you come across to us! We now have support for the Brainlink headband which is a simpler headband without built in gyroscope, which makes it a bit more affordable! It can also be used without any bridge app! Check it out in our shop. You can now also try our new game mode where you play with both a controller and a headband! The headband will, as usual, keep track of how well you focus, but now the focus will decide how well YOU can control the ball with the co…
- Version 0.19 released, with headband updates - 29 January 2018
Hello ballers! In this new patch we've added tons of stuff for headband players! You can now see how well you performed after a race, and keep track of how your focus scores (hopefully) increases over time! If you have a Muse headband and Windows 10, you can now use Interaxons new Muse Direct app which simplifies connecting your headband to Mindball Play. Keep in mind this function is in early beta so make sure to report any bugs you come across to us! We now have support for the Brainlink headband which is a simpler headband without built in gyroscope, which makes it a bit more affordable! It can also be used without any bridge app! Check it out in our shop. You can now also try our new game mode where you play with both a controller and a headband! The headband will, as usual, keep track of how well you focus, but now the focus will decide how well YOU can control the ball with the co…
- We have a winner! - 8 January 2018
As the new year is upon us we've removed all the christmas specials and went back to our original 11 tracks. As of today the Mindball Cup has also ended and we once more want to congratulate Retouu on finishing on top! That's it as for now and keep ballin' //The Mindball Team Changes in version 0.18.3: Mindball Cup has ended. Seasonal content removed.
- We have a winner! - 8 January 2018
As the new year is upon us we've removed all the christmas specials and went back to our original 11 tracks. As of today the Mindball Cup has also ended and we once more want to congratulate Retouu on finishing on top! That's it as for now and keep ballin' //The Mindball Team Changes in version 0.18.3: Mindball Cup has ended. Seasonal content removed.
- Version 0.18.2 released, Christmas track returns - 19 December 2017
Mindball Play 0.18.2 has now been released and the track Xmas Ballroom has returned! In true Holiday spirit we've brought back the Xmas Ballroom track joint with a seasonal ball skin. The new laser effects visualized on our social media accounts are also included in the update, together with some sparks upon collision with solid objects. Additionally some visual customization is included to ensure that our graphics look crisp for some holiday gaming. Happy holidays everyone //The Mindball Team Changes in version 0.18.2: Track Xmas Ballroom is back. New default seasonal ball skin. Added new laser visual effects. Added ball collision sparks. Pickups are now picked up if they respawn inside the ball. Quicker fade-animations when switching maps. Animated track buttons. Animated time trial stars. Mouse buttons can be bound to input actions. Small menu bug fixes.
- Version 0.18.2 released, Christmas track returns - 19 December 2017
Mindball Play 0.18.2 has now been released and the track Xmas Ballroom has returned! In true Holiday spirit we've brought back the Xmas Ballroom track joint with a seasonal ball skin. The new laser effects visualized on our social media accounts are also included in the update, together with some sparks upon collision with solid objects. Additionally some visual customization is included to ensure that our graphics look crisp for some holiday gaming. Happy holidays everyone //The Mindball Team Changes in version 0.18.2: Track Xmas Ballroom is back. New default seasonal ball skin. Added new laser visual effects. Added ball collision sparks. Pickups are now picked up if they respawn inside the ball. Quicker fade-animations when switching maps. Animated track buttons. Animated time trial stars. Mouse buttons can be bound to input actions. Small menu bug fixes.
- Competition time! - 1 November 2017
First off, thank you for trying out Mindball Play. We really hope you’ll like it! Right now we’re holding competitions where you can win your own Muse headband (worth around 300€)! You can use the headband to play this game just by focusing! What, just by focusing? Watch our trailer to get a better understanding of what it does! We promise, it’s pretty cool! The first competition is a regular race. Go as fast as you can in Time Trial-mode on Skyscraper to win! The best, legit, time when the clock strikes midnight (CET) on the 8:th of January 2018 wins. You can keep track of your current position and the current leader in the Mindball Cup leaderboard. It will only show times that's set within the competition window. The other competition is a feedback contest. Simply play our game, and leave us your honest feedback! We’ll select a winner who we decided gave us the most valuable opinions…
- Competition time! - 1 November 2017
First off, thank you for trying out Mindball Play. We really hope you’ll like it! Right now we’re holding competitions where you can win your own Muse headband (worth around 300€)! You can use the headband to play this game just by focusing! What, just by focusing? Watch our trailer to get a better understanding of what it does! We promise, it’s pretty cool! The first competition is a regular race. Go as fast as you can in Time Trial-mode on Skyscraper to win! The best, legit, time when the clock strikes midnight (CET) on the 8:th of January 2018 wins. You can keep track of your current position and the current leader in the Mindball Cup leaderboard. It will only show times that's set within the competition window. The other competition is a feedback contest. Simply play our game, and leave us your honest feedback! We’ll select a winner who we decided gave us the most valuable opinions…
- Version 0.18.1 released and headband keys removed - 1 November 2017
Mindball Play 0.18.1 has now been released! It features lots of fixes, menu improvements and the ability to race vs other players ghost ball replays in Time Trial! We have listened to our community and understood that the headband key has generated some hang-ups. We have now removed the necessity of a headband key. Anyone can now use our game with a Muse (2016) headband! We will refund those of you that have already purchased a headband key. Changes in version 0.18.1: Headband license key check removed. Can now play against other players ghost ball replays. Many menu changes. News section added. Feedback can now be sent from in-game. New start and goal appearance. Improved headband code. Opponent skill adjusted when using headband. Held pick-ups can now be replaced by picking up a new pick-up. Medals on finish removed. Random loadscreens added. Small fixes to many levels. Small sound fi…
- Version 0.18.1 released and headband keys removed - 1 November 2017
Mindball Play 0.18.1 has now been released! It features lots of fixes, menu improvements and the ability to race vs other players ghost ball replays in Time Trial! We have listened to our community and understood that the headband key has generated some hang-ups. We have now removed the necessity of a headband key. Anyone can now use our game with a Muse (2016) headband! We will refund those of you that have already purchased a headband key. Changes in version 0.18.1: Headband license key check removed. Can now play against other players ghost ball replays. Many menu changes. News section added. Feedback can now be sent from in-game. New start and goal appearance. Improved headband code. Opponent skill adjusted when using headband. Held pick-ups can now be replaced by picking up a new pick-up. Medals on finish removed. Random loadscreens added. Small fixes to many levels. Small sound fi…
