Ball of Woe Review Round-up #1

I distinctly remember the development of "Ball of Woe". I remember sitting at my computer - writing endless whiteboard "To Do" lists, thinking:

"My god. This is never going to end. I am going to be rolling this ball until I am desiccated, threadbare and grey"

Call me Sisyphus.

And then it was done. It was finished. And it was just the strangest sensation.

We were left at a bit of a loss. We had spent months intensely working over this game - and suddenly it was done: out in the world, people were touching it - and it was out of our hands.

And the response has been really warm. Just hugely encouraging. 

It's always difficult to tell - in advance - how people will respond to your work.

It's one of those "Well, I know what I'm trying to say" propositions.

But we're enormously happy with the reaction to "Ball of Woe". We put a lot into it - it was something really close to our respective hearts; and seeing people enjoying it and picking up on the little things that we were trying to convey - that's just beautiful.

So I got young Jessi to put together this "roundup" of the reviews thus far. 

And a massive thankyou to the people who took the time to download, play, ponder and write about "Ball of Woe" - it's much appreciated.

So go! Read the reviews, follow the authors on Twitter, bookmark their pages - get into it!

Ball of Woe Review Round-up #1

	Indie Games The Weblog  http://indiegames.com/2013/02/iosandroid_game_pick_ball_of_w.html "The storyline -- in which players roll a ball made up of pure, accumulated misery -- is original and worthwhile." twitter.com/indiegamescom  facebook.com/IndieGames
	Kotaku Australia http://www.kotaku.com.au/2012/12/show-and-tell-doppler-interactive/ We participated in Kotaku Australia's "Show and Tell" an interview where we talked about Doppler Interactive and Ball of Woe. twitter.com/KotakuAU facebook.com/KotakuAustralia
	The Indie Game Magazine http://mobile.indiegamemag.com/all-aboard-the-ball-of-woe/ "If you prefer your physics based puzzle games to have a dark and surreal sense of humour with a whole bunch of cute and cuddly visuals, than perhaps you should check out Ball of Woe." twitter.com/kartanym twitter.com/indiegamemag facebook.com/IndieGameMag
	Indie Statik http://indiestatik.com/2012/12/18/great-finger-of-the-sky-you-are-needed-in-ball-of-woe/ "Ball of Woe seems to be mighty interesting in just about every corner of its design."  twitter.com/IndieStatik twitter.com/CPriestman facebook.com/indiestatik
	GGS Gamer  http://www.ggsgamer.com/2013/02/08/ball-of-woe-makes-you-a-god-rolls-sadness-away-trailer/ "Aiming high, trying to craft something truly unique, ambition…in my book, that’s independent game development at its best." twitter.com/ggsgamer  facebook.com/GGSGamer
	Bunch of Gamers  http://bunchofgamers.com/ios/ball-of-woe-2219 "The game is a really great experience … the design, story and overall sense of strangeness that you’re going to feel, playing it, don’t really compare to anything else." 4 Stars twitter.com/bunchofwhat  facebook.com/pages/Bunch-of-Gamers
	Ausdroid http://ausdroid.net/2013/02/14/game-review-ball-of-woe/  "The game is both easy to play, yet hard to navigate – the interesting obstacles are annoyingly difficult to move around and will have you trying again and again to better your progress through levels." twitter.com/Ausdroid twitter.com/phroghollow facebook.com/ausdroid
	Android Mag DE http://www.androidmag.de/?p=84711 This review was in German, so I didn't want to include a translated quote, but they did give Ball of Woe 4 Stars! twitter.com/androidmag_de facebook.com/androidmagazin
	Sticky Trigger Entertainment http://www.stickytrigger.com/products/ball-of-woe/ "The game is hard, is possibly the simplest way I could say it, but in that challenge there is definitely satisfaction." 8/10 twitter.com/Sticky_Trigger twitter.com/HarrisonTheFan facebook.com/StickyTriggerEntertainment
	Bug Online http://www.bug.hr/appdana/ball-of-woe/474.aspx This review was in Croatian, so again, didn't want to misquote with a translation, but the general gist was positive!

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