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{{Infobox video game #REDIRECT ]
| title = Neverball
| image = Neverball boxshot1.png
| released = '''Windows 2000, Linux'''<small> (''Neverball'')</small><br />{{vgrelease|WW|July 15, 2003}}<br />'''Mac OS X, BSD'''<small> (''Neverball'')</small><br />{{vgrelease|WW|November 2003}}<br />'''Windows 2000, Mac OS X, BSD, Linux'''<small> (''Neverputt'')</small><br />{{vgrelease|WW|December 5, 2003}}
| genre = ]
| developer = Robert Kooima
| designer = Robert Kooima<br />Mehdi Yousfi-Monod<br />Pasi Kallinen<br />Derek Wilson<br />Josh Bush
| license = ]
| version = 1.6.0
| modes = ], ]
| platforms = ], ], ], ]
| border = yes
| composer = Robert Kooima
| controls = Keyboard, Mouse, Controller, WiiMote
| cpu = 500MHz or faster
}}''Neverball'' is a 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'' was inspired by ]<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>, 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.

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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 ''neverforums'' and installed into the games to be played. Sometimes these downloadable packs get incorporated into the main game, such as the Tones Pack.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Neverball - Release Notes|url=https://neverball.org/release.php|access-date=2020-09-22|website=neverball.org}}</ref> When building the games from source, it is possible to compile them with VR and Wiimote support. ]

===== VR Capabilities =====
''Neverball'' supports the ] headset<ref name=":3" /> among others

==Trivia==
The game was included in included in the Hot Picks section of the ] Issue 55 (July 2004) DVDs.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Linux Format magazine archives|url=http://www.linuxformat.co.uk/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=5#55|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060324115840/http://www.linuxformat.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=5#55|archive-date=2006-03-24|accessdate=2009-03-29|website=}}</ref>, and was included in the ] projects' game section.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.theopendisc.com/programs/games/|title = OpenDisc project|accessdate =2009-03-30}}</ref> The game won 2nd prize at ] in 2009, at "Recreation" section.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Les Trophées du Libre - Neverball|url=http://www.trophees-du-libre.org/content/view/132|url-status=live|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20090621180332/http://www.trophees-du-libre.org/content/view/132|archive-date=2009-06-21|access-date=2020-09-23|website=Les Trophées du Libre}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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