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New Features

What's New?


Environment Realism

 feat_realism_thumbThe most prominent feature of Marble Blast Fubar is the realistic landscapes portrayed in each level. Originally, Marble Blast Fubar was intended to release as a custom level pack, providing new challenges with a sense of realism. Ever since converging the level pack into a full-scale Marble Blast Gold mod, the development team strives to maintain world-like qualities in each level you'll experience in this mod.

 With these new world-like levels comes new textures and terrains to test your maneuverability. Various levels ranging from the frozen landscapes of the north to the depths of hell itself. As intimidating as this may sound, we've carefully incorporated similar worlds into each difficulty bracket of the game, ensuring players of all skill levels get a chance to explore the imagination of the development team.

 


Tutorial & Professional Levels

feat_tutlvl_thumb Unlike the original Marble Blast, Marble Blast Fubar features a Tutorial Level genre. These levels are aimed at the new players, providing them the tools and hints to quickly master the art of platformer gaming. These levels guide the player through various obstacles, providing step-by-step instructions on how to overcome challenges they may face in the Marble Blast Fubar universe.

 The tutorial levels also introduce the new obstacles and powerups you will encounter in the world of Marble Blast Fubar. Professional players may also find these levels to be a great way to practice their abilities before attempting the Expert Times on some Professional levels.

feat_prolvl_thumb If you're an advanced player looking for new challenges, we've got you covered. Marble Blast Fubar also features another difficulty for users to put their rolling skills to the ultimate test. Professional Levels are designed to be unbeatable. Only the elite marble-blasters successfully complete these levels. This level genre will provide new challenges and various obstacles that will require the player to wrap their heads around. If that wasn't enough, the further into the Professional Level list you go, the longer each level becomes. For example, Professional Level 1 has an expected duration of one minute, whereas Professional Level 20 has an expected duration of an hour.


Leveling Marble System

MBF XP FEAT SMALL In Marble Blast Fubar, you'll notice a little experience bar near the bottom of your screen. As you complete levels and achievements, your marble will gain experience and increase in level. The amount of experience required to level increases exponentially, and will surely prove your worth amongst your friends. Your marble's level will be your primary ranking system for the Leaderboards, since users are ranked by Total Experience Points Earned. 


 The amount of experience your marble obtains by completing levels increases with the difficulty; more experience is rewarded for more difficult levels. In addition, your experience gains are doubled if you finish a level faster than the Expert Time. Some players may find a certain level they enjoy playing - and will continue to play that particular level to 'grind' experience. Others may find it more enjoyable to earn experience while working on their Expert Times and Token hunting. Several skills your marble can obtain will also grant you experience for other Marble Blast Fubar tasks, such as falling out of bounds, collecting gems, and even moving a certain distance!


Marble Skills & PowerUp Mastery System

MBF SKILL FEAT SMALL  As your marble's level increases, you'll unlock a new skill system exclusive to Marble Blast Fubar. Upon reaching level 10, you will be notified of the skill system that unlocks through your profile panel. Every ten levels, your marble will unlock a new set of skills that you may purchase - with Tokens! Each skill has its own small benefit to your Marble Blast Fubar experience - from gaining extra experience, to an additional boost to your base movement speed. Keep in mind you will only be able to commit to one skill for each level tier, so choose your abilities wisely. If you want to try a different combination of skills and abilities, you can always revert your current skill commitments for a full refund of Tokens, and try a different build!


  In addition to the Skill system, your marble will unlock the PowerUp Mastery System upon reaching level 50. The Mastery System will further improve your ability to use certain PowerUps as you invest into them. When looking at the Skills section of your Profile, you can click on the "Mastery" button to view your progress mastering certain abilities and PowerUps. While in this panel, you can configure the amount of regular experience you wish to invest in Mastering a certain PowerUp [From 0% to 100% in increments of 10%]. Each PowerUp will have its own rank, starting at rank 0, and ending at rank 25. Each rank of a certain PowerUp Mastery will increase the effectiveness of that PowerUp by a small amount. For example, a rank 5/25 Gyrocopter Mastery will increase the duration of your Gyrocopters by 0.5 seconds! In addition, during gameplay, a secondary experience bar will appear with your normal experience bar. The Mastery Bar uses a purple filling, and the amount of experience you earn towards your Mastery is configurable by you!


