5ball: A game to get 5 balls in a row.

[muggins]

http://www.pcbypaul.com/software/5ball.html

This is a logic game, lining up 5 balls of like color to get them off a grid, to keep the grid from filling up. Made for 1024x768 or better screen resolution, but also has an 800x600 setting.

Run via Menu>Fun>5ball

[muggins]

Changes from v0.41:

2009-05-05 5ball 0.43
-refraned from hard-coding text size for scoring
-adds a couple themes - high contrast and one for wide-screen distortion

[ricstef]

Hi muggins,
Is there a .pet for this ?

Edit.
Oops,
I looked again and there it was ...
I'll be getting new glasses soon

Richard.

[muggins]

I just re-uploaded it. Glasses not required as I did remove it, then upload again.

[mawebb88]

Small bug.
Rgds Mike

[muggins]

whoops! Thanks Mike...re-uploaded & scores works now.

cheers

[mawebb88]

whoops! Thanks Mike...re-uploaded & scores works now.

cheers

Hi muggins
Re-installed and restarted X but same problem I went through a complete game but still unable to read scores message box.

Rgds Mike

[muggins]

Something strange going on? I had it working on my computer but, as you say, the .pet doesn't show scores...I'll have to do a bit of sleuthing to ascertain why.

[muggins]

@mawebb88,

I think I've resolved it this time...I've tried on two different computers & hi-scores works with both.

[mawebb88]

@mawebb88,

I think I've resolved it this time...I've tried on two different computers & hi-scores works with both.

Were getting there! No message box any longer but on my EeePC901 at the end of a game there was no offer to save the score. Whoops in this case my score was 0 (I was just randomly playing), So ran it again this time making sure I scored and this time I got the high scores save box, Many thanks.
Rgds Mike

[aarf]

this is my favorite game. i play for hours at a time. ok will will try an upgrade from V.41 thanks.

[aarf]

works fine
didn't go into the menu as ripple doesnt have any fun
desktop linked to it at /usr/bin/5ball
now I have links to both v.41 and V.43 on my desktop (:D as a pig in mud)

[aarf]

Ok. now Fun is on the Menu in Ripple and were are 5balling away. Just needed a restart.

[ttuuxxx]

Here's the same game but i system linked the images and reduced the size from 613kb pet to 167kb pet, now its small enough to go into the 2.14.1X I'm working on
ttuuxxx

ps I added a high score , lol lol lol

[muggins]

Thanks ttuuxxx, I usually do the same to reduce the size...but I must have been in pixie-land when packaging this one! I wonder why the original developer included so many redundant icons, with no discernible variation?

[aarf]

there are a lot of colour blind people out there who consequently can't join the fun. if your are looking to improve and upgrade this 5ball i suggest an option that allows for different coloured shapes, eg triangle, star, pentagon, cross, etc. this configuration is in another version i have played somewhere.

[ttuuxxx]

Here's a puppy theme, to use it, just install the pet below, Then click setting/preferences/puppy
I change the background also, looks better now,lol
ttuuxxx

[ttuuxxx]

there are a lot of colour blind people out there who consequently can't join the fun. if your are looking to improve and upgrade this 5ball i suggest an option that allows for different coloured shapes, eg triangle, star, pentagon, cross, etc. this configuration is in another version i have played somewhere.

I did this version for you, Its called Numbers
ttuuxxx

PS I might do one more with different images.

[ttuuxxx]

Here's a small theme based on the original theme
Its about 1/4 the default size.
ttuuxxx

[aarf]

Here's a puppy theme, to use it, just install the pet below, Then click setting/preferences/puppy
I change the background also, looks better now,lol
ttuuxxx

this one would be good for children but better would be as well, a say one brown puppy for a single set of icons, and also have a red rooster set, a black cat set, a white mouse set, a purple cow set, etc. would also then be colour blind friendly.