<s>
Blobby	B-Application
Volley	I-Application
is	O
a	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
sports	O
computer	O
game	O
series	O
in	O
which	O
two	O
blobbed	O
shaped	O
entities	O
play	O
volleyball	B-Device
against	O
each	O
other	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
rules	O
used	O
in	O
Blobby	B-Application
Volley	I-Application
are	O
derived	O
from	O
the	O
standard	O
volleyball	B-Device
rules	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
real	O
volleyball	B-Device
,	O
the	O
movements	O
of	O
the	O
players	O
are	O
limited	O
to	O
the	O
two-dimensional	O
space	O
of	O
the	O
screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
there	O
is	O
only	O
one	O
player	O
on	O
each	O
side	O
of	O
the	O
field	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
permitted	O
(	O
unlike	O
standard	O
volleyball	B-Device
)	O
for	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
touch	O
the	O
ball	O
several	O
times	O
in	O
a	O
row	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Network	O
games	O
are	O
possible	O
in	O
Blobby	B-Application
Volley	I-Application
where	O
you	O
can	O
play	O
against	O
another	O
human	O
opponent	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blobby	B-Application
Volley	I-Application
allows	O
you	O
to	O
configure	O
keyboard	O
and	O
mouse	O
controls	O
,	O
the	O
colors	O
of	O
the	O
blobs	O
and	O
the	O
background	O
image	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blobby	B-Application
Volley	I-Application
is	O
available	O
in	O
three	O
languages	O
(	O
German	O
,	O
English	O
and	O
French	O
)	O
and	O
also	O
gives	O
an	O
insight	O
into	O
a	O
history	O
of	O
game	O
statistics	O
(	O
wins	O
,	O
losses	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
instance	O
Quick	O
Game	O
which	O
is	O
a	O
modification	O
for	O
Blobby	B-Application
Volley	I-Application
which	O
speeds	O
up	O
the	O
game	O
and	O
reduces	O
the	O
winning	O
number	O
of	O
points	O
to	O
10	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blobby	B-Application
Volley	I-Application
was	O
originally	O
written	O
in	O
Delphi	B-Language
by	O
Daniel	O
Skoraszewsky	O
with	O
graphics	O
by	O
Silvio	O
Mummert	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
1.0	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
November	O
2000	O
on	O
the	O
authors	O
 '	O
homepage	O
as	O
Freeware	B-License
for	O
PCs	O
with	O
Windows	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Started	O
in	O
2007	O
on	O
SourceForge	B-Application
under	O
the	O
GPLv2	O
license	O
,	O
Blobby	B-Application
Volley	I-Application
2	O
is	O
the	O
official	O
continuation	B-Application
written	O
by	O
new	O
programmers	O
and	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
original	O
assets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
continuation	B-Application
is	O
programmed	O
in	O
C++	B-Language
(	O
gcc	B-Application
)	O
instead	O
of	O
Delphi	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
new	O
version	O
uses	O
OpenGL/SDL	O
for	O
rendering	O
which	O
allows	O
cross-platform	B-Operating_System
ports	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Windows	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
offered	O
as	O
freely	O
downloadable	O
and	O
shareable	O
Freeware	B-License
,	O
while	O
also	O
asking	O
for	O
donations	O
for	O
further	O
development	O
and	O
server	O
funding	O
,	O
which	O
makes	O
the	O
game	O
also	O
donationware	B-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
has	O
several	O
improvements	O
over	O
the	O
first	O
iteration	O
of	O
the	O
series	O
,	O
for	O
instance	O
better	O
bots	O
,	O
by	O
using	O
the	O
Lua	B-Language
scripting	I-Language
language	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Replay	O
functionality	O
was	O
added	O
as	O
also	O
native	O
Gamepad/Joystick	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
now	O
possible	O
to	O
change	O
the	O
game	O
speed	O
as	O
also	O
alter	O
the	O
default	O
volleyball	B-Device
rules	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2013	O
a	O
commercial	O
Android	B-Application
version	O
was	O
released	O
,	O
in	O
2014	O
a	O
version	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2016	O
a	O
commercial	O
version	O
for	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
mobile	I-Operating_System
followed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
2016	O
there	O
is	O
also	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
Blobby	B-Application
Volley	I-Application
2	O
available	O
for	O
browsers	O
which	O
utilizes	O
HTML5	B-Application
for	O
rendering	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Blobby	B-Application
Volley	I-Application
series	O
became	O
quite	O
popular	O
freeware	B-License
game	O
,	O
either	O
as	O
single	O
player	O
casual	O
game	O
and	O
also	O
as	O
competitive	O
tournament	O
game	O
on	O
LAN	O
parties	O
,	O
for	O
instance	O
the	O
GameCon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
offered	O
from	O
many	O
freeware	B-License
download	O
outlets	O
,	O
for	O
instance	O
it	O
was	O
downloaded	O
between	O
2007	O
and	O
May	O
2017	O
alone	O
from	O
SourceForge.net	B-Application
over	O
700,000	O
times	O
,	O
Chip.de	O
counted	O
over	O
1	O
million	O
downloads	O
(	O
at	O
May	O
2017	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blobby	B-Application
Volley	I-Application
was	O
also	O
included	O
on	O
several	O
video	O
game	O
magazines	O
 '	O
cover	O
disks	O
with	O
freeware	B-License
game	O
compilations	O
,	O
for	O
instance	O
CD-Action	O
1/2007	O
,	O
GameStar	O
01/2012	O
,	O
or	O
the	O
Open	B-Device
Source	I-Device
Software	I-Device
CD	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
also	O
included	O
in	O
several	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	I-Application
,	O
for	O
instance	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
jeuxvideo.com	O
retrospective	O
described	O
Blobby	B-Application
Volley	I-Application
as	O
fun	O
multiplayer	O
game	O
in	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Linux	B-Application
For	O
You	O
September	O
2009	O
ranked	O
Blobby	B-Application
Volley	I-Application
3/5	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Linux	B-Application
Format	O
December	O
2014	O
selected	O
Blobby	B-Application
Volley	I-Application
as	O
"	O
HotPick	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
