Bombuzal/Gameplay

Game objects

Normal floor tile

It is possible to walk safely on these floor tiles. Exploding bombs will destroy them.

Riveted floor tile

Like the normal floor tile, but cannot be destroyed.

Dissolver

A floor tile that disappears after you step off it.

Ice

A floor tile covered in ice. Stepping onto an ice floor tile will continue travelling in that direction until you meet a non-ice floor tile or fall off the map.

Spinner

Stepping onto a spinner sends you off in a random direction.

Teleport

Teleports you to a pre-determined square. The teleport only happens after all bombs on that move have exploded, so teleporting is guaranteed not to kill you.

Switch

Causes a block to appear in a pre-determined place; using it again makes the block disappear again. Switches can be destroyed.

Rail

Bombs can be picked up and moved along adjacent rail tiles.

Power temple

An immobile object that absorbs all explosion of an adjacent medium to large bomb or mine. Only the tiles with the explosive and the temple are destroyed, and the bomb chain damage is nulled. This makes manual blowing of medium to large bombs completely safe next to power temples.

Small bomb

A bomb that destroys one floor tile. The only bomb that can be set off without dying.

Medium bomb

A bomb that destroys five floor tiles: the one it's on and the four above, below and to either side.

Large bomb

A bomb that destroys thirteen floor tiles: the tile it's on, the eight connecting tiles, and the second tile away from it in each of the four directions.

Swell bomb

It grows from Small to Large and back again; when it explodes determines how big the blast will be.

Aerial bombs

Same as the regular bombs, but when one Aerial Bomb blows up it sends a signal to all other aerial bombs and they also explode.

Small mine

Like the small bomb but will explode immediately upon touch.

Large mine

Like the medium bomb but will explode immediately upon touch.

Bubble

A drone that can be used in place of your avatar. When Bubble dies, control returns to your avatar.

Squeak

Like Bubble, but stupider. Will explode the first bomb it touches.

There are also two enemies, Sinister and Dexter, appearing on some levels. These continuously travel along the level, with Sinister always turning left and Dexter always turning right. Neither Sinister nor Dexter actively pursues the avatar, but contact with either is fatal.