Posted February 10, 2021
MINI MANUAL (Part I)
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1) Gamepad Controls:
Control Action
~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- LS Movement (i.e. point left thumbstick in desired direction)
- X Special Ability (if Special Meter has at least 1 bar)
- Y Ultimate Ability (if Special Meter is full, i.e. 4 bars)
- B Using Item
- LB+LS Changing Facing Direction (i.e. pressing Left Bumper and same time pointing with Left Stick)
- LS+A Forced Jump (downwards if the platform below is missing)
- RB Waging (other player same platform more points & less bars)
Info: If you are in need of an introduction for controller handling see `F310 Sketch & Usage':
https://jmb-edu.de/en/pdfdownloads.html#GAMZ
2) Menu Structure:
<Jumpala>
o Play
- Versus
> Free-For-All
> Teams
- Solo
> Easy
> Normal
> Hard
- Online
> Quick Match
> Friends
o Training
- Tutorials
> Basics
> Advanced
> Characters 1
~ Lola (sword),
~ Frore (ice),
~ Cid (computer),
~ Bommer (explosion).
> Character 2
~ Reese (speed),
~ Dr. Time (time manipulation),
~ Ribbon (stealing/stealth).
> Item Guide
- Practice
o Options
- Video
- Audio
- Controllers and Profiles
o Extras
- Goals
- Credits
o Quit
3) Basics of the game:
- You select a player mode (e.g. versus), then players (human/PC - CPUs
are difficult; random / one of the 7 directly available characters -
see below) and its color (if you want to play in teams, each team has
one color shared by all members) used for outfits and for gained platforms
(giving points to that player/team when platform falls off the screen).
- Each player has an image with its color and next to it 3 infos:
Name on top, below Points and on bottom the Special Meter with up to
4 bars - and when available below these the symbol of a found item.
Left to the image appears a small crown if the player is in the lead.
- Your avatar can jump left, right, up and down (when no gap is there).
- Normal platforms get your color when jumping on them.
- Locked Platforms are not changing color by jumping (see key item or CID).
- Plattforms will fall down - only the last locked rows will not fall off.
- Last bottom row of platforms will get destroyed when falling down - giving
points to players who managed to give any platform of that row their color -
the number of points for each of these platforms is the number written on it.
- If you are stunned by spikes on frozen platforms etc., you can not move
for a short time (which may be long enough to die, see below).
- If you fall down off the screen, be KO'd by Lola, or die in other ways,
you get respawned at top middle falling from the skies and losing 10 points
(except when KO'd by Lola - here you don't lose points - just lost times
and bad position to start from).
- Use your Abilities whenever possible and tactically advantageous
(i.e. needing: Special - 1 bar, Ultimate - all 4 bars).
- If there is a chest, go to it and get an item by jumping on it:
o Key - Platform Lock (your color can no longer be changed by others),
o Feather - move platform to empty space,
o Crashed Square - destroy platform after jump,
o Battery - filling Special Meter (all 4 bars),
o Bolt - speed up.
- If you fell behind you may Catch up by Waging:
if the other player has more points but you have more bars,
invoke waging, press button for number of bars (B - 1, A - 2,
X - 3, Y - 4) and get added 5 points per every bar differing
while other get these points subtracted.
- Harder Stages can be purchased - as these are not suited for beginners -
using Jenny being earnt by completing matches (solo, local versus or online).
List of Stages:
x Random {selecting one of the following - some can be excluded},
* Proving Grounds, * Abandoned Servers, * Space Station,
* Boulder Fall, * Onclave Labs, * Crystal Caves,
* Baron Industries, * Twilight Canyon, * Arata City,
* The Void.
When playing in Versus mode against a PC player, your points earnt are the
amount of Jenny - and each locked Stage costs 3000 Jenny.
- For further information or practical training go to menu: Training, here
e.g. Tutorial ("How To Play") - Item Guide ... and try out others as well!
To be continued/updated ... please stay tuned ...
