Bubble Golden Pack

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Shooter

Thriller

"All members of my family like your Bubbles games . Is it possible to unite them into one game?"

(from a customer's letter)

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Bubble Golden Pack is compatible with COLOR devices working under Palm OS 3.5 or above: Palm IIIc, Palm m505, Visor Prism, Sony PEG N700C, Sony PEG N710C.

INTRODUCTION

Having taken into consideration our customers' numerous requests, we united All the Bubbles games into one pack and named it "Bubbles Golden Pack". Why Golden? Because all 7 games take less than 100Кb RAM! on your Palm.

DOWNLOADING

To download Bubble Golden Pack, use the ordinary Palm DeskTop HotSync process or equivalent to install BGPack.prc on your device.

At the start of the game the top half of the board is filled with color bubbles. The bubble that you will shoot with is in the center of the bottom line. In the right bottom corner there are the points you have scored and the symbol of the level (N - novice, E - expert, M - master). Small bubbles at left show the number of misfires allowed till a new line of bubbles pops up. The shot is made by pointing the place where the bubble should go on the board.

The peculiarities of bubbles' flight
As these bubbles are soft and slippery, and are moving fast, a flying bubble might not stick to another one if it touches it slightly. The flying bubble intends to move as high as possible that's why it can sneak in between other bubbles.

Score calculation
The points for exploded bubbles are calculated in the following way. You receive 10 points for each of the first three exploded bubbles, for next three - 20 apiece, and so on. Sometimes after your shot some bubbles would fall apart from the rest. Those separated bubbles will explode too. It is well worth trying to arrange such avalanches, as they will give you ten times more points than ordinary bursts.

Bubbles advance
You are allowed a certain number of misfires till bubbles move down. The number of misfires changes from maximum to one cyclically (the maximum is different for different skill levels). That is, at first the maximum number of misfires is provided, then maximum-1, maximum-2 and so on.

Color shoot-out
If you shoot out all the bubbles of some color, say red, no more red bubbles will appear on the board. This would ease things considerably. However, after that every time you use up your silver balls, *two* new lines will appear. Two colors out - three lines will be appearing, and so forth.

Bonus
You receive a bonus of 10,000 points for the first color shoot-out, 20,000 - for the second, and so on. As a result, at the end of the game (if you shoot out all the bubbles, that is) you receive 210,000 bonus points plus the number of points scored by you in the course of the game.

At the start of the game the board is filled with color bubbles. You can burst any bubble using stylus and all adjacent bubbles of the same color also burst. In the left bottom corner there is the counter of the misfires before the new portion of bubbles will be shot. In the right bottom corner there are the points you have scored and the symbol of the level (N - novice, E - expert, M - master).

The peculiarities of bubbles' flight
All bubbles strive upward, until they stumble upon other bubbles or the edge of the playing field. The bubbles in the games "Square" and "Hexagon" strive strictly upward. In the game "Bubbles" - upward beginning from the left edge of the line; that's why the feeling of random mixing appears sometimes, this " coincidence" can be predicted, in general, after several games.

Score calculation
You receive 10 points for the first exploded bubble, for the second - 20, for the third - 30 and so on.

Misfires
If you burst less than three bubbles at once, the counter decreases by one, when it becomes equal to zero - a new portion of bubbles is shot to the playing field. The number of misfires cyclically varies from the maximum to one (the maximum number depends on the level of the game). At the beginning a maximum number of misfires is given to you, then the maximum number is - 1, then - 2, etc.

At higher skill levels the "soap machine" strictly punishes for the misfires. Especially at the MASTER level , where the a new portion of bubbles is shot after each misfire. You will have to apply all your energy while resisting the constant "pressure of the game".

Color shoot-out
If you shoot out all the bubbles of some color, say red, no more red bubbles will appear on the board. This would ease things considerably, of course. However, the number of shot bubbles increases, be attentive.

At the start of the game the line of the color bubbles appears at the left part of the field, there are color bubbles at the bottom. You can guide the piece of three (or two) bubbles which strives upward, using the keys. The key Date Book - to the left, Address - to the right, Page Down - rotate, Page Up - drop, MemoPad - Game Menu (and pause). You can change the keys in the window "Define Keys". Your score, game level (N - novice, E - expert, M - master), and the next piece are shown at the right bottom corner. In the right top corner, there is a figure of misfires before the new lines appear.

The peculiarities of bubbles' flight
All bubbles strive upward, until they stumble upon other bubbles or the edge of the playing field. In Triad Game bubbles strive
upward until they stumble upon two bubbles.

Score calculation
You receive 10 points for the first exploded bubble, for the second - 20, for the third - 30 and so on.

Misfires
If you burst less than three bubbles at once, the counter decreases by one, when it becomes equal to zero - the sequential portion of bubbles is shot to the playing field. The number of misfires cyclically varies from the maximum to one (the maximum number depends on the level of the game). At the beginning a maximum number of misfires is given to you, then the maximum number is - 1, then - 2, etc.

