Tiny Bobble Beta Released - A new Bubble Bobble arcade port

[DamienD]

Oh, it's no big deal but on level 92 when you get the "Bub" bonuses they overlap with black background:



It's like the tile used hasn't been cut out / made transparent around Bub.

All fruit has been cut out / made transparent around.


Improved example:

Cut out Bub:



Same screenshot above with cut out Bub used:

[DamienD]

Originally Posted by mrupp

As mentioned before but this time including a screenshot:

With beta 0.993 in 2 player mode:
After picking up a potion and the bonus items, the score calculation has a graphical bug, green and blue overlap each other:

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Maybe player 1 score should be on the left and player 2 score on the right is a good solution?

[Zarnal]

Hi,

I confirm that when the monsters are paralyzed, if you hit one you lose a life.

[nikosidis]

Originally Posted by Zarnal

Hi,

I confirm that when the monsters are paralyzed, if you hit one you lose a life.

I agree, it is not what I would expect either but it is still a designers choice.

Tiny Bobble is not meant to be exactly Bubble Bobble.

Some complain Tiny Bobble is to easy. Yes, it is more easy than the arcade and I thank god for that

I think most players that are new to the game would agree.

A big problem with a lot of games is that they are to difficult. People get tired fast.
Tiny Bobble is balanced perfect that way. When you figure out how to do a level it is easy
and that is how it should be I think.

[Zarnal]

Originally Posted by nikosidis

I agree, it is not what I would expect either but it is still a designers choice.

Tiny Bobble is not meant to be exactly Bubble Bobble.

Some complain Tiny Bobble is to easy. Yes, it is more easy than the arcade and I thank god for that

I think most players that are new to the game would agree.

A big problem with a lot of games is that they are to difficult. People get tired fast.
Tiny Bobble is balanced perfect that way. When you figure out how to do a level it is easy
and that is how it should be I think.

Hi,


We don't have all the details about the mechanisms integrated ( or not ) in Tiny Bobble. In this case, for beta testing I can't know if it is a technical issue or a choice. The reference for the comparison is then the arcade machine.

[nikosidis]

Yes, it is good to make "Pink" aware of things but in this case it is already reported.
What he consider to change or not is up to him. Bugs are for sure the most important one to get rid off.
I tried latest version yesterday. No bugs I could find but I could only make it to level 35

[pink^abyss]

http://www.abyss-online.de/eab/TinyBobble_Beta_RC1.adf

Fixes

• In levels with no room for potion items a single item needs to be spawned at potion position
• Lifes display does not exclude current life, like the Arcade does
• In potion bonus screen the two play score can overlap

This is RC1 (Release Candidate 1). This means if nothing breaking is found it will be the base for the final release (which is planned for this weekend).

Thanks for testing and Happy Playing!

[nikosidis]

pink^: I was hoping the enemy could escape their boxes when angry. When they are stuck it is so boring to kill them. Can take a long time.

[DamienD]

Originally Posted by pink^abyss

http://www.abyss-online.de/eab/TinyBobble_Beta_RC1.adf

Fixes

• In levels with no room for potion items a single item needs to be spawned at potion position
• Lifes display does not exclude current life, like the Arcade does
• In potion bonus screen the two play score can overlap

This is RC1 (Release Candidate 1). This means if nothing breaking is found it will be the base for the final release (which is planned for this weekend).

Thanks for testing and Happy Playing!

Cheers pink; almost there now

[pink^abyss]

Originally Posted by nikosidis

pink^: I was hoping the enemy could escape their boxes when angry. When they are stuck it is so boring to kill them. Can take a long time.

I guess you mean they are trapped too long?
The escape time starts at 30 second for level 1 and goes linearly down to a minimum of 6 seconds in the last level. This is not(!) like in the arcade. The game is overally easier then the arcade, and that's intended. It's of course all subjective

[DamienD]

RC1 finished; no issues here

Look at that score; I think it's my best yet:

[pink^abyss]

Originally Posted by DamienD

RC1 finished; no issues here

Look at that score; I think it's my best yet:

Wow, this must be a all time record in Tiny Bubble! Well done.

[Zarnal]

Hello,

Is there a trick to make a giant cake/item appear or is it random ?

In your description :

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

Thanks.

[Neil79]

Also no issues with RC1!

[pink^abyss]

Originally Posted by Zarnal

Hello,

Is there a trick to make a giant cake/item appear or is it random ?

In your description :

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

Thanks.

Almost everything has a special rule in Bubble Bobble. The big cakes depend on the number of EXTEND bubbles you collected. For instance, to get the big melon cake you need to collect >=3 "E" letters.

[pink^abyss]

Originally Posted by Neil79

Also no issues with RC1!

Thanks for testing Neil.

[skyzoo73]

I played three games and got to level 50, more or less, no freeze, no bugs, everything works great.
It plays like a marvel.

(RC1) on WinUAE (A500 default conf)

[Zarnal]

Originally Posted by pink^abyss

Almost everything has a special rule in Bubble Bobble. The big cakes depend on the number of EXTEND bubbles you collected. For instance, to get the big melon cake you need to collect >=3 "E" letters.

When I tried yesterday collecting at least 3 E (red) or others letters nothing happened but I did'nt try with the RC1 ( It will be for tomorrow ).


And thanks for your hard work on this port.

[DamienD]

Oh, one thing I forgot to test in RC1 was that if you die on the boss fight the potion reappears.

Just loaded my save state and tested.

Indeed now the potion reappears

...but you also still have lightning bolt bubbles without doing anything after death.

Shouldn't this be cleared when you die so that you have to re-pickup the potion in order to have lightning bolt bubbles again?

[ztronzo]

Originally Posted by DamienD

Oh, one thing I forgot to test in RC1 was that if you die on the boss fight the potion reappears.

Just loaded my save state and tested.

Indeed now the potion reappears

...but you also still have lightning bolt bubbles without doing anything after death.

Shouldn't this be cleared when you die so that you have to re-pickup the potion in order to have lightning bolt bubbles again?

it gets cleared if you lose a credit... but no big deal.

if "Player 1" dies lightening flask on the left appears (no matter which ones he picked up)

if "Player 2" dies lightening flask on the right appears (no matter which ones he picked up)


"Player 2" still doesn't cannot get killed by 100 level boss if he takes cover under "Player 1". https://www.twitch.tv/videos/717082511?t=00h09m20s

But I guess this is to balance the "player 2" unfair spawn kill on entering the level. https://www.twitch.tv/videos/717082511?t=00h04m48s