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{{Infobox video game #REDIRECT ]
| title = Neverball
| image = Neverball boxshot1.png
| released = '''Windows 2000'''<small> (''Neverball'')</small><br />{{vgrelease|WW|July 15, 2003}}
'''Linux'''<small> (''Neverball'')</small><br />{{vgrelease|WW|July 15, 2003}}
| genre = ]
| developer = Robert Kooima
| designer = Robert Kooima<br />Mehdi Yousfi-Monod<br />Pasi Kallinen
| license = ]
| version = 1.6.0
| modes = ], ]
| platforms = ], ], ], ]
| Additional Credits = http://neverball.org/contributors.php
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}}''Neverball'' is a 2003 3D ] video game developed by Robert Kooima<ref>{{Cite web|title=Neverball - Contributors|url=https://neverball.org/contributors.php|access-date=2020-09-22|website=neverball.org}}</ref> and published on . The game was released for ] and ] in 2003. ''Neverball'' is a free clone of ]<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|last=Patterson|first=Blake|date=2008-07-08|title=Neverball: A Free Alternative to Super Monkey Ball|url=https://toucharcade.com/2008/07/08/neverball-a-free-alternative-to-super-monkey-ball/|access-date=2020-09-22|website=TouchArcade|language=en-US}}</ref>, which is a similar game available for the ]''.''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Super Monkey Ball|url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/gamecube/super-monkey-ball|access-date=2020-09-22|website=Metacritic|language=en}}</ref> ''Neverball'' has many, many levels and the game is maintained entirely by volunteers. ''Neverball'' and ''Neverputt'' are open-source under the GPL2 license.


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==Gameplay==
The main gameplay of ''Neverball'' is based on moving a ball using gravity by tilting the game world, not directly controlling the ball<ref name="linuxcom">{{Cite web|last=Giusti|first=Alessandro|date=2006-01-30|title=Open source software and games|url=http://www.linux.com/feature/51239|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|accessdate=2009-03-08|work=]|publisher=]}}</ref> (it is somewhat similar to the game ] without the holes in the middle). The level must be tilted to help guide the ball to a goal, via an obstacle course, with a set time limit. Moving platforms and other objects get in the way, making levels progressively harder.

The obstacle course includes pits, moving platforms, tubes, teleporters, and more.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Neverball|url=https://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/review/neverball/neverball/316250/|access-date=2020-09-22|website=PC World|language=en-AU}}</ref>
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Several camera modes are available to help the player guide the ball, including chase camera, allowing the player to move along with the ball, and a manual camera, allowing the player to move the camera around, unhindered.

To unlock the goal on each level, the player must collect a required amount of coins. Coins come in three different colors: yellow, red and blue, each having the values one, five, and ten, respectively. Collecting 100 coins in "Challenge Mode" gains an extra life.

''Neverball'' features a replay recording system, which records gameplay in any level. Recording begins automatically when the level begins. Replays can be saved when a level is cleared, or when the ball falls off the level.

''Neverball'' allows the creation of levels with ], the level creation program for popular games such as '']''. GtkRadiant currently has versions for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.

==] Neverputt==
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''Neverball'' comes with an additional ] companion game using the same physics, called ''Neverputt'',<ref name="linuxcom"/> which comes with 3 course packs ranging from Easy to Hard. It's levels are similar to those of ''Neverball'', and it is included in the ''Neverball'' source. <!-- add context reference to https://en.wikipedia.org/The_Treachery_of_Images -->

==Expansion==
The user is able to expand both ''Neverball'' and ''Neverputt''. User-created maps can be downloaded from the neverfourms and installed into the games to be played. When building the games from source, it is possible to compile them with VR and Wiimote support.

===== Neverforum =====
''Neverforum'' has over 10,000 posts made by over 150 members.<ref>{{cite-web|url=http://www.nevercorner.net/forum/|title=Neverforum|accessdate=2007-03-25}}</ref> This makes it a very large base for people to chat about the game. Development builds of ''Neverball'' and ''Neverputt'' are also hosted there. This is also where additional levels are discussed, shared, and downloaded from.
==Ports==
There are several unofficial ports and forks of ''Neverball'', most notably , which is a ] port.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nuncabola|url=http://uppgarn.com/nuncabola/|access-date=2020-09-22|website=uppgarn.com}}</ref> There is an ongoing effort to port ''Neverball'' to the ].<ref>{{Citation|last=camthesaxman|title=camthesaxman/neverball-wii|date=2020-09-07|url=https://github.com/camthesaxman/neverball-wii|access-date=2020-09-22}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Neverball - WiiBrew|url=https://wiibrew.org/Neverball|access-date=2020-09-22|website=wiibrew.org}}</ref> Currently, ''Neverball'' has been ported to ], ] the ], ], and ]. ''Neverputt'' has also been ported to iOS and Android.

===== iOS Ports =====
There are actually two iOS ports, both unofficial. One port was released by Lazrhog in 2008 for jailbroken iPhones<ref name=":2" />, and was never released in the ]. The other port was released by drodin, contains both ''Neverball'' and ''Neverputt,'' and is available right now.<ref>{{Cite web|title=drodin.com|url=https://drodin.com/|access-date=2020-09-22|website=drodin.com}}</ref> drodin also ported the game to the new macOS, as the original Mac OS X release no longer runs on modern macs.

==Game Notability==
*''Neverball'' is included in the ] projects' game section.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.theopendisc.com/programs/games/|title = OpenDisc project|accessdate =2009-03-30}}</ref>
*''Neverball'' is an open-source software at near commercial quality.<ref name=":0" />
*It’s been included in the Hot Picks section of the ] Issue 55 (July 2004) DVDs.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.linuxformat.co.uk/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=5|title = Linux Format magazine archives|accessdate =2009-03-29}}</ref>
*''Neverball'' won 2nd prize at ] in 2009, at "Hobbies" section.

===== Notable Versions =====
0.25.12- Support added for Mac OS X and BSD<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Neverball/neverball|url=https://github.com/Neverball/neverball|access-date=2020-09-22|website=GitHub|language=en}}</ref>

1.0.0- Absolutely Nothing<ref name=":1" />

1.1.5- Release of ''Neverputt''<ref name=":1" />

1.4.0- removed the ability to play ''Neverputt'' holes as levels inside ''Neverball''.<ref name=":1" />

1.6.0- First update in 5 years, source becomes available on Github.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Neverball - Home|url=https://neverball.org/|access-date=2020-09-22|website=neverball.org}}</ref>

==References==
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