Jooleem

Overview

Jooleem is a simple yet extremely addictive puzzle game. There is only one rule: click on four marbles of the same color that form a rectangle. Time is constantly running out, but you can earn time (and points) by forming rectangles. The larger the rectangle, the more time and points are won.
Jooleem is free and open source software.

Screenshots

News

2005-09-25

Version 0.1.4 of Jooleem is released, introducing new features and various bug fixes. Some of the major changes are:

A new Music track by Ryan Reily
New sound effects by Dale North
When time is low, the time bar begins to flash and an alarm is sounded
Upgraded to SDL 1.2.9
Fixed: When right clicking, the marble deselect sound is only played if any marbles are actually selected
Fixed: Sound corruption issue that appeared on some systems (thanks to Malte Thiesen)

Tips

When stuck, click the hint button. But beware - you will pay a time penalty.
Fill up the time bar to advance to the next level. The higher the level, the more points you get per marble.
The higher the level, the tougher the game. You earn less and less time per marble as the game progresses.

Downloads

jooleem_0.1.4_setup.exe Windows installer (10.1 MB)
jooleem_0.1.4_win32_bin.zip Win32 binaries (10.1 MB)
jooleem_0.1.4_src.zip Source - does not include data files (0.2 MB)
jooleem-0.1.3.tar.gz Linux - source based, older version (6.9 MB)

Development

Jooleem is developed using C++ and SDL, with cross platform compatibility in mind. Currently, Windows and Linux versions of the game are available for download.
You can follow the development process, submit bug reports and make feature requests on the game's project page.

Ports

Jooleem has been ported to several platforms:
PSP version by Zordak
Nokia 770 internet tablet version by Uwe Koch

License

Jooleem is free and open source software. The code is released under the GNU General Public License. All of the game's assets (music, sound effects and images) are original and released under a Creative Commons deed.

Credits

The game is developed by Chai Braudo, with music by Ryan Reilly and sound design by Dale North. It was inspired by Nick Kouvaris' ZNAX. Linux port by Jani Huhtanen.
Beta testers: Iddo Braudo, Uri Grupel, Shany Tcshernichov and Ma'ayan Zigdon.