Neverball Portable 1.5.4 has been released. Neverball is part puzzle game, part action game, and entirely a test of skill. Tilt the floor to roll a ball through an obstacle course before time runs out. Neverputt, a hot-seat multiplayer miniature golf game, is also included. It's packaged in PortableApps.com Format so it can easily integrate with the PortableApps.com Suite. And it's open source and completely free.
PortableApps.com Platform 2.0 Beta 5 users who already have this app installed, simply click 'Check for Updates' in your PA.c Menu to update to the new version.
Rev 2: Revision 2 fixes an issue with the icon not displaying in the PortableApps.com Platform.
Description
Tilt the board, collect the coins and get to the goal before time runs out. The current version includes 141 Neverball levels and 134 Neverputt holes. There's even an online hall of fame.
PortableApps.com Installer / PortableApps.com Format
Neverball Portable is packaged in a PortableApps.com Installer so it will automatically detect an existing PortableApps.com installation when your drive is plugged in. It supports upgrades by installing right over an existing copy, preserving all settings. And it's in PortableApps.com Format, so it automatically works with the PortableApps.com Suite including the Menu and Backup Utility.
Download
Neverball Portable is available for immediate download from the Neverball Portable homepage. Get it today!
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Comments
Thanks
Thanks for your work on this Travis. I updated it to the latest version and format. And I altered your launcher to redirect Neverball to Data directly since moving doesn't work anymore.
Hmm,
doesn't use old settings. Have to move them on my own.
Dev Test
This will happen with dev tests here and there as they're essentially alpha releases. It will not happen with a pre-release to a release without warning. In general, even if the settings are not automatically moved for you, they'll still be there for you to move in a release updated from an old dev test.
I know the guy!
The guy who originally wrote this and put it out in the wild did a PhD in the lab where I worked
Maybe portable electro next :0
No... Enigma will be nice.
No... Enigma will be nice. http://www.nongnu.org/enigma/
ooh, nice ...
this would be good. Neverball is awesome!
App icon missing for Neverball
I think there is a small glitch with the installation:
As Neverball actually contains two applications - Neverball & Neverputt - it also needs two app icons.
However, it installs appicon.ico and appicon2.ico of which appicon.ico is not recognised by the PortableApps menu - it should be appicon1.ico.
In fact, appicon1_16.png, appicon1_32.png, appicon1_128.png are all there (in \PortableApps\NeverballPortable\App\AppInfo) but appicon1.ico is missing. Instead there are appicon.ico, appicon_16.png, appicon_32.png, appicon_128.png which probably are redundant.
Copying appicon.ico to appicon1.ico solves the problem.
Maybe also the [Control] section in appinfo.ini (see below) needs cleanup as it actuall contains three Start references: Start, Start1 & Start2, but only two Name entries.
[Control]Icons=2
Start=NeverballPortable.exe
Start1=NeverballPortable.exe
Name1=Neverball Portable
Start2=NeverputtPortable.exe
Name2=Neverputt Portable
Anyway, great game and keep up the good work.
Fixed in Rev 2
I've fixed this in Rev 2. For anyone that doesn't want the update, copy appicon.ico to appicon1.ico as well and update appinfo.ini to have a PackageVersion of 1.5.4.1 and a DisplayVersion of 1.5.4 Rev 2.
The Start and Name lines are correct. The first Start line uses the name in Name= in the main section. We rarely make use of Start1, etc. Just this and OO.o at the moment.