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You’re on 0.22.1.110626 beta

  1. 0.22.1.110626beta

    Quicker custom commands

    Improved

    • Your own chat bot commands can now go off every 15 seconds (was 30). Still only for you, your mods and your subs. For streamers
  2. 0.22.0.110626beta

    !commands, course votes and roasts

    New

    • !commands: NoBalls_Bot replies with the commands that work right now in one line, including your own. One answer every 30 seconds for the whole chat. For streamers For players
    • When chat votes on the next course, the bot posts the choices (“!vote 1 Pinballs · !vote 2 Spin Cycle”) and then the winner. For streamers For players
    • Roast deaths (off unless you switch it on): now and then a spectacular death gets an @ in chat, like “@kiwi was SO close. The gears did not care.” One a race at most, real players only. For streamers For players
  3. 0.21.0.110526beta

    Your own bot commands

    New

    • Chat bot: add up to 5 commands of your own on Stream setup, like !bbe → “Big Bush Energy!!!”. NoBalls_Bot answers when you, a mod or a sub types one, at most once every 30 seconds each. For streamers
    • Race moments: switch them on and, after each race, the bot posts its best moment in chat, like “Moment of race 2: kiwi chose violence.” In your own commentary words if you wrote some. For streamers For players

    Improved

    • NoBalls_Bot keeps to Twitch’s message limits across every channel it posts in, so a busy night can’t get it muted. Results come first, then answers, then commands and moments. For streamers
    • Stream setup says whether NoBalls_Bot is a mod in your chat. As a mod it posts at full speed, so making it a mod is now the main setup step. For streamers
  4. 0.20.0.110526beta

    NoBalls_Bot calls the Derby

    New

    • In the BallBucks Derby, NoBalls_Bot posts each race in chat: sign-ups, betting open, 10 seconds left, bets closed, then the winner with what it paid, the biggest wins, the jackpot and who went broke. The overall standings stay for the podium, and the bot names the richest bettor when the podium does. For streamers For players
  5. 0.19.0.110526beta

    Ask NoBalls_Bot

    New

    • NoBalls_Bot answers more commands in chat, as a reply to your message: !rank (your own place in the series), !stats (your career on every channel), !course (the course and who made it) and !howto. In the BallBucks Derby, !odds shows the favorites and the longest shot. For streamers For players

    Improved

    • After each race the bot posts the race's top 3, not the series standings: those stay a surprise for the podium. It names the champion the moment the podium does, never before. For streamers For players
  6. 0.18.2.110526beta

    A tidier Stream setup

    Improved

    • Stream setup is in three groups: The game, On screen and Your channel, without the numbered steps. More options sits with the on-screen settings. For streamers
    • Chat bot: when Twitch won't take a message, the status line says why once, not twice. For streamers
  7. 0.18.1.110526beta

    Approving the chat bot

    Fixed

    • Approve on Twitch now asks which Twitch account to use, so it works even when your browser is still signed in to Twitch as someone else. For streamers
    • Making NoBalls_Bot a mod counts as approving it: once a message gets through, the approve step goes away. If Twitch stops letting it post, the step comes back. For streamers
    • If approving goes wrong, the message names both Twitch accounts and links back to Stream setup. For streamers
  8. 0.18.0.110526beta

    NoBalls_Bot in your chat

    New

    • Chat bot: switch it on in Stream setup and NoBalls_Bot posts in your Twitch chat while the game runs. A new series starting, who joined (together in one line), each race starting, each winner with the standings, and the champion. For streamers For players
    • In the BallBucks Derby, !mybets and !balance are answered in chat as a reply to your own message, so the screen stays clear. If the bot can't post, the answer shows on screen as before. For streamers For players
    • One step on Twitch to let it post: Approve on Twitch from Stream setup, or make it a mod with /mod NoBalls_Bot. Say hello in my chat checks it works. For streamers
    • Test in browser shows what the bot would say in the Simulated chat panel, without posting anything. For streamers
  9. 0.17.1.110526beta

    Move the test chat

    Improved

    • Test in browser: drag the Simulated chat panel anywhere by its title bar. It stays where you leave it, and a double-click on the title bar puts it back. For streamers
  10. 0.17.0.110526beta

