We started development of Dixie Ball with the intention of making a Marble it Up! Inspired platformer game. We kept having problems with our parkour jump system, and as a result pulled jump completely out of the game. This forced us to re-think what we where doing. We started playing around with the idea of having only a single map, and turning this into an adventure game. The result is what you see in the 2.0 version.
It has been allot of work getting version 2.0 ready. We had numerous setbacks and delays, and there where times I wondered if we’d be able to pull it off. It is essentially a completely new game from the 1.x series, which was little more than a prototype that could be played in under 10 minutes. Now the game takes a little over 2 hours to play with sufficient skill.
We made the decision to make this game free and open source in the hopes of expanding the public domain. In addition to the source code, the songs Bonnie Blue Flag, Dixie Land, Southern Soldier, and the Dixie Ball theme song (which you hear in the cabin at the games beginning), are being released for use by anyone. We hope they will be useful.
~Christopher Shilts,
CEO of 33 Gamma L.L.C.
