Tiny Bobble Beta Released - A new Bubble Bobble arcade port

[VincentGR]

Originally Posted by DanyPPC

Could you implement the use of the second button for jump instead of the up direction?

As an option, I really like the up direction as my joysticks have a single fire

[Predseda]

Not only EXTEND letters were rare, I think even the other power-ups do not appear often. Like flask-fillers, bombs, chests... just everything.

[DamienD]

Originally Posted by pink^abyss

Tiny Bobble Beta v0.92 has been released!

Download Link
http://www.abyss-online.de/eab/TinyBobble_Beta_0_92.adf

Fixes

• Extend Bubbles didn't appear often enough
• Extend Bubbles pop anim was wrong
• Bubbles were too hard to pop from one side
• Invisible second player still poped bubbles

Thanks for all the feedback. Bug reports are appreciated!

Enjoy

Wow, the Extend bubble come thick and fast now.

This is my second full Extend and I'm only on level 13:

[mr.spiv]

Originally Posted by mr.spiv

Ha.. I was just playing N.O.M.A.D's fixed Bubble Bobble version the other day. Can't wait to check this one later tonight! (<- I only use real hw for everything amiga so need to get back home first)

Man.. I wet myself. This is a grrreat remake!

[DamienD]

LOL

A tiny bug which would have been very difficult to replicate. It's only by pure chance that I experienced it.

I have the letters E . T E N D; so just needed the X.

Died (you can see the small white "x" on the far right) and was falling; an X just happened to be in the path so got the E X T E N D:

[Predseda]

What, ENDEXT?

[pink^abyss]

Originally Posted by Predseda

Not only EXTEND letters were rare, I think even the other power-ups do not appear often. Like flask-fillers, bombs, chests... just everything.

Items should appear like in the arcade after reset and their appearance is controlled by your gameplay. For instance, when you want to launch a potion (flask-fillers) you need to fall through the bottom for at least 15 times. If you do that then in the next level a potion will be launched, but only if no item with higher priority overrides the potion launch.



Currently 23 special items are included.

• long range Bubbles (red and white sweetie)
• fast bubbles (purple cyan sweetie)
• rapid bubbles (orange yellow sweetie)
• shoe
• clock
• 3 different umbrellas
• 5 different potions
• 6 different giant cakes/Items
• blue cross/blue AYS disk -> flood
• yellow cross/yellow AYS disk -> lightning
• flashing heart -> invincible

A difference to the arcade is that when you go Game Over i reset all counters while the arcade never resets. So each playthrough is different in the arcade.. i should do that too for the final version.

[pink^abyss]

Originally Posted by Predseda

What, ENDEXT?

The EXTEND characters scroll through if you get them all.

[pink^abyss]

Originally Posted by DamienD

LOL

A tiny bug which would have been very difficult to replicate. It's only by pure chance that I experienced it.

I have the letters E . T E N D; so just needed the X.

Died (you can see the small white "x" on the far right) and was falling; an X just happened to be in the path so got the E X T E N D:

You mean you collected the X after being hit and while already falling or in the very same frame?


Thanks

[pink^abyss]

Originally Posted by DamienD

Wow, the Extend bubble come thick and fast now.

This is my second full Extend and I'm only on level 13:

Nice Tho it's luck which items appear, but the number of items depends on how many multi pops you do. So you seem to do many multi pops

[Zarnal]

Hi,

do you think integrate a highscore table in Tiny Bobble ?

[DamienD]

Originally Posted by pink^abyss

You mean you collected the X after being hit and while already falling or in the very same frame?

Thanks

How to explain this; I was on the right hand side; at roughly the same height as the green E when an enemy killed me. There was an X below, and as dying / falling I collected the X. That little white x you see on the right is the last frame of the death sequence.

I guess if possible you should make is so when in the dying sequence it's not possible to pick anything up.

[Predseda]

Originally Posted by DamienD

How to explain this; I was on the right hand side; at roughly the same height as the green E when an enemy killed me. There was an X below, and as dying / falling I collected the X. That little white x you see on the right is the last frame of the death sequence.

It is very prompt screenshot then

[DamienD]

Originally Posted by Predseda

It is very prompt screenshot then

Yup... I died, was falling, picked up the X while the death sequence played, noticed the E X T E N D occurring so quickly pressed <F12> to bring up the GUI and take a screenshot.

Just got it in time

Hence why I said in my original bug report post / screenshot:

Originally Posted by DamienD

A tiny bug which would have been very difficult to replicate. It's only by pure chance that I experienced it.

Originally Posted by Predseda

What, ENDEXT?

The game cycles through the letters when you pick up the full E X T E N D

[ztronzo]

is there a bubble sprite limit?
My character stopped blowing bubbles until I popped a few... :-)

[ztronzo]

A visual glitch appeared next to a trapped whale.. here is the vid.

https://www.amigalive.com/downloads/...ual-glitch.mp4


Here is a whale (trapped in a bubble on the left) self-popping after a while..
https://www.amigalive.com/downloads/temp/self-pop.mp4


Although I am holding autofire, when a certain limit is reached it seems I cannot blow any more bubbles as rapidly until some bubbles are popped.

[Foul]

Originally Posted by Zarnal

Hi,

do you think integrate a highscore table in Tiny Bobble ?

Maybe for a future Amiga France Competition of the month

[skyzoo73]

I found a small bug:
in the extend sequence, at the beginning (when the dragon falls from above, before jumping on the letters)
it's stuck on the last frame of animation.
If, at the moment of taking the last letter, the sprite looks up, it remains fixed on this ,
if it's shooting a bubble, the sprite remains open-mouthed, etc.
When it starts jumping over the letters, everything returns to normal.

[Predseda]

Found another two possible issues:

In one player game I took the HEART BONUS. It stopped enemies, gave me a shield, but also brought player 2 to the game! Later in the very same game I took heart bonus again and it didn't happen.

YELLOW FLASK - filled the area with stuff, but didn't clear the level from enemies. Those who were trapped inside bubbles remained in the level and were stopped. I am not sure if this is a bug or a feature, though.

Anyway - this version 0.92 is great enhancement!

[DamienD]

Originally Posted by skyzoo73

I found a small bug:
in the extend sequence, at the beginning (when the dragon falls from above, before jumping on the letters)
it's stuck on the last frame of animation.
If, at the moment of taking the last letter, the sprite looks up, it remains fixed on this ,
if it's shooting a bubble, the sprite remains open-mouthed, etc.
When it starts jumping over the letters, everything returns to normal.

I noticed that too.