The Cruciball Roadmap

Past-Present:

• Development started using in February 2024 using the Godot game engine, but later switched to Unity due to technical restrictions
• Previously held an alpha play-test at a local 3v3 dodgeball tournament.
• Implemented 5 main stages, 3 secret stages, and 1 tutorial stage.
• Implemented over 30 unique enemies.
• Implemented 9 unique bosses to fight.
• Implemented over 40 unique upgrades.
• A rogue-like game loop of traveling through stages, completing levels, collecting upgrades, and defeating powerful bosses.
• Hours and hours and endless fun, exercise, and replayability!

Present Goals:

[ ] = Incomplete, [/] = In Progress, [X] = Complete

Gameplay

• [X] Improve hit detection using automated testing and machine learning with a genetic algorithm.
• [X] Add enemy death animations.
• [ ] Add boss death animations.
• [X] Improve boss entrance/death sequence.
• [/] Improve sound effects.
• [X] Intro/Ending cutscene.
• [X] Rework lore.
• [X] Improve menu and UI animations.
• [X] Improve launcher settings and console UI for easy accessibility.
• [/] Even more play-testing, polish, and refinement...

Other

• [/] Game manual, FAQ, and instructional videos.
• [/] Game trailers.
• [X] Steam "coming-soon" page.
• [/] cruciball.com website.
• [X] The Cruciball discord server.
• [/] The Cruciball twitch streams.
• [/] Continued advertisement and community outreach.

Q3-4 2024 Goals:

• Public release of The Cruciball on steam and cruciball.com.
• Commercial licensing of The Cruciball to arcades, gyms, clubs, etc..
• Sale of official The Cruciball tracking cameras.
• Offering The Cruciball installation services.

Future Goals:

• Additional turn-based combat mode, for players who want a bit less intensity.
• Versus adventure mode. Play simlitaneously against another player and compete to survive the longest.
• Online co-op, adventure together with others from across the globe.
• All of these released at no additional cost!
• Possibly more in the future...