Word Games 4.0 Release

Today's Date -- May 7, 2004

TildeTech has released a major upgrade to it's Bobble and Bobbage games.  

The original versions of these games were implemented using Microsoft's Visual Basic.  In this major product release, the games are now implemented using Microsoft's newer .NET technology - which will provide higher performance and more functionality.

This new product release includes all major game features from the earlier releases, with one major exception - Bobble 4.0 does not include multi-player networking.  This feature is still available in Bobble 3.6 - which is still available for download.

Major improvements for both games:

• Improved user interface and performance, using Microsoft's .NET technology.
• Five English dictionaries, ranging in size from 58,000 words (easy) to 210,000 words (hard), including a UK English dictionary.  The dictionaries are selectable from the game Options window.
• High scores display - with different high scores saved for each combination of game settings.
• Multiple user interface improvements.
• 'Enter Board' game option to allow users to enter a specific combination of letters to use in a game.  (In Bobble, useful to replay a 'Boggle' game and find all valid words.)
• Letters can be selected either by 'clicking' or 'dragging' the cursor.
• New streamlined installation kit.

Major improvements in Bobble:

• Selectable grid-size: 2x2, 3x3, 4x4, 5x5, 6x6.
• Board rotation button, to rotate the game grid 90 degrees.
• Scoring now selectable by word or by letter.
• New options settings for minimum and maximum number of words per game board, providing greater control on the game difficulty.

Major improvements in Bobbage:

• Minimum and maximum option settings for number of vowels and letter values.
• Game sounds have been added.
• New 'Results' form, summarizing the board-by-board results of the current game.
• Added two player (alternating player) game.

Bobble and Bobbage are available for immediate download at all affiliated web sites.