Babala is a fun and fanciful game suitable for all ages. You fend off the
enemy muggers (they can't shoot) on a basic grid, amid obstacles and booby
traps.

The game's defining features are mercifully simple but don't be
fooled, because it gets tough as nails to beat as the levels progress. It's
all in the campaign designs. A worthwhile scoring system is employed and
record high scores can be uploaded for display at Babala.org. There are 200
discrete levels, the first 10 being a tutorial. Gameplay is strictly at your
own pace, it's never a test of reflexes.

This is a simple Logic/Strategy round-based war game of sorts, not lacking
in cute animations. The enemy are arrayed on the field; intently, they'll
dog your every turn. You'll have only limited moves and shots to deploy
during your each round, 6 or 7 tops: choose as you go from a set of 5
maximal trade-offs. Your shots are either projectile or mine, assuming
you're so armed. Following your strokes, the enemy makes a measured advance.

If he reaches you, you're mugged, you lose. There may be obstructions and
certain rigged perils, critically situated, or remote ammunition stores that
have to be acquired.

Must be played to be appreciated: prodigious, often diabolical, never a
shortage of variety and the unexpected. And there seems always a way to best
an earlier score when you ambitiously replay a level. In-game help is in
English, Czech or German, as specified during installation. If not already
present, requires download and install of free GTK+2 libraries (3.5 MB) for
Windows. And yes, if you wondered about a Linux version, there is one as well

What's New in This Release:

· added mechanism to game for uploading record high scores to Web
· created database and PHP scripts on Babala.org server to enable upload and display of record high scores
· made final adjustments to some levels' scoring parameters and incremented score file version number (for proper control of uploading)
· fixed bug where time bomb numerals failed to render on Windows platform under new GTK+ version 2.8.x
· minor bug fixes