-=============-
1) Gamepad Controls:
Control Action
~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- LS Movement (i.e. point left thumbstick in desired direction)
- X Special Ability (if Special Meter has at least 1 bar)
- Y Ultimate Ability (if Special Meter is full, i.e. 4 bars)
- B Using Item
- LB+LS Changing Facing Direction (i.e. pressing Left Bumper and same time pointing with Left Stick)
- LS+A Forced Jump (downwards if the platform below is missing)
- RB Waging (other player same platform more points & less bars)
Info: If you are in need of an introduction for controller handling see `F310 Sketch & Usage':
https://jmb-edu.de/en/pdfdownloads.html#GAMZ
2) Menu Structure:
<Jumpala>
o Play
- Versus
> Free-For-All
> Teams
- Solo
> Easy
> Normal
> Hard
- Online
> Quick Match
> Friends
o Training
- Tutorials
> Basics
> Advanced
> Characters 1
~ Lola (sword),
~ Frore (ice),
~ Cid (computer),
~ Bommer (explosion).
> Character 2
~ Reese (speed),
~ Dr. Time (time manipulation),
~ Ribbon (stealing/stealth).
> Item Guide
- Practice
o Options
- Video
- Audio
- Controllers and Profiles
o Extras
- Goals
- Credits
o Quit
3) Basics of the game:
- You select a player mode (e.g. versus), then players (human/PC - CPUs
are difficult; random / one of the 7 directly available characters -
see below) and its color (if you want to play in teams, each team has
one color shared by all members) used for outfits and for gained platforms
(giving points to that player/team when platform falls off the screen).
- Each player has an image with its color and next to it 3 infos:
Name on top, below Points and on bottom the Special Meter with up to
4 bars - and when available below these the symbol of a found item.
Left to the image appears a small crown if the player is in the lead.
- Your avatar can jump left, right, up and down (when no gap is there).
- Normal platforms get your color when jumping on them.
- Locked Platforms are not changing color by jumping (see key item or CID).
- Plattforms will fall down - only the last locked rows will not fall off.
- Last bottom row of platforms will get destroyed when falling down - giving
points to players who managed to give any platform of that row their color -
the number of points for each of these platforms is the number written on it.
- If you are stunned by spikes on frozen platforms etc., you can not move
for a short time (which may be long enough to die, see below).
- If you fall down off the screen, be KO'd by Lola, or die in other ways,
you get respawned at top middle falling from the skies and losing 10 points
(except when KO'd by Lola - here you don't lose points - just lost times
and bad position to start from).
- Use your Abilities whenever possible and tactically advantageous
(i.e. needing: Special - 1 bar, Ultimate - all 4 bars).
- If there is a chest, go to it and get an item by jumping on it:
o Key - Platform Lock (your color can no longer be changed by others),
o Feather - move platform to empty space,
o Crashed Square - destroy platform after jump,
o Battery - filling Special Meter (all 4 bars),
o Bolt - speed up.
- If you fell behind you may Catch up by Waging:
if the other player has more points but you have more bars,
invoke waging, press button for number of bars (B - 1, A - 2,
X - 3, Y - 4) and get added 5 points per every bar differing
while other get these points subtracted.
- Harder Stages can be purchased - as these are not suited for beginners -
using Jenny being earnt by completing matches (solo, local versus or online).
List of Stages:
x Random {selecting one of the following - some can be excluded},
* Proving Grounds, * Abandoned Servers, * Space Station,
* Boulder Fall, * Onclave Labs, * Crystal Caves,
* Baron Industries, * Twilight Canyon, * Arata City,
* The Void.
When playing in Versus mode against a PC player, your points earnt are the
amount of Jenny - and each locked Stage costs 3000 Jenny.
- For further information or practical training go to menu: Training, here
e.g. Tutorial ("How To Play") - Item Guide ... and try out others as well!
To be continued/updated ... please stay tuned ...
Post edited February 10, 2021 by JMB9