Frozen Bubble

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Frozen Bubble

Developer(s)	Guillaume Cottenceau
Publisher(s)	Guillaume Cottenceau
Designer(s)	Guillaume Cottenceau
License	GNU GPL v2^[1]
Engine	SDL, Perl
Platform(s)	Linux, Windows(version 1.0.0 only), Mac OS X, Java, Symbian, gp2x
Release date	February 8, 2002 (version 0.9.2) February 17, 2003 (version 1.0) October 27, 2006 (version 2.0.0) November 23, 2006 (version 2.1.0)
Genre(s)	Puzzle
Mode(s)	Single player, Two player, Multiplayer (2 to 5 players)
Rating(s)	N/A
Media	Gratis download
System requirements	SDL compatible platform, 64MB RAM
Input methods	Keyboard and joystick

Frozen Bubble is a free software Puzzle Bobble style computer game which is available on several operating systems including Linux, Windows, Mac OS X and the Symbian Series 60 line of smartphones. There is also a single player Java applet version.^[1]

The original Frozen Bubble was written in Perl by Guillaume Cottenceau, and uses the Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL) library.^[1]^[2] The game features 100 levels and includes a level editor.^[1] Like many popular free software/open source games, it features penguins a la Tux, who in this game shoot the coloured frozen bubbles to form groups of the same colour. Such groups disappear and the object is to clear the whole screen in this way before a bubble passes a line at the bottom.

Version 2.0 offers multiplayer play via LAN and Internet. Two players can also play on the same computer. This version is presently for Linux only. The chain reaction mode (where fallen bubbles will zoom back up to complete triplets, possibly falling more bubbles and thus creating more combos) is also available in network mode as of Version 2.0, and greatly changes the mechanics of the game.^[1]

The game is released under the GNU General Public License.