• Bubblomania is a cool action-game, in which you have to catch bubbles using the pin on top of the screen. There are different types of bubbles : bubbles containing bonus points, lasers, bombs, an extra pin, or other good stuff. There are the cross bubbles to be avoided, and the killer bubbles to make your life miserable. And offcourse the magic bubbles, which have much control over the game.
You can increase the difficulty by selecting the 'Always Shaking', 'Difficult Game' and/or the 'Fast As Lightning' options in the preferences dialog, where you can also change the keys. There's more help included in the game.
Topscores can only be obtained by concentrated and cool players!
• Hardware requirements :
Minimal requirements are a PowerPC 601 MacOS compatible with 256 colors, a 640x480 screen and 2200 KB of RAM. The game is designed for thousands of colors, which requires 2800 KB of RAM, and will look much better. Bubblomania will run with millions of colors if you give it 4200 KB of RAM. This is advised on very fast macs, to slow the game down.
• System requirements :
Bubblomania needs system 7 or higher.
• The game is succesfully tested on my PowerMac 6100/60 under system 7.1.2 and system 7.6.1 with a 640x480 screen, and on a PowerMac 4400/200 running system 7.5.3 and system 7.6.1 with several resolutions. According to one of the beta testers it's also compatible with system 8 !
• Gamespeed Info :
When you choose this option, the game shows you the average frames per second of the game you are playing. It should be between 25 and 45.
If the game is too slow, turn of the rising and falling little bubbles in the preferences dialog. You can also restart the game with less colors.
If it's too fast, turn on the rising and falling little bubbles and/or allow background. Or you can restart the game with more colors.
• Registration :
The unregistered version of Bubblomania will stop automatically when you reach 50000 points (25000 with the difficult game option turned on).
There are three ways to become a registered user :
• If you have access to the WWW, you can register online at <http://order.kagi.com/?VQ>. Just have your credit card handy, and fill out the form. You can choose a secure link.
• Send 10 US$ or 300 BEF in cash directly to me. Include your postal address and your e-mail address if you have one. If you live in Belgium, this is the cheapest solution !
• Use the accompanying Register program. Enter your name, your postal and (correct!) e-mail address, your payment method and the number of licenses you wish to purchase.
If you are paying with Credit Card or First Virtual, you can e-mail or fax the data to Kagi. Their e-mail address is sales@kagi.com, their fax number is +1 510 652-6589. You can Copy the data from Register and paste into the body of an e-mail message, or you can Save the data to a file and attach it to an e-mail. You can also Print the data and fax it to Kagi. Payments sent via e-mail are processed within 3 to 4 days and you will receive an e-mail acknowledgement. Payments via fax take up to 10 days.
If you are paying with Cash or USD Check you should Print the data using the Register program and send it to the address shown on the form, which is :
Kagi
1442-A Walnut Street #393-VQ
Berkeley, California 94709-1405
USA
You can pay in US Dollars or foreign currencies, but a check MUST be drawn in US Dollars. You can select Invoice as your payment method, but Kagi can not invoice your company. Please do not fax or e-mail payment forms that indicate Cash, Chech or Invoice as the payment method. Payments send via postal mail take time to reach Kagi and then up to 10 days for processing.
Kagi will notify me, and I will send you the registration code via e-mail, if you have included a correct e-mail address. If you do not have an e-mail address, please include your complete postal address (including what country you live in !).
If you want to find out more about Kagi, go to <http://www.kagi.com>.
If you have any comments, bug reports, suggestions or great ideas, please let me know !!!
• My address :
Jochen De Schepper
Brouwerijstraat 4
B 2801 Heffen
BELGIUM
• My e-mail addres :
jochen.deschepper@kagi.com
• The Bubblomania Homepage :
http://www.student.kuleuven.ac.be/~m9606000
Take a look at the official Bubblomania homepage for the latest information and to download the latest version of Bubblomania !!!
You can also download extra backgrounds and bubbles which will be available in the future. Just put them in the Bubblomania 1.4 folder and the game will use them.
=> BM Backgrounds Vol.2 and Vol.3 are already available !
Vol.2 contains 5 new esoteric backgrounds and stylish blue bubbles.
Vol.3 contains 4 new very nice mystic backgrounds and golden and purple bubbles. Check it out !!!
• Special thanks are going to Frederik and Pieter for their great ideas, for drawing backgrounds and for testing the game, and to all the people who have sent me mail, and have registered previous versions of Bubblomania !!!
• The author is not responsible for any damage caused by the use of this game.
• The user is free to copy the unaltered, unregistered version of this game together with all the included files. You may freely include it in shareware collections, CD-ROM's, BBS's etc. But if you do, please send me a note.
• It's forbidden and illegal to spread modified or registered copies of this game.
• The sounds used in this game are taken from a few other games.
• Version history :
1.4 : - compiled with CodeWarrior Professional 1
- new main screen, including buttons
- new preferences dialog containing more options
- new designed bubbles (in 16bit color)
- more animation and slower gameplay on fast macs (little bubbles)
- more compatible with several resolutions, color depths and speeds
- better gameplay (made it a little easier)
- lots of improvements under the surface
1.3.2 : - icons in score bar
- improved topscores screen
- lots of little improvements
1.3.1 : - black menubar is optional
- fixed a few bugs
1.3 : - compiled with CodeWarrior Academic Pro 11
- it's now PPC native and MUCH faster
- added file with extra backgrounds and bubbles
- added 3 new backgrounds
- added a help menu
- added a Preferences dialog
- changed the topscores screen
- added gamma fades
- better animated bubbles
- improved the source code a lot and killed a few bugs
1.2 : - added 3 new backgrounds
- changed the introscreen, menubar and aboutscreen
- added the 'Fast As Lightning' option
- added the 'Gamespeed Info' option
- options are showed with the topscores
1.1.1 : - added the 'Always Shaking' and 'Difficult Game' options
- requires less RAM
- colored score bar
1.1 : - much nicer bubbles (3D) ! ! !
- better screendepth checking (thank you, Jason)
- added 'No Background' option to speed up the game
- changed the acceleration of the bubbles
- improved the source code
1.0 : - first version
• Future improvements :
- my next release will probably be a new game (check my homepage), so the next Bubblomania will only contain bugfixes and minor changes.
However, do not fear ! The BubbleMaster is getting ready for version 2, completely redesigned (check my homepage for any lifesigns). When this will appear depends on how many registrations I'll get for 1.4. So please support shareware, I have spectacular ideas, but little resources ...
• P.S. If the pin is moving too slow, try to adjust the keyboard repetition speed.