Bonus
You receive a bonus of 1,000 points for the first color shoot-out, 2,000 - for the second, and so on. As a result, at the end of the game (if you shoot out all the bubbles, that is) you receive 210,00 bonus points plus the number of points scored by you in the course of the game.

INTERFACE

Icon

You can find the game under this icon on your device.

Splash screen

However good-looking it is, after a hundred launches you are going to be sick of the splash screen. That's why you can
interrupt it, just pointing with stylus at any place on the board.

Window "Pick Game"

You can pick the game to play here. There are three ways to call this Window:

After Splash screen
From the option in the Window Menu
Clicking the title of the game in the Window Options

Window "Menu"

You can call Menu right from the game, clicking the button Menu on your device. It also appears at first launching of the game.

Top line shows the current game
CONTINUE - appears if you have an unfinished game.
NEW GAME - launches new game. Attention ! If the game is not finished it will be interrupted without any warning. Be careful not to loose your game. Also, there is option AUTORUN for game (see below).
PICK GAME - You can pick the game here.
OPTIONS - game options.
HELP - here you can receive short help and information about us.
TOP 10 - here your best results, which you can publish on the net, are stored.
BUY ME - information how to register the game. (*)
REGISTER - the form for entering the registration info. (*)
EXIT - to quit the game (you can quit the game clicking the button applications from any window of the program

(*) - these items will be removed from the Menu after registration

Attention! All windows except the main one are dialogs. You can leave them using buttons (OK) and (CANCEL).

Window "Options"

You can set up your preferences in the window "OPTIONS". To change the option's value, just click the appropriate option name

Game title - having chosen this option you get the Window "Pick Game"
LEVEL - here you can change the game level (novice, expert, master). You cannot play at the levels Expert and Master in unregistered versions of the games "Bubble Shooter" and "Bubble Thriller",
DEFINE KEYS (in the game "Bubble Flytrix") - to call the dialogue window to change the keys (see below).
BLINK ( in the game "Bubble Thriller") - when this option is switched on, you can at first choose the bubbles (they begin to blink) and then to burst them with the next pointing.
SOUND - here you can tune the sound volume
AUTORUN - the option that allows you to start the game without the splash screen and menu (after the program launching you go directly to the playing field). This option is not available in the unregistered version.

Window "Define Keys"

You can change the keys to your taste just tap with the stylus the icon of the appropriate key. We arranged bubbles in the same way as the buttons are placed on your device, that's why we hope it is not difficult for you to identify them :) Be attentive, saving the new setting is possible only when you set up all the 5 playing keys. The meanings of actions:

NONE - no action.
LEFT - move to the left
RIGHT - move to the right
ROTATE - piece rotation or cyclical change of the bubble color (in Column game)
DROP - quick piece movement upward
MENU - to call Menu, you can use this action for Pause.

Status messages will help you to set up the keys correctly.

Window "TOP 10"

You can look at best game results in this window. You can see the current game in the left top corner. All games scores united under the same title (shooter, thriller, flytrix) save in the same high scores tables.

NOVICE/MASTER/EXPERT - this button displays the results for different levels
PUBLISH - this button opens the window with the code for publishing the best result on the Web

Window "PUBLISH"

Shows the information needed to publish the best result in the chosen level on the Web. Attention! Please be careful when
filling the code in the publish form at our site.

REGISTRATION

After the registration:

The reminder window "BUY ME" will not nag you any more.

Registered users have the following advantages:

unlimited expert or master levels
to launch the game in autorun mode (without splash screen or menu displaying)
to preserve the running game when you quit the program
to keep the points in the table of top scores

You can register the program at http://absolutist.com/palm/

Window "BUY ME"

It contains the information about where and how you can register the game. This window appears also as the reminder in the
course of the game, with growing frequency.

Window "REGISTER"

Enter your first name, last name and license code. You can choose the line tapping it with the stylus, the cursor (a blinking
bubble) will show the line where you are now. When you begin typing, the prompts (FIRST/LAST NAME, REG CODE) will
disappear.
Typing is done by means of the virtual keyboard, where the special buttons mean:

- space
- backspace (deletes of the symbol before the cursor)
- deletes the whole line

SUPPORT & UPGRADES

The information about new versions, upgrades, discounts, etc. could always be found on the Web at
http://www.absolutist.com/palm/flytrix/

Our support team can be reached by e-mail at support@absolutist.com

You will find more games for Windows PC and Palm handhelds here:
http://absolutist.com/games.html
http://absolutist.com/palm/

And that's not all! Every time you need a little diversion, welcome to our online section at
http://absolutist.com/online/

COPYRIGHT

Bubble Golden Pack is a shareware ("try before you buy") game.

Permission is granted to anyone to use this software. Redistributing the program is only allowed if it is not yet registered, except
for the following restrictions:

1. The authors and origin of this software must be clearly stated, you must not claim that you wrote the original software.
2. This copyright notice may not be removed from or altered in a redistribution package.

Registered copies of Bubble Golden Pack cannot be further redistributed.

This software is provided 'as is', without any express or implied warranty. In no event will the Icestone Trustee Limited or
Absolutist.com be held liable for any damages arising from the use of this software.