In Worbital, no one can hear you giggle. Unless you're playing with voice chat.

[Rod_Humble]

Got it, thanks!

[ManOfZinc]

This looks fun.
I remember playing a game on the PC (or maybe even an Amiga) about flinging projectiles around the gravity wells of planets and suns at your enemy. It was multiplayer, very basic, and I can’t for the life of me recall the name of it.
I’m old.

[lordkosc]

Seems there was a free weekend of this, last weekend, and no one mentioned it to me. Not even Steam, lol.

Most recent update added new weapons and bug fixes and polish!

Steam Community :: Worbital :: Events

I also see the game price dropped from $20 to $13. Will keep it on my radar for the winter sale.

[Ginger_Yellow]

Thanks for the bump. Missed this at the time and it sounds fun.

Edit: Apparently there’s a demo!

[YakAttack]

@juanpablobouquet

I also recall a strategy game from, gosh, the 90s? You built a base in an asteroid belt to harvest asteroids, sweeping along its orbit as you fought another player’s asteroid base. Search me if I remember what it was called. Probably Space Bases, or something. That was back before all the videogame names were taken and developers had to resort to word mash-ups like Worbital.

LOL, pharmaceuticals faced this problem a while ago. Now it’s video games too?

[Kolbex]

Ask your doctor if Worbitol is right for you.

[RichVR]

Worbitol is generally well tolerated, but some people experience digestive side effects when they consume too much. This can lead to gas, bloating and diarrhea.

[Infested_terran]

Steam sale for $6.50 right now.

[lordkosc]

How many giggles per dollar does that come out to?

[Anklebiter]

@RichVR

Worbitol is generally well tolerated, but some people experience digestive side effects when they consume too much . This can lead to gas, bloating and diarrhea.

In some cases bleeding may occur from every orifice, followed by convulsion and death. Talk to your doctor if you notice any signs of schizophrenia or more serious mental disorder. Do not use Worbital if you commonly eat food.

[geggis]

Arise!

So I played this a while back and really enjoyed it, especially against friends. But I wanted to just address this comment:

@tomchick

I guess I can imagine ways it might work with console controls, but it really felt like a mouse-and-keyboard kind of game to me. Lots of moving the mouse cursor, zooming in and out, tapping hotkeys, rightclicking, and so forth. I mean, I’m sure it would work on a console, but I don’t think it would work as well as it does on a PC with a mouse-and-keyboard.

I tried both and didn’t get on with the mouse and keyboard controls. The problem I had with the keyboard was your planet segments being mapped to 1-9 which has always felt cumbersome to me in the heat of battle (I’m the same with first-person shooters too). On controller you just flick the thumbstick in the direction of the segment on the HUD you want to select/build/repair. Aiming is obviously easier with mouse but I was surprised how well it all works with controller too. I finished all the campaigns with it so it’s definitely solid!

[lordkosc]

How many giggles per hour of enjoyment would you say?

[geggis]

At least 1.21 giggles.

[Infested_terran]

gigglewatts

[cornchip]

GOG! (Giggling Out-of Gourd)