Prison Ball: Full Blown was made free-to-play way back in January of 2020. The ultimate reason for this was to get the base game in the hands of many Steam players. Since that date, more than 10,000 Steam users have taken advantage of getting this game for free, but the sales of DLC hasn't increased and sadly the game hasn't gotten more than a small handful of reviews.
Prison Ball: Full Blown was not developed to be handed out at no cost as it offers a completely unique blend of several popular arcade style games and also allows you to play against a friend or an AI opponent.
A lot of hard work and creativity went into Prison Ball: Full Blown, and I'm sad to see that making my game "free" hasn't benefited the game in any way. It saddens me as an indie developer that so many people don't mind downloading a game and playing it for nothing, and won't even consider spending a few moments writing a review. I'd understand people not bothering to write a review for a game they only played a few moments for free, however, the average median play time for Prison Ball: Full Blown is a staggering 3 hrs, and 27 minutes! That average play time for this game is many times all of my other charged games median play time and it's not even close! ..People ARE playing this game, that much is obvious.
So, I'm letting people know that Prison Ball's base game will now go back to being charged at the median price point it was between launch ($6.99) and just before it went free-to-play ($2.99). $4.99 will be the price for this game going forward and a bundle will be made available soon that will include all of the DLC. More DLC such as the "Solo Reflection" single player challenge mode will be available soon as well.
Thanks for reading, and for understanding. Being an indie developer is very rewarding, but it can consume a lot of time and hard work and be frustrating sometimes as well.
I wish you all the best and thanks for playing my game!
- ZaxtorGameS (Solo Indie developer)