Volly-Bounce

Volly-Bounce is a 2007 online multiplayer Flash game developed by Jacob Grahn.
It was the first in a planned series of 5 minigames that would've ended with CO, though Musical Evenizer was the only other one finished."Volly-Bounce" - Newgrounds
It introduced numerous improvements that carried over to Jiggmin's subsequent multiplayer games, including moderators, private messaging and a dedicated account system. Platform Racing 2 later shared accounts with Volly so players could login with the same name on either, however it was quietly discontinued around 2011-2012. It also borrowed many of its menu elements.
==Gameplay==
Players challenge each other to one-on-one matches of "Volly-Bounce", with the goal to have more balls fall off their opponent's side of the court. They can deflect balls by using a movable circular paddle, while the top and sides of the screen act as barriers for balls to bounce off.
After winning, players have the possibility of ranking up, which may in turn upgrade their title.
The lobby includes a chatroom and private messaging system. Players can ignore people to stop their messages from appearing like in Platform Racing, as well as disable the chat and PMs altogether.
A small number of members volunteer as moderators who can ban those from the game who repeatedly break the rules.
==Music==
Main article: Songs
Audio	Song 	Length
 	Thanks – Jiggmin 	2:00
 	ColDPaD – Flashgigant	3:10
==Shut Down==
Although the game's server had been down for several months at that point, Jiggmin announced in September 2015 that he was dropping support for Volly-Bounce along with most other multiplayer games besides PR2. He said:
"Managing [game] servers is another time drain. They'll need to be streamlined or removed. I plan to keep PR2 running at least until PR4 is out, though.""Platform Racing 4 and the Future!". Freegoose. September 9, 2015.
The announcement coincided with the launch of his new forum Freegoose.
===Revival===
A fan project revived the game through a private server in January 2020."Some updates". JV Revival. January 3, 2020. It had been in the works since late-2018, but was delayed due to various issues."Port Forwarding Win". JV Revival. October 6, 2018."The Problems with Adobe Flash". JV Revival. April 20, 2019.
==Trivia==
*The online list shows each person's ping to the server, Jiggmin's only game to do so.
*Despite its name, "Flag as Abusive" doesn't do anything.
*The game keeps track of when members last logged in, though it's not publicly viewable.
*Players have the following titles when they're a certain rank:
**Puppy (1-5)
**Beginner (6-10)
**Moderate (11-25)
**Shark (26-50)
**Master (51+)
*Despite sharing accounts with PR2, bans aren't carried over to one another."FAQs". Jiggmin's Village. June 6, 2011. All bans on Volly also only last a day.
*More servers were originally available as suggested by the list on the title screen having a drop-down menu, though it was reduced to only Derron shortly after release."Comments for: Volly-Bounce" - jiggmin.com (November 2007)
*The game was formerly on Newgrounds, but an unknown bug made it unplayable after a few years, leading to it being the only one of Jiggmin's games to get blammed on the site. Its broken file can still be accessed, however.
==Links==
*Play Volly-Bounce
*Full Screen Link
==References==
Category:Games
Category:Multiplayer Games
Category:Online Games
Category:2007 Games