Howdy Gum Balls,

It's been a while since last update. It was necessary for me to take a step back and work on some other stuff.

For this update I made a new race theme. The Gum Balls are delving into the Rainbow Mines. These mines were used to excavate the rainbow crystals in 7223 BG to support the allies in the Greater Gum Ball War. I wonder what they do. :thinking:

Hope you will enjoy the new map. There have also been reports of users not being able to load the game and enter the main menu. This issue should now also be fixed. (I hope :smiling_face_with_tear:)

Let me know if there are still issues. Join the GBR discord to let me know if the loading issue still persists.

Keep on Gum Ballin!

~ Glenn

Hello Gum Balls,

It has been a while since the latest update, I felt it was important to start thinking of more long term progression systems. That's why I have added the following new features:

- Eggs and Pets! Every player now gets a free random egg. By racing and gaining exp in ranked these eggs can eventually hatch into pets! Eggs and pets will follow your Gum Ball wherever you go. Others will see them as well! There are 181 pets to collect, including 9 extremely rare mythical pets.

- 50 single player levels total! Another addition to the single player is that every level now has a top 10 leaderboard.

- Challenges! Complete daily and weekly challenges to unlock new cosmetics and eggs!

- Vote in ranked! You can now vote which race track you want to play.

- Badge icon next to your name and a special name color for those who purchased the Gum Pass.

- Prestige system! When you reach level 100 you can decide to prestige. This will reset your level to 1, upgrade your badge and you will receive a new egg.


So what is the Gum Pass?

The Gum Pass is a 1 time purchase (700 gummies, ~$7) that unlocks most of the progression systems. It's like buying the premium version of Gum Ball Run. There will be no "seasonal passes".

The Gum Pass unlocks:
- The ability to hatch eggs into pets
- The ability to prestige
- The badge icon and special name color
- Exclusive legendary cosmetic
- All 50 single player levels (without Gum Pass the first 5 levels are free. After that its 50 gummies for 5 extra levels)
- All challenges (Without Gum Pass there is 1 daily and weekly challenge)

Without the Gum Pass you can still do online multiplayer and unlock cosmetics like before. All multiplayer aspects will remain free. If you've played the game for a while and you enjoy it you can decide for yourself if you think these added features are worth it. Collecting cosmetics and pets will be a lot easier if you have the Gum Pass.

Another thing I have been working on is a check on backend data loading. In some cases players didn't receive all their game data from the backend. This could overwrite previous data which caused loss of progress.

The game will not load the main menu until all data has been received. If you experience problems you'll need to restart the game and Steam. The cause could be 1 of the following things:

Your internet connection
Your firewall or anti virus software. These 2 might block access to the Gum Ball Run cloud backend and prevent the game data from being loaded.

Since a lot of stuff has been added, make sure to join the Gum Ball Run discord and let me know what you think and what you like to be added next.

As always, thanks for playing and keep gum balling!

~ Glenn

Hello there Gum Balls,

Thanks to all of you Gum Ball Run has reached 100.000 downloads! To celebrate this I went above and beyond to create a new race track: Coral Canyon.

It's probably the most beautiful race map as of yet. This track has fast currents that will send you in different directions and lower gravity, which makes super jumps even more powerful! Watch out for the scary depths though!

Try it out and dive your Gum Ball into this new world. Thanks for playing and keep gum balling!

~ Glenn

PS. For the next update I'll be looking into more long term progression stuff.

Hiya Gum Balls,

It was time to add new cosmetics. 31 new cosmetics have been added to the collection!

When I launched the game I had no idea how I should price the cosmetics. Looking back at it now I realize they were way too overpriced. So I reduced the price of all tiers, especially the epic and legendary tiers.

On top of this I also added a sales system. Currently every hour new cosmetics will be for sale. The higher the tier, the crazier the sale.

For the next update I'll be adding a new race theme. It will be a wet one. A VERY wet one.

Thanks for playing and keep gum balling!

~ Glenn

Hey there Gum Balls,

Making a chat system work was easier than I thought, so here it is. If you don't want to see the chat you can close it and the game will remember that. Chatting can be done during lobbies!

Just to be clear and transparent, the game isn't making a lot of money, so I chose to put chatting behind a small paywall.

You can see others chat, but if you want to chat yourself you have to pay 100 gummies. Once unlocked you can chat as much as you want. It's an optional feature and you can decide for yourself if you think it's worth it.

Thanks for playing and keep Gum Balling!

~ Glenn

Hi Gum Balls,

A new update has arrived. Two features that were requested by you, A LOT. These are full controller support and button rebinding. I am happy to tell you that both of these features are now in the game!
You can now change your button mapping in the settings and navigate through the menus with a controller!

Because the game was never meant to be played with a controller, I couldn't make button navigation work as most games do. Instead the controller operates like a mouse.

Right stick: move mouse cursor
East button (B): click
D-pad: scroll

I know this is not ideal, but it is the only way to make menu navigation work without having to rework the entire UI system, which would've taken too long to justify implementation.

These features weren't easy to implement. My Gum Ball eyes are pretty worn out. If you like the game and want to make me feel a bit more happy, please consider leaving a positive review. I would appreciate it immensely. :)

For the next big update I'll be looking into a chat system for lobbies. I can't guarantee this will be a thing until I have it set up and working. But I am feeling optimistic. Also cosmetic item sales.

Thanks for playing everyone! Keep gum balling!

~ Glenn

Hellow my lil Gum Balls,

It is time for a new race map. It is time for Twisty Tubes. Probably the craziest race map as of yet. The chaos will drive your gum ball to their limits.

For the next update I am looking into input rebinding and full controller support. Hopefully I can get this to work without too much hassle...

Who am I kidding it will be a lot of hassle. Therefore no promises I can get it working.

Thanks for playing. Keep gum ballin' everyone!

~ Glenn

Hello Gum Balls!

Last week I have been very busy implementing a new feature in Gum Ball Run: The Daily Gumchinko! It's a little minigame you can play every day to get cosmetics, exp to level up or gum ball machine tickets. The higher your daily streak is, the better rewards you can get!

Now that this is implemented I am also looking at some kind of challenges system with daily and weekly challenges to complete.

For the sake of ease everyone now also connects to the same region. This will make sure lobbies get filled a lot faster. Currently the playerbase is a bit too small for lots of different regions.

I have also updated the leaderboard menu. You now see what season you're in and how high your individual score is, even if you're not in the top 100. If you are in top 100 your name will also be highlighted in green.

For the next update a new map is planned. Let's just say it will be very twisty ;)

Happy Gum Balling everyone!

Howdy Gum Balls!

A new race theme dropped in v2.6! This time the Gum Balls will race through a construction site! Run through quarries, pipes and demolished buildings. Will you take the high road, or the low road? Or maybe both?

Thanks for playing and I wish you a lot of fun!

~Glenn