Update 2

STORY:

  You control a team of four dodgeball players searching for two missing players, and you meet other allies along the way, to equal a total of 19 playable characters. One of the playable characters is just a side character, but based on a true story about a former dodgeball player who became injured. Don't bother throwing with this player, but he may be able to get a catch, and if he's in your party you'll receive extra gold from defeating enemies, which is required to advance to the next area.

For certain enemies you run into, you won't be able to walk past them without an encounter. Some of the other encounters you come across will allow you to choose if you want to approach or continue walking past them, so you can judge based on appearances, however, appearances can be deceiving, which is why a potential title for Chapter 1 of the early access dodgeball PC game is:

Untitled Annual Irl Dodgeball Events: Locations-Europe & U.S. Dates-TBD

Chapter 1: He Doesn't Look Injured - A True Dodgeball Story

As mentioned below in Update 2 details, the 36 new allies you encounter will each be part of 6 separate stories, which will all come together as long as you make the right choices along the way.
For anyone playing the updates, keep in mind that some of the characters you may have thought were good, could be edited to be evil, or vice versa, in another update as to not spoil who the main characters might be. If you choose to walk past a main character who you thought might have been an enemy, the story may be affected in some way.

 UPDATE 2:

On this update I made a last minute decision to add:

50 new enemies (roll D20 and the numbers will add up with what's on your most recent card for Agility, Strength, or Grip depending on which action you take)  

9 additional new enemies as a new enemy type tied to a new item type (if you forget to grab this item from the shop on some of the levels, a negative effect may be applied to some of your players)

36 new (non playable) characters with story added later

and 10 new blue creatures , somewhat different from the other blue creatures

The last minute decision to add in this first caused me to push back something I said would be in this update, so I'll try to add that in one of the next updates. In the next updates we might also make the game more difficult, but at the same time we'd lower the cost of the health and stamina items.

I don't expect anyone to report any errors, and if you notice any small mistakes, most of that will be changed in a future update. If you notice any major errors, you can let me know about it if you want, so I can try to fix that next.

                    FUTURE UPDATES:

This game and future updates can be used to advertise for two annual recreational irl dodgeball events in separate continents, one of which could be at a new park created and named after seven of the guys who passed away who some of us in the Memphis area played dodgeball with. What it means to have played dodgeball in the Memphis area might not mean much to most people here since the sport isn't that popular, but this will be a park for more sports than just dodgeball.

DLC:
Different DLC options can help create different dodgeball related projects to help advertise the sport, and to help turn different dodgeball related dreams into reality.

DLC for any dodgeball organizations: to advertise 1 event of your choice and your organization - in exchange for dodgeball related story about how your organization got started, any struggles it may have faced and / or overcame, or about you got started, or (almost) anything dodgeball related, which could then be added into new characters on a new level, featuring 1 new DLC in this style every month, if we have enough interest from organizations across the world. At this point in the game development stage, the DLC would be released on the Steam video game platform with over 132 million monthly active users.

DLC to help create the multi-sports park named after the guys who passed away who some of us played dodgeball with in the Memphis area, if I'm able to include the FL Studio remixes I made of the NES Super Dodgeball soundtrack years ago, but it not then I'll find something else to offer for this DLC.

DLC to create a new video game design and development company potentially at the same location as the new annual event in Europe, where we'd try to hire only Ukrainians as a way to try to help support, but we can also create a separate crowdfunding page for this, which will include the release of a games roadmap with 1,682 cards for different early access games and expansion packs to release new content every month to continue advertising, but the same game company will also work on digital games.

DLC with a soundtrack from 13 Ukrainian musicians to help create the location in Europe, which could also help to create the annual event inviting musicians to play on the same weekend as the annual recreational dodgeball event, if we gain enough support through these advertising methods, and proceeds from that event can go to help Ukrainian organizations in need.

DLC with more details to be released asap. No matter the ball type you use, or the style of play you enjoy the most, you're invited to be part of these potential methods to help the sport grow in various ways.