Balls in Interactive Fiction

Let's look at toy balls and sports balls! Baseballs, basketballs, beachballs, billiard balls, footballs, golf balls, medicine balls, rubber balls, soccer balls, volleyballs, and more!

For cannonballs, see TODO cannonballs.
For crystal balls, see crystal balls.
For testicles ("balls"), see TODO genitals.
For balls of yarn, see TODO yarn.

"balls" icon by Made by Made from Noun Project (CCBY3.0)

The Acorn Court (1997)

> x ball (@ Court Yard)

It's a rather disgusting tennis ball covered in mold and smelling of mildew.
The Colour Pink (2005)

> x ball (@ The home within the tunnel)

The rubber ball is about the size of your diving helmet. It has been abandoned on the floor, along with the hoop.
Diddlebucker! (2018)

> x inflatable ball (@ Aloha River (North))

The ball has red and white stripes and is roughly the size of a volleyball.
Keepsake (2011)

> x happy girl's ball (@ Outside Your Apartment)

It's a full size orange basketball with black lines, really too big for the girl playing with it, but she seems happy enough.

> x stuck basketball (@ Outside Your Apartment)

It's a full size orange basketball with black lines. It's resting on top of the hoop, just about within your reach if you stretch.
Ralph (1996)

> x ball (@ Under a Tree)

When they feel like it, the humans sometimes throw it away and expect you to bring it back.
The Wand (2017)

> x stitched ball (@ Armory)

The leather ball is sitting at the top of the stack of cannonballs.
Default response instances
- Curses (1993): wooden ball @ Mosaic.
Synonyms of other things instances
- Bullhockey 2: The Return of The Leather Whip (2019): balls ≡ pile of sporting equipment @ Gymnasium.