Tokens!

feat_token_thumb Tokens are similar to their Easter Egg counter-parts, with an additional twist. Some tokens will be easier to find than others; some may be hiding behind the cliff you were exploring, another might be several hundred feet in the air. It is up to you to figure out how your marble can reach and collect them. Every level in Marble Blast Fubar has a hidden token, and will be permenantly added to your collection when you first come into contact with it.

 As you accumulate Tokens, you'll be able to 'spend' them through the User Profile Panel. As you unlock more skills, you'll be able to invest some tokens into a certain skill. You can revert any skill choice at any time for a full refund of your collected Tokens. The more Tokens you collect, the more powerful skills will be purchasable.


Spellcast Bars & PowerUp Timers

MBF TIMER FEAT SMALL  When you encounter PowerUps or Time Travels in Marble Blast Fubar, you'll also notice these guys showing up on the bottom left of your screen. The Spellcast Bars are handy timers that will show you the duration remaining on your activated PowerUps or Time Travels at a quick glance, allowing you to time your manuevers accurately. The Spellcast Bars are also color coded to specify what type of "Spell" is in process. Green bars show activated abilities, such as Super Speeds or Super Jumps. Red bars show the duration remaining on your Time Travel. Purple bars show the duration remaining on an active PowerUp, such as a Gyrocopter. Blue bars show the duration remaining on a certain skill ability. Silver bars are used by the alarm system, which can be configured through the options menu. If you find these bars more distracting than helpful, you can always toggle them off in the options menu as well.


Particles & Weather

feat_particle_thumb Marble Blast Fubar is also credited with being the first Marble Blast Mod to experiment with Particle Emitters. In conjunction to realistic terrain, Marble Blast Fubar features realistic particle effects. In addition to particles, experimental coding for lightning is also in the works.

 Bonfires around every corner in the shallow crypts, torches suspended from ceilings of ancient kingdom halls. Volcanic fissures spurting bursts of lava as your marble passes by. Molten copper falls from the ceiling of the mechanical courtyard, releasing a cloud of green vapor. Massive air bubbles float to the surface past your marble as you sink to the depths of the ocean. Particle emitters throughout Marble Blast Fubar provide an additional touch of environment for Marble Blast.

feat_weather_thumb A more prominent version of particle emitters are used to form weather effects. Several levels are even designed with these weather conditions in mind. Slide across the icy lakes as snowfall envelops your marble. March down into the depths as hell as lava showers the area. Swing from vine to vine as rain falls through the treetops. Clouds passing by as your heroic marble leaps from plane to plane. There are no limits in the Marble Blast Fubar environment.

 


Achievements


 Achievements are unique tasks that are earned by playing Marble Blast Fubar levels, and completing the requirements of the achievement. Marble Blast Fubar features a variety of achievements, ranging from completing every level in the game, to finding every token, to falling Out of Bounds 10,000 times.


System Requirements

In order to run Marble Blast Fubar smoothly, your computer system must meet the recommended criteria below;

- A valid FULL VERSION of Marble Blast Gold already installed on the machine. The Demo will not successfully run MBF.
- 2 GB of free space on your computer's hard drive.
- Pentium II 400 Processor with a minimal 256 MB RAM, 1 GB RAM Recommended for best results.
- OpenGL or DirectX Compatible 3D Graphics Accelerator
- DirectX Compatible SoundCard
- DirectX V.8.0 +
- (Optional for Leaderboard compatibility) Recommended 56KBPS + Internet Cable/DSL Connection