The player's ball needs to roll on its side along two rails which are aligned vertically one above the other. The side-rail is introduced in level three. Each level requires the player to complete physical challenges, which often have more than one puzzle to solve. On occasion, the player has to push other balls down holes or onto rails to continue rolling along the path. As the player navigates the ball along a path each become more difficult than the last. Checkpoints are scattered evenly across levels so that if a player falls off the course they only have to restart the game from the last checkpoint reached. If the ball rolls into them they provide either an extra ball or extra points. A paper ball can be blown into the air by fans and can roll up steep hills easily. Its surface is not smooth, unlike the wood and rock ball, and so its movement is slightly variable. Rolling a rock ball through a bridge made of planks will make the bridge collapse. The stone orb is extremely heavy, and can be accidentally rolled off an edge very easily, but this ball can easily push down boxes and bridges. It is the very first ball, used in the easy levels. The wooden ball is very stable and can be used for several puzzles in the game. It can be transformed into a wood, rock, or paper ball.
In the game, the player can change the ball's material with special changers throughout the game's 12 levels. The gameplay is similar to Marble Madness: the player controls a ball via mouse and keyboard, moving it along a course while trying not to fall off the screen. It was developed by German studio Cyparade, published by Atari and first released in Europe on 2 April 2004. Ballance is a 3D puzzle video game for Microsoft Windows.
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