    Sharper courses

    Improved

    • Course pieces are drawn with 2 to 4 times the detail, so pegs, spinners, walls and the rest keep crisp edges when a course makes them bigger or the camera zooms in.
  11. 0.16.0.110526beta

    Our own Twitch category

    New

    • No Balls Allowed is now a game category on Twitch. Find everyone streaming it from On Twitch at the bottom of the site, or from the Live page.
    • Stream setup's Getting started now ends with setting your stream's category to No Balls Allowed, so viewers browsing the category find you. For streamers
  12. 0.15.3.110526beta

    Every ball starts on the course

    Fixed

    • On the first race after a course loaded, a few balls could start partly inside a wall. Every starting spot is now checked against the course properly. For streamers For players
    • A ball sent back to the start, or freed after getting stuck, always lands on the map and never inside a wall or above the top of the course. For streamers For players
  13. New courseConveyor
  14. 0.15.2.110426beta

    Cleaner Derby races

    Improved

    • BallBucks Derby: the gold rings and bet tags on the marbles during the race are gone, along with their setting and !rings. Who bet what is still in the standings, Riding on this race, the betting board and !mybets. For streamers For players
  15. 0.15.1.110426beta

    Betting info on the marbles: your choice

    New

    • BallBucks Derby: choose the betting info on the marbles during the race in Stream setup: rings and tags, rings only, or off. Mods can switch it mid-stream with !rings (or press B in Test in browser). The standings and Riding on this race show the bets either way. For streamers
  16. 0.15.0.110426beta

    See who bet what

    New

    • BallBucks Derby: every bet pops up on the betting board as it lands: who bet, how much, on which runner, what it pays and what they have left (or ALL IN). The runner's row lights up with their name too. For streamers For players
    • During the race, the runners with the most money on them wear a gold ring with their bets and total, and the standings show each runner's bets and total. For streamers For players
    • "Riding on this race" in the standings column lists the biggest bets and what each would pay. For streamers For players
    • Type !mybets (or !balance) to see your bets, what each would pay, what you have left and where you rank. During a race your runner's ring pulses so you can find it. For players
    • When lots of chat types at once, bets, answers and "joined!" pops in hands-off group together into one card instead of waiting in a long line. For streamers
  17. 0.14.0.110426beta

    Room for your webcam

    New

    • Webcam space in Stream setup: keep the top-right or bottom-right corner clear for your webcam. The standings, spotlight photo and between-race screens move out of its way, and your setup page shows exactly where to put your webcam in OBS. For streamers
    • Standings beside the course: give the standings their own column so they never cover the race. BallBucks Derby always works this way. For streamers
    • Test in browser shows your webcam's spot as a dashed box, so you can line it up. For streamers
  18. 0.13.0.110226beta

    Your own bot names

    New

    • Put friends, family or running jokes in the race: add your own bot names in Look & words. They race first in hands-off, as BallBucks Derby runners and in demo races, and the game’s names fill any spots left. For streamers

    Fixed

    • Race commentary no longer cheers a new leader after someone has already won the race.
  19. New courseSpin Cycle
  20. 0.12.3.110126beta

    Easier to find the Live page switch

    New

    • While your stream isn’t shown on the Live page, a note under your game link says so and takes you straight to the switch. For streamers

    Fixed

    • With Larger text in OBS, the course now fills the screen up to the standings again (it could stop around halfway, most often in BallBucks Derby), and no longer tucks under the top bar. For streamers
  21. 0.12.2.110126beta

    Course art is back

    Fixed

    • The permanent game link shows the boost pads and course backgrounds again. For streamers
    • Streamer pages no longer look for a course folder they don’t have, which showed as a “404” in the browser console. For streamers
  22. 0.12.1.110126beta

    A quieter console

    Fixed

    • Streamer pages no longer show a harmless “404” error in the browser console while they load. For streamers
  23. 0.12.0.103126beta

    Racing live now

    New

    • The Live page at noballsallowed.com/live shows every stream racing right now, with what’s happening in each race. Find one, type !play in its chat, and you’re in. For players
    • A “Racing live now” strip on the homepage whenever someone’s racing.
    • Show your stream on the Live page while you race: switch it on in your stream setup. It’s off until you do. For streamers
  24. 0.11.2.103126beta

