XBUBBLE(6)XBUBBLE(6)NAMExbubble - an X Window based puzzle bubble clone
SYNOPSISxbubble [OPTION]
DESCRIPTION
XBubble is a Puzzle Bubble (PB) / Bust-A-Move (BAM) clone for Unix/X11
platforms. It was written from scratch with no real intent to exactly
reproduce the original game.
OPTIONS-d DISPLAY
Set X display to DISPLAY.
-s <scale>
Set game window size ( 5 <= scale <= 100 ). The game window
size is normally automatically scaled to your screen size. This
option is useful to reduce load on slow/loaded systems. See also
the -f option.
-f <framerate>
Adjust frame rate (in frames per second). Usual values are 100
(default), 50, 33, 25, etc. The actual frame rate may be differ‐
ent from the one you specified, depending on system timer reso‐
lution. You can use this option to reduce load on slow/loaded
systems (e.g. if sprite animation is jerky). See also the -s
option.
-r <resourcepath>
Tell XBubble to look for its graphics files, fonts, etc. in
directory <resourcepath>.
-t <themename>
Use the given theme (possible values are: plain, frozen, fancy).
PLAYING
The goal is to clear all bubbles from your board and avoid bubbles
dropping below the line at the bottom of the screen. You can rotate and
fire a canon that launches colored bubbles. Bubbles bounce against the
walls until they get stuck to another bubble. If you get three or more
adjacent bubbles of the same color they all explode, while any bubble
left hanging free falls down.
In single player mode, the ceiling goes down every 12 launches so that
you must clear the board before the ceiling touches the ground.
In multi-player mode, the ceiling does not move but a fresh row of bub‐
bles is added on top of the board while all bubbles are lowered by one
row. Additionally, each time you explode three or more bubbles, all
extra bubbles are sent ( with random colors ) to your opponent, as well
all falling bubbles. You win the round when your opponent loses ( has
bubbles dropping across the bottom line ).
After a few seconds delay, your canon launches its bubble anyway. You
can tune this delay when selecting your handicap. The higher the hand‐
icap, the shorter the delay. When you receive bubbles from your oppo‐
nent, you canon is blocked from firing until all received bubbles get
stuck.
GAME CONTROL
The game is entirely controlled using the keyboard:
Player 1
Left arrow / Keypad 4 = Rotate canon left
Right arrow / Keypad 6 = Rotate canon right
Up arrow / Keypad 5 = Launch bubble
Player 2
x = Rotate canon left
v = Rotate canon right
c = Launch bubble
General
Up arrow / Keypad 8 = Menu navigate up
Down arrow / Keypad 2 = Menu navigate down
p = Pause
Escape / q = Abort
There is no command-line option for changing control keys yet.
PLAYER VS COMPUTER MODE
You can choose between 5 levels of difficulty. Beware of the highest
level if you have a slow machine, as it is quite CPU consuming.
BUGS
Please report any bugs you find to Ivan <ivan@savannah.gnu.org>.
LICENSExbubble is covered by the GNU General Public License (GPL).
SEE ALSOfrozen-bubble(6).
AUTHOR
Ivan Djelic <ivan@savannah.gnu.org> Martin Quinson <martin.quinson@tux‐
family.org>
XBUBBLE(6)
