Neverball

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Overview

Neverball levels are grouped in level sets. There are two ways of progressing through the levels: the Normal mode and the Challenge mode. In Normal mode, no track of lives or balls is kept. Each unlocked or completed level is immediately accessible and can be retried and restarted at any point.

In Challenge mode, the player is given a limited number of balls and attempts to complete all of the levels in turn, starting with the first level. The game ends once the balls run out or the set is completed, and a set score is recorded upon completion. A set may contain bonus levels, unlocked by playing Challenge mode and completing all of the levels leading up to each one; after that, a bonus level is playable in Normal mode too.

The top three fastest times, most coins and fastest unlock scores are kept for each level, and the fastest times and most coins for each set. A set's total time includes both successful and unsuccessful plays, so time-outs and fall-outs count against it.

Made by: Neverball contributors

Controls guide

Rolling

Key	Action
Mouse	Tilt the floor (click the game first)
`Arrows`	Tilt the floor
`S`/`D`	Turn the camera left or right
Click/right-click	Turn the camera left or right
`Shift`	Hold to turn the camera faster
`1`	Chase camera: stays behind the ball
`2`	Lazy camera: follows a point behind the ball
`3`	Manual camera: only turns when you turn it
`E`	Switch between the chase and manual camera
`R`	Restart the level (not in Challenge mode)
`Esc`/`Space`	Pause
`F10`	Hide the HUD

Touch

Key	Action
Drag	On the left half of the game: tilt the floor
Drag	On the right half: turn the camera

Menus

Key	Action
`Arrows`	Move
`Enter`	Choose
`Esc`	Back
`Tab`	Switch between Most Coins, Best Times and Fast Unlock

Cheatsheet

Coins

Yellow: 1 coin
Red: 5 coins
Blue: 10 coins
100 coins: An extra ball
Goal: Opens once you have the coins the level asks for

Level sets

Neverball Easy: Beginner through intermediate: 25 levels with a smooth learning curve
Neverball Medium: Beginner through expert: 25 levels
Neverball Hard: Intermediate through expert: 25 levels
Tour de force: Expert through insane, by Mehdi Yousfi-Monod
Retour de force: A little harder than Tour de force, particularly for grabbing coins
Nevermania: Expert through impossible, by Florian Priester
Tones Levels: Moderate to difficult, by Ian Walker

Records

Best Times: Fastest finishes
Most Coins: Most coins collected before finishing
Fast Unlock: Fastest time to open the goal

Tips

Neverball Easy comes with the game. Add the other sets, and more balls, from Addons on the title screen; the game remembers them on your next visit.
Tilt the floor as little as possible. Less tilt means lower speed, and lower speed means better control.
Flat is relative: learn to hold the floor at an angle so that a slope stays level, and you keep full control of the ball.
When approaching a drop, begin slowing down early. You need just as much room to slow down as you did to speed up.
It is often faster to go around a hole than to fall into it.
On a bouncing level, look at the ball's shadow to know where it will land.
When the ball is on a moving platform it is pulled the way the platform moves. Use the rails to steady yourself.
Watch the motions of bumpers and moving objects before you go: one bump can throw the ball completely out of control.

Secrets

Cheat mode

On the title screen, type XYZZY. The Play button turns into Cheat, and you can play any level. On a set's level list, C marks every level done, bonus levels included; during a level, C finishes it and F5 lets you look around. Scores made in cheat mode are kept apart from your real ones. Typing any other letter on the title screen turns it off.