    Party keys on the number row

    Improved

    • Party mode’s lights are now on the number keys: press P, then 1 thump, 2 lasers, 3 gobos, 4 disco ball, 5 strobe, 6 UV blackout and 7 the drop. The number pad works too. For streamers
  25. 0.11.1.103126beta

    Stream words, and Awards & commentary

    Improved

    • Look & words is now two pages in the side menu: Stream words, and Awards & commentary. Each part opens on its own and shows how much you’ve changed, with a small picture of where it appears on stream. For streamers
    • Your page name moved to Getting started, next to your game link. For streamers
  26. 0.11.0.103126beta

    Your own award names and commentary

    New

    • Own words: name the race awards your way and write your own race commentary in Look & words. It’s switched on per page during the beta. For streamers
    • Your award history on your locker shows each award with the name it had on that stream. For players
  27. 0.10.1.103126beta

    Ground rules for page wording

    New

    • Your page wording can’t include links or hate slurs. Swearing is up to you. If something can’t be saved, the box is outlined in red and you’re told why. For streamers

    Improved

    • Emoji in your wording stay whole, and very long words wrap instead of running off the screen. For streamers
  28. 0.10.0.103126beta

    Join once, or every race

    New

    • A new “Joining” choice for series and hands-off: Once per series (as before), or Every race, where everyone types !play before each race. Seats turn over, and people who left drop out on their own. For streamers
    • In an Every race series your points and your hat stay with you, even if you sit a race out. For players

    Improved

    • A full race tells you which race to try next. For players
    • Race commentary and award names call players “they” instead of assuming “she”.
  29. 0.9.1.103026beta

    Better “Caught on camera” photos

    Fixed

    • The “Caught on camera” photo is taken the moment it happens, so it matches the caption. For streamers For players
    • The marble always shows in the photo, even under decorations, and the photo lines up in OBS at Larger text. For streamers
    • American spelling across the site (color, favorite, center).
  30. 0.9.0.103026beta

    Race commentary, and you can ask for a page

    New

    • Race commentary: short captions about what someone’s marble is doing, like “kiwi chose violence”. Off, Some or Lots on your page. For streamers For players
    • When the marble is off camera, a “Caught on camera” snapshot shows where it is. For streamers For players
    • Not invited yet? Sign in with Twitch and ask for your page. For streamers
    • “Made for players” on the homepage: your locker, stats and unlockable hats. For players
    • This page, and the version number in the footer.

    Improved

    • Text size is now simply Normal or Larger, the two sizes everything is designed for. If you’d picked something bigger, you get Larger. For streamers

    Fixed

    • Captions near the edge of the screen stay fully on screen.
  31. New courseToxiCity
  32. 0.8.2.102926

    Race awards and 10 new streamer hats

    New

    • Race awards: up to three after every race, for the funniest things a marble did. For streamers For players
    • 10 more streamer-only hats, 20 in all. Your pick is the default hat for your subscribers. For streamers
    • Courses on your page: preview any course, star favorites and pick the rotation for series and hands-off. For streamers
    • Hands-off pop-up cards for !hats and the player portal. For streamers

    Improved

    • A hat you pick yourself always beats the streamer’s sub hat. For players

    Fixed

    • !play works during the course vote, and the vote screen says how to join.
  33. New courseZig Zag
  34. New courseCorner Pocket
  35. 0.8.0.102826

    Your marble remembers you

    New

    • The player portal at noballsallowed.com/me: sign in with Twitch, pick your color and hat once, and they show up on every channel. For players
    • Career stats across every channel, and 30 hats to unlock in 5 collections. For players

    Improved

    • The game recovers on its own from more kinds of hiccups during a stream. For streamers
  36. New courseSonoran
  37. New courseJourney to Titanic
  38. New course50 Shades of Plinko
  39. New courseLooper
  40. New courseRave
  41. New courseThe Gauntlet
  42. New courseRound Trip
  43. New courseLevels
  44. New courseFull Marathon
  45. New courseHalf Marathon
  46. New courseFactory
  47. New courseJade Palace
  48. New courseRoll Like an Egyptian
  49. New courseLit O'Clock
  50. Before Oct 28

    Where it started

    • Streamer pages with your own branding, and one OBS link.
    • Single races and series, hands-off mode, the Starting soon screen, party mode, BallBucks Derby and the phone remote.
    • 30+ courses to race on.