Lupinball

Lupinball is a multiplayer bullet hell dodgeball video game for up to four players. Players play as one of seven different wolves, each with their own coloured magic fireballs. The game plays similar to dodgeball, with opposing teams collecting orbs around the playing field in order to shoot fireballs to hit and eliminate the opposing team's players.{{Cite web |url=https://www.cnet.com/pictures/multipax-multiplayer-mayhem-at-pax-australia/6/ |title=MultiPAX: Multiplayer mayhem at PAX Australia (pictures) |last=Starr |first=Michelle |website=CNET |language=en |access-date=2019-04-14 |archive-date=14 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414175958/https://www.cnet.com/pictures/multipax-multiplayer-mayhem-at-pax-australia/6/ |url-status=live }} After being shot, fireballs keep bouncing around the edge of the arena and speed up over time. Players are not affected by their own coloured fireballs, and orbs can also be used to shield from the other team's fireballs. Players earn points for winning individual rounds, and a player wins the match by winning a set number of rounds.{{Cite web|last=Prell|first=Sam|url=http://www.gamesradar.com/the-future-of-local-multiplayer-is-strong-and-heres-four-party-games-to-prove-it/|publisher=Future plc|title=The future of local multiplayer is strong, and here's four party games to prove it|website=GamesRadar|date=1 February 2017|language=en|access-date=10 November 2017|archive-date=1 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201040210/http://www.gamesradar.com/the-future-of-local-multiplayer-is-strong-and-heres-four-party-games-to-prove-it/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |url=http://arcadesushi.com/lupinball-semispheres-graveball-orwell-pax-south-2017/ |last=Leboeuf |first=Sarah |title=PAX South 2017: Indie Game Round-Up |website=Arcade Sushi |date=14 February 2017 |access-date=10 November 2017 |archive-date=1 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201041018/http://arcadesushi.com/lupinball-semispheres-graveball-orwell-pax-south-2017/ |url-status=live }}

Michael Ventnor, the head of Craftven, came up with the idea of Lupinball during PAX Australia 2014. He told Player2 the idea came about after canning a different idea stemming from playing Firestriker, to which his friends described as "[reinventing] Lethal League", which was unknown to him.{{Cite web |url=https://player2.net.au/2015/10/paxaus-2015-indie-showcase-lupinball/ |author=Stephen del Prado |title=PAXAUS 2015 Indie Showcase - Lupinball |date=25 October 2015 |website=Player2.net.au |archive-url=https://archive.today/20171111041300/https://player2.net.au/2015/10/paxaus-2015-indie-showcase-lupinball/ |archive-date=11 November 2017 |access-date=10 November 2017 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}

Lupinball was unveiled during PAX Australia 2015. Ventnor said: "Anyone can pick it up and play it within seconds. It is a game that caters to everyone’s tastes because everyone seems to get it."{{Cite web |url=https://www.neowin.net/news/pax-australia-2015-indie-games-showcase |last=Ha |first=Phi |title=PAX Australia 2015: Indie games showcase |website=Neowin |language=en |date=30 October 2015 |access-date=10 November 2017 |archive-date=12 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171112021434/https://www.neowin.net/news/pax-australia-2015-indie-games-showcase |url-status=live }} In a separate interview with TechRaptor, he stated his passion for the genre, and stated the game was capable of doing "everything to make you remember why this was something you did, and still want to do."{{Cite web|url=https://techraptor.net/content/indie-spotlight-lupinball|last=Ashman|first=Jason|title=Indie Spotlight - Lupinball|work=TechRaptor|date=4 January 2016|access-date=10 November 2017|archive-date=12 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171112022903/https://techraptor.net/content/indie-spotlight-lupinball|url-status=live}} A teaser trailer released for the game on 2 November 2015.{{Cite web |url=https://www.ign.com/videos/2015/11/03/lupinball-teaser-trailer |title=Lupinball - Teaser Trailer |website=IGN |date=3 November 2015 |language=en |access-date=2019-04-14 |archive-date=14 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414175846/https://www.ign.com/videos/2015/11/03/lupinball-teaser-trailer |url-status=live }}

After playing the game at PAX East 2017, WCSH in Portland, Maine described Lupinball as "a near-perfect multiplayer party game", with Mick Pratt of Bull Moose describing the game as easy to pick up and play.{{Cite web |url=http://www.wcsh6.com/news/local/207/nintendos-big-play-and-nerd-heaven-geek-culture/423178131 |title=Nintendo's big play and Nerd Heaven - Geek Culture |last=Rollins |first=Krister |website=WCSH |language=en-US |date=16 March 2017|access-date=10 November 2017}}

Lupinball won PAX Aus' 2015 "Indie Showcase",{{cite web|url=http://aus.paxsite.com/indie/archive?year=2015|title=2015 PAX AUS Indie Showcase|publisher=PAX|access-date=10 November 2017|archive-date=11 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171211162333/http://aus.paxsite.com/indie/archive?year=2015|url-status=live}} and was selected in PAX East's 2017 "PAX Rising" category.{{cite web|url=http://east.paxsite.com/rising|title=2017 PAX Risings|publisher=PAX|access-date=10 November 2017|archive-date=9 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171109121618/http://east.paxsite.com/rising|url-status=live}}

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