Monster Mash

In a spooky twist for this upcoming Frightfest event (starting SoonTM), I am please to announce an extra spooky tournament called Monster Mash. This one-day tournament event will be in the joyful spirits of the Festival of Champions from last winter. Except less joyful and more spoopy. And ghosts. They like tournaments too.

To sign-up* for this event please post here. Entries for this event close 23rd October 2018**.
Further details will be posted within the thread of this news post, so be sure to check it out.

- Matan

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IsraeliRD replied the topic: #1 26 Oct 2018 22:36
Thanks to those who played! I know this was never posted but the link was: challonge.com/MonsterMash2018

Congrats to Kalle on winning, Robert for a very solid 2nd place, and Marson and M@s for being awesome semi-finalists!
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M@s replied the topic: #2 20 Oct 2018 09:46
I'm also in this time. Sign me up as M@s.
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Kalle29 replied the topic: #3 19 Oct 2018 18:15
I'm in, using my normal username

Labor Day Madness 2018: Aftermath

Hey folks!

Thank you again for everyone that was able to join us for this year's Labor Day Madness celebration! We gave our servers quite the assault this afternoon, and we even identified and ironed out some deficiencies in our code base to further improve the performance and stability of Marble Blast!

We plan on hosting a few more events in the near future, so stay tuned for further details in the coming weeks!

This year, our turnout was much greater than anticipated, which resulted in several crashes, unstable games, and lots of exciting errors! We apologize for the trouble, so as a "Thank You" for your complications, we've awarded every participant with the exclusive "Laggy" prefix, which you can apply to your account from your User Profile.

Our chain of events went a bit unscripted this year to accommodate some of the challenges we encountered. We started off with a few custom Hunt levels before transitioning to a few favored classics, such as Sprawl and Horizon. We managed to even sneak a few Mega Marble War games into the mix to offer players some variety.

Due to popular demand, we also managed a 23 player Battlecube Finale Co-Op mission, where our group managed to collectively earn a record-shattering time!

After attempting a few more custom missions, we decided to attempt a large co-operative play through of the original Marble Blast Gold levels, rather than waiting for loading bars and game crashes. While we only managed to collectively progress through 51 of the original Marble Blast Gold levels (including all Beginner and Intermediate levels), you all made a profound impact on the Co-Operative leaderboard, by collectively attaining 36 Co-Op World Records in the process!

Check out some of our action shots below!

 

The original Example Mission!

A classic round of Sprawl

Players having a grand time on a Mega Marble War version of King of the Ring

An explosive round of Eye of the Storm: Mega Marble War edition

Marbles trying out a new Mega Marble War level: Skate Park

An amazing feat of teamwork and collaboration scored this time on Battlecube Finale!

We hope you all had a great time this afternoon - we look forward to hosting this crazy event next year, along with some other events planned in-between!

Lastly, feel free to share any screenshots or videos of the event in the comments below!

~Aayrl

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Nockess replied the topic: #1 10 Sep 2018 01:35
Oh yeah I did this too

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Yoshicraft224 replied the topic: #2 04 Sep 2018 00:19
Don't forget our Grand Finale, which turned out to be over 200 Grand Finales...
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Three replied the topic: #3 04 Sep 2018 00:15
Never forget: a record on Arctic Inferno that will never be shattered.

Labor Day Madness 2018!

Hello all,

The Marble Blast Community Staff will again be holding our annual Labor Day Madness event!

This year, the event will run on Monday, September 3rd from 2:00 PM EDT (18:00 UTC) - 6:00 PM EDT (22:00 UTC). Please join us in Aayrl's "Labor Day Madness" Server at the time specified!

The event will feature several rounds of traditional gameplay, a series of special Event Custom Levels (including some from the Marble Blast Developer Archives, not seen for years), and end with a full play-through of the classic Marble Blast Gold levels in a round of multiplayer Co-Op!

We're going to have an explosive time this year!

ldm17

We'll see you online Monday!

~Aayrl
Marble Blast Community Administrator

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Connie replied the topic: #1 01 Sep 2018 09:26
Man last year's Labor Day Madness event was crazy!
This year's LDM event is going to be even crazier and funner!

Can't wait!
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Kysterable replied the topic: #2 31 Aug 2018 21:42
im looking forward to this event

Marble It Up!, The Next Revolution in the Roll-Playing Game Genre

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The next-generation roller, Marble It Up!, is launching on Nintendo Switch™ in September 2018! A spiritual successor to the Marble Madness and Marble Blast series, Marble It Up! is a high-speed puzzle platformer that harnesses the subtle thrill of racing the clock and embraces the pure joy of rolling. Players use power-ups to slow time, launch into the air, and glide to the finish line as quickly as possible while exploring gloriously colorful and brilliant worlds filled with secret collectibles, unlockable marbles and more!

Marble It Up! is a collaboration between true independent studios. Launched by Bad Habit Productions and developed by The Engine Company, Alvios, Arcturus Interactive, and Shapes and Lines, the Marble It Up! team brings a deep and fresh breadth of game development experience to the Nintendo Switch™. Notable past titles led by members of this team include Starsiege: Tribes, Tribes II, Marble Blast Gold, Marble Blast Ultra, the Torque Game Engine, Social City, QuiVr, and Disney City Girl, to name a few.

More of the story can be found at GameSpot and marbleitup.com

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Three replied the topic: #1 28 Sep 2018 01:48
No. Marble It Up is a premium (paid) game made by a different team using a different game engine.
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Devean replied the topic: #2 28 Sep 2018 00:50
Will it be available on PQ soon?
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CursedRed replied the topic: #3 19 Sep 2018 03:44
can't wait for this game to come up. I really love the graphics in this game, looks amazing.

On this day, 1 year ago...

PlatinumQuest came out on July 6th, 2017, by a small group of ...
Let's hold on that intro for a few years now shall we? ;)

PlatinumQuest is now celebrating its first anniversary! Your marble is invited to the party and it's required to have a PARTY HAT as part of the celebration. Grab the Patch 2.3.11 and celebrate with us for the next week PlatinumQuest's anniversary with a cool party hat!

- The Platinum Team

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Joey replied the topic: #1 16 Aug 2018 21:21
Lurking through some old files led me back to MBP, and subsequently I decided to take a visit back here a week ago to see that I've missed an entire year that PQ has apparently been out. Better late than never, I guess.

Despite any criticisms that anyone might have, the Platinum Team should be very proud of the product they've crafted. I've been playing the mod for a few days now, and it doesn't take long to notice the amount of effort and creative thinking that went into this work. After years of not touching Marble Blast, I genuinely enjoyed playing this game (gave me sort of a nostalgia trip, actually, even if it's a new mod). Kudos to all involved.
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Punished_Pitaya replied the topic: #2 28 Jul 2018 20:43
I started playing marble blast ultra when I was very little ( Hated platform levels ). I like how this game brings back memories of childhood...
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Cudds replied the topic: #3 07 Jul 2018 19:04
Oops! Missed it yesterday but good thing it's all week.
I can't believe it's been a year already since PlatinumQuest released. I know I'm wasn't one of the ones waiting since 2010 or something but being in the community for nearly 3 years now. It was a great time and especially a group of peeps that's helped me get through the last year and a half where I haven't had much a good vibe from life/starting highschool. Hope to be online to play sometime and thanks for the fun.

P.S. 1v1 horizon gem hunt I'll lose but idc that's my map owo