Rocketball!! - MoreBalls Marble Race | Season 26 Race 17
MoreBalls
30,923 views
Season 26 Race 17! This is a technically complex marble race. I have been experimenting, creating different kinds of light trails to use on the marbles in a night race. In this 5-race championship I used five awesome light trail effects, created using Geometry Nodes in Blender. Please let me know which of the light trails you prefer!
The season is nearing the end now! This is Race 17 of this season, only three races remaining after this one! The standings going into this race are:
Red 328
Yellow 281
Green 266
Pink 156
Blue 156
Black 156
White 141
Purple 125
Cyan 109
Orange 31
Really close between the top three teams, Red Yellow and Green. Whoever finishes strongest will probably take the season crown from Cyan who won in season 25!
Five Races today, points for the top 5 finishers! And introducing Rocketball! Today's race is timed and whoever gets the fastest time of the day is the rocketball and receives the three-point rocketball bonus! :)
Pick your color and good luck! May the best marble win!
Chapters:
0:00 Race 1
3:17 Race 2
6:20 Race 3
9:22 Race 4
12:25 Race 5 and Podiums
15:56 Outtakes!
17:09 Behind the Scenes
19:22 Aerial Video Replays
Creation Process:
My marble races are hand-created by me in Blender (3D animation software). It is not AI. I hand-build the tracks, I spend many hours each week creating marble designs, I manually add all the camera keyframes etc. On average it takes me around 100 hours to create one video. The race outcomes are determined by simulated physics built into the software, not by me! :)
Additional graphics created by me in Affinity Designer. I sometimes use stock images from Poly Haven, Pexels and Pixabay when creating new textures. For more details, some of my videos include a "behind-the-scenes" section at the end, showing the Blender build process. :)
Technical Details:
3D Software: Blender 4.0, using rigid body animation. (Yes, I still use Blender 4.0, because I prefer the older EEVEE render engine!)
Render Engine: EEVEE
Render Specs: 4K UHDTV, 60 frames per second.
2D Software: Affinity Designer 2
Final Editing: Blender 4.0 (and sometimes Davinci Resolve)
Time per video (rough avg.): 40 hours for 3D modelling, 10 hours physics testing, 2 hours camera keyframing, 20 to 30 hours rendering, 20 hours for sound and final editing.
Music:
From the MoreBalls Original Music playlist:
MoreBalls Original Music
The music was produced by me specifically for MoreBalls, using a combination of tools. For more about my music creation process, check out the music descriptions.
Thanks for watching!
Copyright and Redistribution:
Reaction videos or transformative uses (like a live stream with your commentary added) are welcome.
Direct re-uploads or compilations without added value are not permitted and will be reported.
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2026
Red .309
Yellow .294
Green .250
White .191
Pink .147
Blue .147
Black .147
Purple .118
Cyan .103
Orange .044
All Time
Red .247
Green .213
Blue .210
Yellow .207
Cyan .197
Black .184
Purple .177
White .154
Pink .147
Orange .118
Just by pure visual impact, I prefer #2.
But #3 is a better fit for the "Rocket" theme.
Edit: oh, it was corrected after Race 4
Rocketball!! - MoreBalls Marble Race | Season 26 Race 17
MoreBalls
30,923 views
Season 26 Race 17! This is a technically complex marble race. I have been experimenting, creating different kinds of light trails to use on the marbles in a night race. In this 5-race championship I used five awesome light trail effects, created using Geometry Nodes in Blender. Please let me know which of the light trails you prefer!
The season is nearing the end now! This is Race 17 of this season, only three races remaining after this one! The standings going into this race are:
Red 328
Yellow 281
Green 266
Pink 156
Blue 156
Black 156
White 141
Purple 125
Cyan 109
Orange 31
Really close between the top three teams, Red Yellow and Green. Whoever finishes strongest will probably take the season crown from Cyan who won in season 25!
Five Races today, points for the top 5 finishers! And introducing Rocketball! Today's race is timed and whoever gets the fastest time of the day is the rocketball and receives the three-point rocketball bonus! :)
Pick your color and good luck! May the best marble win!
Chapters:
0:00 Race 1
3:17 Race 2
6:20 Race 3
9:22 Race 4
12:25 Race 5 and Podiums
15:56 Outtakes!
17:09 Behind the Scenes
19:22 Aerial Video Replays
Creation Process:
My marble races are hand-created by me in Blender (3D animation software). It is not AI. I hand-build the tracks, I spend many hours each week creating marble designs, I manually add all the camera keyframes etc. On average it takes me around 100 hours to create one video. The race outcomes are determined by simulated physics built into the software, not by me! :)
Additional graphics created by me in Affinity Designer. I sometimes use stock images from Poly Haven, Pexels and Pixabay when creating new textures. For more details, some of my videos include a "behind-the-scenes" section at the end, showing the Blender build process. :)
Technical Details:
3D Software: Blender 4.0, using rigid body animation. (Yes, I still use Blender 4.0, because I prefer the older EEVEE render engine!)
Render Engine: EEVEE
Render Specs: 4K UHDTV, 60 frames per second.
2D Software: Affinity Designer 2
Final Editing: Blender 4.0 (and sometimes Davinci Resolve)
Time per video (rough avg.): 40 hours for 3D modelling, 10 hours physics testing, 2 hours camera keyframing, 20 to 30 hours rendering, 20 hours for sound and final editing.
Music:
From the MoreBalls Original Music playlist:
MoreBalls Original Music
The music was produced by me specifically for MoreBalls, using a combination of tools. For more about my music creation process, check out the music descriptions.
Thanks for watching!
Copyright and Redistribution:
Reaction videos or transformative uses (like a live stream with your commentary added) are welcome.
Direct re-uploads or compilations without added value are not permitted and will be reported.
And there a typo on the scoreboard. At the end of Race 3 Yellow should get four points! :face-fuchsia-tongue-out: Thanks @tylerlarsen1842 for catching it! The scoreboard is fixed at the end of Race 4.