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Bob The
Polar Bear

Project: Manic Miner Tweaks
Contains graphics by Matthew Smith & Andy Noble

WORK IN PROGRESS - Target completion Winter 2024

All tweaks can be downloaded free from Google Drive.
WonkyPix Engine tweaks can be played on any modern Windows PC.
ZX Spectrum ones can be played on original hardware or an emulator.

for
WonkyPix Engine

  • First item

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  • Third item

  • extra

for
ZX Spectrum

Website & Game Tweaks by: Bob McFarlane
Background Image by: Unknown, from Wallpaper Flare
BobThePolarBear.com links to this site: BthePB.carrd.co
Assets from other creators are credited in the appropriate sections

CONTACT

Each game folder has a text file with loading and playing instructions. But if you need additional help please use the form below. Suggestions for improvement are greatly appreciated.

CREDITS

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"Manic-4-Noobs" (M4N)

Manic-4-Noobs started as a version of Manic Miner with some simple pokes "baked in" to make it easier to learn before attempting the original (and best) version.Along the way, I noticed that I really needed to remove some blocks and add others and one thing led to another 😀 Was also reluctant to be seen as "piggy-backing" so altered the layouts some more and added additional graphics, sound effects and "music", to give peeps something a little different.There seemed to have been a bit of confusion about the "Noobs" part of the name. Some of the early levels are indeed harder, BUT, the really hard levels later on have been made easier, so the game is more completable overall. And I think it is a good trainer before tackling the original game. If you can't complete this version you'll never survive the real Matt "Nebulus" Smith challenge 😈For technical details on how to play this game, please see the HELP section.Please share this text link to Manic-4-Noobs (M4N):-
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OU5DwdeUqvrGY6Fy8yj42_VK8ScNgXAy?usp=sharing

"MANIC-minor" (M-m)

MANIC-minor is the follow-up to Manic-4-Noobs. I listened to feedback and decided to make something even easier and more colourful for younger players. The original Manic Miner is a brilliant game but younger players (and maybe some older ones 😀) might struggle to get past the first cavern and miss out on the rest of the game.This is actually the one I enjoy playing the most when I want to pass some time. It can become too easy, so have limited the player to looping the game three times before it goes back to the start. My thinking is if anyone is finding the game that easy they probably should be progressing to Manic-4-Noobs (or a similar difficulty version), and from there to the original Matt "Nebulus" Smith challenge 😈For technical details on how to play this game, please see the HELP section.Please share this text link to Manic-4-Noobs (M4N):-
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1GpvY9FtjZwGztgzOFZdqXXLk05g93kw8?usp=sharing

Tutorial

You open the template, and scroll down to first Section where there’s an Embed element labelled bg-image1.Copy all the code there, and paste it into an Embed element in your own Carrd site. This Embed element has to be inside the Section that you wish to have a different background image for.Once you paste the code over, find this part of the code:background-image: url(“https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1506744038136-46273834b3fb?ixlib=rb-4.0.3&ixid=MnwxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHx8&auto=format&fit=crop&w=1470&q=80”);Then replace the https link in that code with a direct link to your own image. You can upload your background image in Imgur or ImgBB and get the direct link. A direct link to your image usually ends with a .jpg or .png (for example, on ImgBB it looks like this https://i.ibb.co/NW8WhZP/ai-zen-circle.png)