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About the game |
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PaddleMaster - A pinball simulation
Exact control
PaddleMaster is a new, not action-oriented pinball game which gives the entire control of the
ball to the player. Fast reactions doesn't matter here, insteed exact strokes must be made to
reach a target reliable. With the sensitive paddles which react sensitively to every pressure
the ball can be striked accurately in every direction. Instead of just blowing away the ball and
hoping that one hits something, the player can here make artistic strokes and demonstrate his
skills to the public. Whether you send the ball with a hefty stroke up to the upper edge of a map,
or only with a gentle swerve towards the other side - this is left completely to you.
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The paddles allow a exact control of the ball. |
No endless paddling
Another difference to traditional pinball games is that here the purpose of the game does not
lie in the endless collecting of scoring points, but in the finishing of a game as quick as
possible. Hence, every point can be hit only once and disappears afterwards till the end of the
game. After all points has been collected, one heads for the exit of the map and finishes there
the time-measuring. In this way a very sportive gaming experience is formed with which one would
like to replay every map repeatedly to improve his times.
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The scoring points which were hit by the ball disappear till
the end of the game. |
Controllable objects
Moreover, with PaddleMaster you can besides the paddles also use further objects, which are on
the map. These are placed at important places on a map and can likewise influence the movement
of the ball. Thereby it gets possible to perform maneuvers with the ball which would be
impossible with the paddles. The game becomes so much more diverse and thrilling than normal
pinball games.
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With objects like the Bumper the ball can likewise be
controlled. |
Adjustable level of difficulty
In addition, the game still have several levels of difficulty which allow you to adjust the
difficulty of the game completely to your preferences. This begins with the beginner's mode
where you can use as many balls and time as you want and collect as many points as you like,
goes further with the standard mode where you can win every scoring point only once, and ends
with the higher difficulty levels where the number of balls, the time or both is limited.
Thereby you have the free choice between traditional variants of simple point collecting and
sporty ones where, above all, ball handling and accuracy counts.
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The game offers a whole row of play modes for your choice.
With the option 'Easy game' can in addition be determined whether the ball should bounce off
from scoring points or not. |
Demonstrate your skills
When you have become a real PaddleMaster and want to demonstrate your gaming performance to your
friends, you can also record a demo during gameplay and play it back later. Or you publish it on
the Internet, and compare so your skills with other players around the world. All demos are saved
encrypted, so that nobody can dispute your performance.
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Demos can be saved and loaded comfortably with all important
informations. |
Create your own maps with the editor
When you have played the provided maps, the game is still not at the end. With the provided
editor of the game new maps can be created and tried out comfortably and simply. The standardized
size of the individual parts allows you an uncomplicated creation of new maps which can also be
tested in the editor. Besides, you can select from a gigantic fund with more than 350 individual
parts and create with it many extremely different maps. And with the help of the extensive
settings for every part an exact finetuning of the difficulty can be done for every map.
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With the editor of the game new maps can be created quick and
comfortably. |
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Copyright (C) 2004-2007 by Ortwin Jaeger |
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