Red | 434 Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 (edited) Hello and welcome to the second round of the Game Boy Weekly Contest! This week's game is Bubble Ghost. You may me invulnerable, but your bubble isn't! Guide the bubble through the castle to score points. The faster you go, the more points you will earn. Rules: - Play until you beat the game or Game Over -Highest score wins -You have until 11:00 PM EST on Sunday, December 15, 2019 to submit your score. For general contest rules, click here: https://www.videogamesage.com/topic/1468-game-boy-weekly-contest-leaderboard-rules-20192020/ Good luck and have fun! SCOREBOARD: 1. 268,450 (0xDEAFC0DE) 2. 263,200 (arnpoly) 3. 241,130 (acromite53) 4. 205,630 (Splain) 5. 194,300 (koifish) 6. 93,780 (bertsampson) 7. 93,730 (ecmyers) 8. 79,640 (barrels) 9. 77,550 (Ausden) Edited December 24, 2019 by Red 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 11,758 Administrator · Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 Looks like an interesting game! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acromite53 | 337 Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 Ugh, don't have this game. Good luck y'all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koifish | 555 Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 weird game, gonna see how I do with it. Waiting to get embarrassed by a secret master of the game emerging, lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausden | 323 Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 Looks like a lot of fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splain | 2,560 Editorials Team · Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 (edited) I've never really sat down with this game, digging it so far. My second run-through was way better than my first, lol. There's a learning curve but it's not too steep. Every pixel matters! Edit: actually some pixels don't matter. Edited December 9, 2019 by Splain 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koifish | 555 Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 yeah, the edges are weird in this game. I put in a few hours today and was alright, but then there are some maps that trip me up. It looks like there are a total of 36 rooms. Anybody figured out what the max points for a room is? I think the timer starts at 7000, as I've gotten as many as 6540 on the first room, but I think that might be the max, unless some rooms give more than others. Assuming you can only get 6540 total, then by my math you should only be able to get a grand total of 235640 or so on a perfect (read:impossible) run, in which every room is as instant as the first room. I'm not confident of that however, especially since I just did the math in my head Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 11,758 Administrator · Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 Once again I need to find some way to play this. It's not available on 3DS so I may be SOL on it. I'd prefer not to shell out $35+ on a puzzle game that I'm going to suck at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koifish | 555 Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 58 minutes ago, Gloves said: Once again I need to find some way to play this. It's not available on 3DS so I may be SOL on it. I'd prefer not to shell out $35+ on a puzzle game that I'm going to suck at. Well, you could sell it after the contest is over, nobody's forcing you to own it forever after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splain | 2,560 Editorials Team · Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 1 hour ago, Gloves said: I'd prefer not to shell out $35+ on a puzzle game that I'm going to suck at. Well then I guess you'd better get awesome at it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 11,758 Administrator · Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 35 minutes ago, koifish said: Well, you could sell it after the contest is over, nobody's forcing you to own it forever after all. Eeeeehhhhh. I expect I'd be sitting on it for a good while if I tried to get the full price back. Odds are good that I'd lose like half what I spend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splain | 2,560 Editorials Team · Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 Emulation is allowed, right? Do you just not want to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 11,758 Administrator · Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 11 minutes ago, Splain said: Emulation is allowed, right? Do you just not want to? I just don't have a ROM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrels | 125 Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 The following showcases the whole of my GB{C} collection at this point, and likely for years to come. Thus, I plan to start joining in starting this week but will be emulating on my Nvidia shield portable. Hopefully you'll accept me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koifish | 555 Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 It's no problem, all you gotta do is have the will to play. 5 hours ago, Gloves said: I just don't have a ROM. Alas, this is a "clean" website, isn't it? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 11,758 Administrator · Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 10 minutes ago, koifish said: It's no problem, all you gotta do is have the will to play. Alas, this is a "clean" website, isn't it? Alas, 'tis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnpoly | 198 Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 I played a little last night casually, reached level 15 or so. Pretty fun! Thinking I might try and beat the game before trying for scores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0xDEAFC0DE | 1,277 Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 15 hours ago, koifish said: yeah, the edges are weird in this game. I put in a few hours today and was alright, but then there are some maps that trip me up. It looks like there are a total of 36 rooms. Anybody figured out what the max points for a room is? I think the timer starts at 7000, as I've gotten as many as 6540 on the first room, but I think that might be the max, unless some rooms give more than others. Assuming you can only get 6540 total, then by my math you should only be able to get a grand total of 235640 or so on a perfect (read:impossible) run, in which every room is as instant as the first room. I'm not confident of that however, especially since I just did the math in my head While maybe impossible for us the highest score I found is actually 255350. This is the second place time for all levels RTA. It beats the first place run in score since deaths cost time in RTA runs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecmyers | 97 Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 15 hours ago, Gloves said: Once again I need to find some way to play this. It's not available on 3DS so I may be SOL on it. I'd prefer not to shell out $35+ on a puzzle game that I'm going to suck at. Actually, it's more about blowing. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0xDEAFC0DE | 1,277 Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 (edited) 245700 [Old picture] Just completed my first run without continuing (with no lives to spare). I hate the moving prongs obstacles in hall 20 and 32. I've lost so many lives to them and I imagine I'll be losing a whole lot more. My score seems surprisingly high compared to the speedruns. I'm guessing that the points don't decrease that much with time, so the final scores will be pretty close. Edited December 13, 2019 by 0xDEAFC0DE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertsampson | 345 Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 93,780 - My first attempt. Fun game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acromite53 | 337 Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 (edited) I had my last final of the semester today. On my drive back home, I stopped into a local game store who had 3 copies of Bubble Ghost! Now I'm free to spend the next few days on it. Edited December 12, 2019 by acromite53 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnpoly | 198 Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 (edited) 253,800 First time clear was a 1CC. Edited December 15, 2019 by arnpoly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0xDEAFC0DE | 1,277 Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 (edited) 253500 [Old picture] This is definitely going to be a close one, only 300 below @arnpoly. I started going for several more difficult paths and early cycles, but there are a couple I still don't go for. There's also a bit of room for execution improvement too. Edited December 14, 2019 by 0xDEAFC0DE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splain | 2,560 Editorials Team · Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 I'm getting worse are room 20, and I've still never survived to the end. Anyone playing on a GBC or GBA, I recommend the "down" color palette, nice bubble-gum feel to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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