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Toasterball

Factsheet

Developer

Les Crafteurs
Based in Lille, France

Release date

PC: may 3^rd 2023,
Switch: November 30^th 2023

Platforms

Windows,
Nintendo Switch

Genre

Party game/sports

Multiplayer

1-4 players (local multiplayer)

Price

$9.99

Links

Linktree
Nintendo Switch Store
Steam
Discord Twitter
Facebook
Instagram

Press/Business Contact

contact@les-crafteurs.com

Description

A ball, two goals and... toasters! Welcome to Toasterball.

Play against your friends in this physics-based multiplayer sports game, where toasters are athletes, bread flies everywhere and the gameplay changes every time you score a goal!

Toasterball is a multiplayer physics-based sports game, quick to learn and perfect for good old game nights on a couch with friends (1-4 players local multiplayer). Because you are playing as toasters, you can naturally expect some chaotic physics, random situations, electrical hazard, and more burnt toasts than you can ever imagine. There is also a real learning curve, with pro moves and enough gameplay variants to keep on surprising you for hours.

Keys features

Easy to learn, hard to master

The basics of Toasterball are very simple: just press one of the two buttons on your toaster for a short time, release it… and voilà! The longer you press, the higher your toast will fly. Each ejection also makes you jump, allowing you to hop around the field and push your opponent into tight situations. The more you play, the more pro moves you'll discover, from double-jumping to the deadly "TURBOFLIP"!

Unexpected variants

After each goal, a random gameplay variant is selected. New ball physics, lava pits, portals, moving platforms or explosions… No two matches are the same! The game includes a total of 24 unique variants, not counting modifiers like the size of toasters or the number of toasts which can add even more possibilities.

Iconic arenas

Visit the 5 unique arenas from the game: the legendary Toasterball Arena, the mysterious jungles of the Panachado Forest, the historic Breadington Square street court, the majestic castle of the Tartembourg village and the warm beaches of Porto Rada.

AI toasters

Meet Beep, Boop, and Bleep-Bloop, your new-generation AI toasters. Add them to your matches to fill the empty slot in your team, or for some single player fun!

Custom matches

Enter the "custom mode" to choose any combination of variants and arenas you want. You can change the order in which they'll be selected, play with miniature toasters or without toasts, and even customize the basic rules of the game, like the number of impacts needed to break a goal's door, the amount of damage a toaster can withstand, or the number of points needed to win a match.

Legendary athletes

Wether you are team Burners or Defrosters, play as one of the 14 legendary athletes from the Toasterball league! From good old kitchen appliances to high-tech toast-crunchers and ancient bread-warriors, each toaster has its own unique personality and backstory, reflected in their appearance and in little in-game details like the content of their locker or their animated match intro.

History

→ A first prototype of the game was first released on itch.io in june of 2018.
Link to first prototype: https://studiocrafteurs.itch.io/toasterball-demo

→ A Kickstarter campaign has been launched from October 16 to November 16, 2018, in the hopes of funding the full version of the game, with 4 players modes, and lots of gameplay variants. The campaign was a success, thanks to our kind community on Discord and Twitter.
Link to Kickstarter page: http://kck.st/2pUYylT

→ The game was then put in early access on Steam in january 2020.

→ The full PC version of the game was released on may 3rd 2023.
Link to Steam page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1142810/Toasterball/

→ On november 30th 2023, Toasterball is released on the Nintendo Switch.
Nintendo Switch Store: https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/toasterball-switch/
Nintendo Switch Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1VOv7vBgbE
Passage on Nintendo Indie World Japan: https://youtu.be/X1e7CpgYHiI?si=bBvyq_nsmXC4QlM7&t=24