First of all the Blobs application and all of the enclosed files are copyright by me Lars Gafvert (gafvert@kagi.com). And if you want to distribute the game, make sure that this notice and all the other files are enclosed.
If you want to use any part of the game material, ideas or graphics. Please drop me a line and ask first. This also applies if you want to distribute the game for profit. For example shareware CDs or commersial shareware sites. But don't worry, I almost always say yes. I just want to know who distribues it.
And last, maybe not so original, but still. This game is SHAREWARE so, if you like it, please register. You can register either by using the register-application in the game folder or pointing your favourite web-browser to www.lostminds.com and use the online registration. It costs $10 and the registration is for all future versions of Blobs.
And yeah, don't pirate. It would brake my heart.
Bugs
Yes, it happends. I think I've gotten all the bugs out of Blobs now but, you never know. If you encounter what you think is a bug. Please first try and quit Blobs, restart your computer and try again. If the problem presist you can check that the application has enough memory assigned to it (about 8Meg) or you can go to www.lostminds.com and see if any new versions have been released. If all that fails just send me an e-mail at gafvert@kagi.com and tell me about it.
Credits
Programming & Graphics:
Lars Gafvert [gafvert@kagi.com]
Beta-testing:
Laurie Murphy [vicepres@foxchange.com]
Andrew Ladd [AndrewLadd@aol.com]
Distribution:
Lost Minds [www.lostminds.com]
Other:
Foxchange Shareware [www.foxchange.com] (still friends I hope)
Version History
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2.2.0
Ñ The usual graphics speed-up
Ñ Remade the timer routines so that the game will run at the same speed on faster macs. (It will still run as smoothly on slower macs)
Ñ Introduced Steel "Rocks". You cannot destroy them.
Ñ Made a background for the playing field. Some sort of gray sand. And just about everything you do leaves traces in the sand. (You can turn the background off if you want to, and play with the old black thing)
Ñ Blobs will now set your monitor to thousands of colors if you are using more than 16-bit to avoid unneccery memory usage. Of course it sets it back to the original depth when you quit.
Ñ Tuned up a few other things.
[For various reasons I have left "Foxchange", the company I released the previous versions of Blobs with. Instead I and a couple of other people have started a new company called "Lost Minds" and in the future Blobs will be availible at our website www.lostminds.com ]
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2.0.0
Ñ Made a new title and remade the blobs graphics, so that they are now EVEN smoother :-)
Ñ The game now remembers preferences and makes a new data-file if there isn't one in the folder.
Ñ Added/changed some sounds, some turned out quite bad, but still, I'm keeping them.
Ñ Made new effects (explotions mostly) now MUCH cooler. and added the "effects" option, so slow comps can turn effects off.
Ñ Remade the graphics engine, again. Now even faster, but then I made some new effects and added a new speed option. (fast, normal or slow)
Ñ Removed some stuff that wasn't really that good... (The syringes, moving blocks...)
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1.8.0
Ñ Added two new specials, the Horisontal and vertical Bombs.
Ñ Added difficulty level option.
Ñ Fixed even more small bugs.
Ñ Colored the "last score" so you can see your last score in the highscore list.
Ñ Changed a few other small things.
Ñ And, yes I made the graphics even faster. If the game is slow on your comp I recomend that you turn off the sound in the options menu.
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1.7.0
Ñ Changed the graphics engine, will now work faster.
Ñ Fixed a few small bugs.
Ñ Removed the music. If anyone misses it mail me.
Ñ Added a sound on/off feature.
Ñ Added an extra help page about "Rocks".
Ñ The rocks now appear quicker and quicker as you get to higher levels. Harder! Faster!
Ñ Added a pattern to the background window, usefull if you play the game in higher then 640x480 resolution.
Ñ When you compleate a group of blobs and it zapps away the rocks next to it disappear.
Ñ Abort game (Esc) Now gives a GameOver screen, so you can get a highscore if you abort.
Ñ And some other stuff.
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1.5.1
Ñ Bug fixed that was created in the 1.5 vers change. The game nolonger crashes when you get a highscore.
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1.5.0
Ñ Highscore-bug fixed, the highscores are nolonger erased when you pause the game.
Ñ Changed the way the rocks appear, they now appear even if you don't place any blobs.
Ñ Changed "Bonus" to "Time" and made it faster.
Ñ Made the game faster!
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1.0.0
Ñ Um, the first version.
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Updates, info and online registration is availible at http://www.frozenlight.com/
