Chapter 11. Plugins
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BrickMania is a clone of the classic game Breakout. The aim of the game is to destroy
all the bricks by hitting them with the ball once or more. Sometimes a special item falls
down when you destroy a brick. For a special item to take effect, you must catch it with
the paddle. Look out for the bad ones.
Special items
Displayed
Name
Description
N
Normal
Returns paddle to normal.
D
Die
Ball dies; lose a life.
L
Life
Gain a life.
F
Fire
Allows you to shoot bricks with paddle.
G
Glue
Ball sticks to paddle each time it hits.
B
Ball
Immediately fires another ball.
FL
Flip
Flip left / right movement.
Key
Remote Key
Action
Moves the paddle
Release the ball / Fire
Open menu / Quit
11.1.4. Bubbles
Figure 11.3.: Bubbles
The goal of the game is to beat each level as quickly as possible by clearing the board of
all bubbles. Bubbles are removed from the board when a cluster of three of more of the
same type is formed. The game is over when any bubbles on the board extend below
the bottom line. To make things more difficult, the entire board is shifted down every
The Rockbox manual
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