Tidy Bubble DevLog!Tidy Bubble is now available on the Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.invisiblespaceship.tidybubblePurchaseDemo - includes the tutorial and course mode limited to 3 rounds.
This game is sort of a mash up of a couple different ideas. It's like a cross between a chain reaction game and a peggle game, or maybe a break-out style game. There's also a couple of game modes that are just completely different.
ModesInfinite - Just random levels one after another, great to chill out to, play while talking whatever.
Course N - Played like a golf game, least amount of throws wins. Takes you through a course of N levels. Where N = some number, currently 9. So essentially the best score you could get on a 9 course game is 9 if you clear each level in one shot. I would like to add difficulty ratings for this, so that some courses have a par rating, etc.
Clean - An area is covered over the game screen, every bubble you burst clears part of that area. The area cleared is calculated between rounds and whenever a finish threshold is reached the game ends. This one is pretty challenging.
War - Multiplayer mode! 4 players square off against each other on the same computer and try to protect their bubble stash while destroying everyone else's. Modeled after Warlords on atari.
War Net - Same thing as War mode, just over the internet. Works great, surprisingly. Has chat and a ready system which regular war mode doesn't need.
Infinite Spawn* - An infinite mode with a constant spawn rate.
Challenge* - Player must complete levels that have a series of challenges such as time limits, goals, and other modifiers.
9 Ball* - Destroy bubbles in a specific order.
Darkness* - level is dark, paddle acts as a flash light beam, probably extra environmental lighting to set the mood.
*denotes planned modes, not yet implemented
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How to play1. The object of the game is to explode all the little bubbles floating around on the screen.
2. You start by launching your ball peggle style at the bubbles.
3. Exploding bubbles can cause other bubbles to explode.
4. Use the round paddle at the bottom controlled by the mouse to keep your ball in play.
ControlsMouse - move the paddle back and forth
Left mouse button - launch the Tidy Bubble Ball
middle mouse button - pause/menu
spacebar - pause/menu
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Features-Procedurally generated levels
-Several different game play modes
-Realistic physics system (Box2d)
-Original sound track
-Relaxing and addicting gameplay
-Up to 4 player local multiplayer
-4 player network multiplayer, should work over lan or internet
-Use of shaders for enhanced fx
-Configurable graphics options menu to turn enhancements on and off
-Course/Level sharing
-More backgrounds
-OS X and Linux
Planned Development-Stats tracking
-Microbe/bubble editor
-Online matchmaking
-Stats driven course difficulty ratings
-More game mode types (Story, 9Ball, challenge mode, etc, etc, etc...)
-Environmental Obstacles
-Tablets/Mobile
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