HaxBall News

Changes:

• Fixed a bug which caused the overtime message to be shown when there’s no time limit, I knew I had forgotten something :P
• Did some tweaks to the hockey stadium, it felt a bit cramped to me so I made it a tad bigger by reducing the play area margin. I also made the net impassable by players (in 4v4 a team could clog the goal but this map is meant for 3v3 or less).
• By popular demand I hackily added a sound mute button. I don’t like the placement or looks of this button so it will probably be moved somewhere else later on, but it’s better than not having one at all :)

Enjoy!

Changes:

• Changed how the overtime message is shown, instead of covering the playfield it now appears next to the timer. Also, now the timer will continue even after overtime is reached.
• Added a new stadium: Hockey! This was initially intended to be ice hockey themed but I did not manage to make the color scheme work well (ice needing to be white-ish brought contrast issues) so instead I went for some sort of street hockey theme :P
• Fixed a bug which made pressing cancel before the game connects to the RTMFP server not work. Also failing to connect to the RTMFP server is now handled (before it would just get stuck in that screen).
• Some other smaller bugfixes.

Enjoy!

HaxBall is now available as a Google Chrome App, which means you can install it to your Chrome browser and launch HaxBall from a desktop shortcut as any other program for faster access.

If you’re a Google Chrome user please check the HaxBall Chrome App page to install it, and make sure to write a nice review ;)

Changes:

• Stadiums! Room admins can select from 5 differently shaped stadiums to play on!
• Own player highlight! Your own nick is no longer displayed under your player, instead now there’s a highlighting ring around the disc you control.
• Camera improvements! One of the stadiums is bigger than the game viewport, to make it playable I improved the follow behavior of the camera and implemented arrows that point to unseen game objects.
• Some bugfixes ;)

Enjoy!

Changes:

• Implemented a player list which you can inspect even during a match in progress.
• Player kicking! Use it responsibly ;)
• Admins can now give/take admin powers to other players.
• Team selection menu is now prettier and easier to use.

To use the kicking or admin give/take features open the player list and click on the button that appears next to the players name.

Enjoy!

Just released a small change on the HaxBall client

Changes:

• Added a team reset button which lets the room admin quickly turn everyone into spectators.
• Modified “Auto” button, instead of filling the teams to max capacity it will pick a random pair of players per click.
• Fixed a bug which caused players to become stuck in the middle of the field after a goal was scored.

I’m working on implementing more admin tools (player kicking, promoting to admin, etc) but since it will take a while I decided to release these smaller changes now.

Have fun :)

Schaulustiger, a really talented HaxBall fan, just showed us this amazing promo video he made for our little game. Make sure to visit the YouTube page and click on Like ;)

The HaxBall community keeps growing, and with it a number of fan-made websites have surfaced. To keep track of all of them we’ve just created the community page.

If you’re the maintainer of a community page which isn’t yet listed, please let us know so we can add a link to your site.

Thanks to everyone for helping create this awesome community in such a short time!

With the huge amounts of players came huge amounts of rooms, which made finding a specific room quite an annoying task. Room links are here to solve that :)

To use a room link just press the menu button in a game, copy the room URL and give it to a friend.

Another small new feature is the option to not display the room in the room list. This, in combination with room links, can be an nice alternative to password-protected rooms.

Enjoy :)

As of now HaxBall has ads. I know nobody likes them, me included, but as the popularity of the game grows so do the hosting costs, and sadly donations aren’t enough (though many great thanks to everyone who donated ♥).

We tried to use ads that keep nagging to a minimum and don’t affect the fun of the game. Hopefully nobody will be mortally offended.

Love,

Basro