The object of Bubble Blower is to group bubbles of like colours together using a fan which will blow nearby bubbles.

The new 2 player mode added in version 1.1 is explained here.

Controls

Use mouse to move your cursor/fan. Left click is used to select menus or start the fan

The basics

The game comprises of numerous bubbles. Note that the number written on the bubble represents its group value.

While holding down the left mouse button, your fan will spin and will blow bubbles that are nearby, the nearer and smaller the bubble, the greater the effect.

When two bubbles touch each other, they will join. The following things can happen;

Both bubbles are the same colour: The new bubble will be the same colour as the original. The group value of each bubble is also added.

Both bubbles are a different colour: The new bubble will be the original 2 colours mixed. e.g. a yellow bubble and blue bubble mix to make a green bubble. The new bubbles group value is not the sum of the original bubbles values, the higher value from the original bubbles is taken, hence the group value can only grow by combining like colour bubbles.

Colour groupings

The diagram below shows how the colours will mix. Note that in this game, all 3 colours mixed make white. This is not the case in reality. The colours behave differently depending on whether you choose the RYB or RGB colour system in the options menu. This help file assumes you have RYB.

Grouped bubbles

Once a bubble has a group value of 3 or higher, the bubble will then disappear and do the following things;

Increase your score: Score is worked out as;

size factor x level x group value x group value x combo value x combo value

Reduces the pool: The pool at the bottom of the screen will get smaller. The amount reduced increases according to the actual size of the grouped bubble and the combo number.

Combo Shockwave: Once a bubble disappears, it sends out a brief shockwave of the same colour as the grouped bubble. If this shockwave touches another bubble, it may increase the group value of that bubble by 1. Bubbles that will be affected are the ones that contain the same or less colour properties than the shockwave.

e.g. An orange shockwave will affect red, yellow and orange bubbles, as orange is comprised of red and yellow, meaning the shockwave contains red and yellow properties. This shockwave however will not effect blue bubbles, as blue is not contained in the shockwave. Green is not effected because it has  blue element not covered by the orange shockwave, although the yellow is present in both. At the same time a blue shockwave will only affect blue bubbles, since all other bubbles contain different colours.

Only a white shockwave will affect every bubble it contacts, since white contains all 3 colour elements.

If a bubble is affected by a shockwave, its group count will increase but its size will remain the same. If the group count is then 3 or higher, the bubble will group and become a 2 hit combo. This bubble will then send out its shockwave. This if this shockwave causes more bubbles to group, those bubbles will become a 3 hit combo and so on. Combos will increase your score dramatically as well as reducing the pool by larger amounts.