HyperBowl

Devlog

• Unity 2019.1
  June 06, 2019 by technicat

  Updating to Unity 2019.1. A lot of stuff broke and got put back togther again. Upgraded to the new shaders... Continue reading
• No More Front End
  November 16, 2018 by technicat

  Streamlined the flow a bit by removing the front end screens. Which I kind of hate to do, as they're in the original arcade game, but for the webplayer, I think it's better to keep it simple, reduce t... Continue reading
• Text Stuff
  November 16, 2018 by technicat

  Converting text to use TextMesh Pro (now included in Unity via the Package Manager) and in the meantime adding more localizations (using Lean Localization by Carlos Wilkes). Currently supporting Spani... Continue reading
• Rome is here
  September 29, 2018 by technicat

  Added the full front end (menu screens and the lane selection lobby) and the Rome lane... Continue reading
• webplayer is working!
  September 26, 2018 by technicat

  The full game is way too big for a webplayer, but one lane fits OK, so enjoy the Classic lane!... Continue reading
• FPS Graphing
  August 31, 2018 by technicat

  FPS Graphing When I took over for the original lead programmer on the HyperBowl attraction game over fifteen years ago, one of the first things I did was to add an on-screen frame rate display. I wis... Continue reading
• A Unity Readme
  August 27, 2018 by technicat

  It’s been bugging me for a long time that I can’t easily annotate GameObjects in Unity, so I waste a lot of time staring at them like a puzzled archaelogist, wondering why it is the way it is and... Continue reading
• HyperBowl on the Small Screen
  August 27, 2018 by technicat

  I wrote this postmortem a few years ago (so the part about a Wii U release has passed, but on the other hand I did get it running on Steam). Game Data Publisher: Technicat, LLC (Fugu Games) Release Da... Continue reading
• Improved Exit
  August 27, 2018 by technicat

  Streamlined the flow a bit. When you finish or quit a lane, you'll be returned to the selection lane instead of the initial menu. Also, there was a bug when quitting a lane during the bonus ball of th... Continue reading
• Absolute Certainty
  February 08, 2018 by technicat

  The latest incarnation of Hyper Entertainment is now Absolute Certainty ... Continue reading
• Updated to Unity 2017.3
  January 03, 2018 by technicat

  First update of the Linux version in a long time... Continue reading
• Fixed Arcade Trophy
  December 17, 2017 by technicat

  The trophy now displays all player names in Arcade mode... Continue reading
• HyperBowl Arcade Edition
  November 26, 2017 by technicat

  This is the contents of the installation CD for HyperBowl Arcade Edition, plus a patch file, plus a Windows XP Service Pack 2 fix, to be installed in that order. However, I haven't got it to work on W... Continue reading
• Updated to Unity 2017.2
  November 25, 2017 by technicat

  engine update... Continue reading
• Upgraded to Unity 2017.2
  November 25, 2017 by technicat

  Some physics fixes and UI polish. FPS graph available in the options menu... Continue reading
• HyperBowl Arcade Edition
  October 29, 2017 by technicat

  Added HyperBowl Arcade Edition (the original Windows version from Hyper Entertainment). This is downloaded from Tucows and totally unsupported (no license keys)... Continue reading
• Updated to Unity 2017
  August 05, 2017 by technicat

  Also with a new splash screen... Continue reading
• WebGL update
  June 19, 2017 by technicat

  The WebGL player is updated on GameJolt... Continue reading
• HyperBowl YouTube channel
  June 15, 2017 by technicat

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  YouTube links and the new video on this itch.io page are pointing to the HyperBowl YouTube channel... Continue reading
• Mac update
  May 13, 2017 by technicat

  Added reflective water to the Grass Pier and fixed up the icon a bit... Continue reading
• Grassy Pier water
  May 12, 2017 by technicat

  Added reflective water to the Grassy Pier... Continue reading
• Grassy Pier on OSX
  May 11, 2017 by technicat

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  Updated the Mac build with the new Grass Pier lane... Continue reading
• Testing
  May 11, 2017 by technicat

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  Just testing this devlog thing... Continue reading