As a result, Phipps, along with collaborator Billy Allison, sketched out a large number of mostly outlandish uses for the game's central tool. It became apparent to him that a realistic approach to the design was not feasible. Bubba can collect bonus points, vitality, and extra lives in the bonus stages.Īccording to designer Simon Phipps, originally Core Design had wanted a 'moody, dark and atmospheric' game featuring an adventurer wielding a multipurpose stick. Each bonus stage is timed the amount of time depends on the amount of blobs the player finds in the prior stage (in addition to the Clown Unicycle, which appears in each stage). The antagonist, Waldo, sometimes appears in stages to torment (and inadvertently help) Bubba.īonus stages are played after each stage (except the last) if the player accrues enough points. However, the game can be continued as many times as desired if the player runs out of lives, and there is a password system for starting any stage from the beginning at a later time. He can also lose a life if he drowns underwater his air level is indicated on his portrait in the lower-right corner of the screen. He loses a life if he loses all of his vitality. Bubba's vitality is carried over from stage to stage, though he can find vitality items in bonus stages in between each stage. He loses vitality when he takes damage from enemies or stage hazards. When underwater, he can swim by pressing the D-pad in any direction and surface by pressing with enough momentum.īubba's vitality is shown as a six-segment bar represented by Stix in the lower-left corner of the screen. He can run if the button is held down while walking. Bubba can be moved with or and can jump with. If Stix is left in an object, pressing calls him back. Stix can be used to interact with various objects found in the stages with, sometimes combined with a direction on the D-pad. Bubba swipes Stix by pressing or throws him like a boomerang by holding, both of which can be used to defeat enemies. Stix can be used as a bludgeoning weapon, as a temporary platform, as a stirrer, as a snorkel, or as a prybar, for instance. The player must use Stix in a variety of different ways in order to progress. Now the pair must work together to make their way home. On his way back to his home planet, Waldo crashes his ship on an alien planet, affording Bubba and a sentient twig named Stix the opportunity to escape. Bubba, a redneck handyman, is abducted by an alien named Waldo, who collects beings from around the universe to showcase in his zoo.

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