Zuma Deluxe
What does the randomizer do in a simple way?
You pick a mode and how many sun Idols to find, in the client you can see sections are unlocked and how much to get for each location, once you have enough idols and the golden section unlock you can play it and goal, the more Extra Idols you have, the easier it will be.
Use the universal Tracker to know what locations are missing, it can get hard to keep track at some point.
What is the options page?
Since most of the randomizer has some sections varied from others, most options are percentage ones.
It will be solved in future when the balancing for each become more simple
What does randomization do to this game?
The Zuma Deluxe Randomizer choose from a set of stages and boards from each selected mode in the Players Options in which the locations will be. The unlocked sections, progression on locations, and required items are shown in the client meaning the game will not stop the player from entering each section, but will not interact with them.
In the Randomizer each stage in adventure mode is separate, meaning there are 12 different stages without counting Space that is its own.
In Gauntlet mode each board is a stage with each board being separate by difficulty, so each stage will have a total of 7 levels each, unlocking each difficulty for all boards is unlocked at the same time, the difficulty selected at the Players Options will be the hardest one to be played, and will only have goal locations.
How does the goal work
For the randomizer you need to beat a certain section of the game, in the Players Options you get to choose if the section will be Space or a random level. This level will be in the same mode as the one you will be playing, so in Adventure to beat Space you also need to beat stage 12 even if its not selected.
When you use the Explorer mode that includes both modes, you can also pick if the goal will be in one or both modes.
To access this Goal section you need two conditions, have the item that unlock that section which means unlocking it and in gauntlet types having enough progressive difficulty, and enough Sun Idols to enter. this is marked as the required Sun Idols in the Players Options. When both conditions are fulfill the section is unlocked and the randomizer can be goal.
However you may have also seen the Useful Sun Idols, this are sun idols that will make the requirement to beat the section easier or looking it the other way, the more Useful Sun Idols you are missing, the harder that sections is to beat.
For Adventure the score needed to beat each level will increase per missing Idol and for the Gauntlet mode each missing Idol is a extra level to beat.
What Zuma Deluxe items can appear in other players' worlds?
For section of the game has a set of items including the unlock item, and a item that unlocks the score with:
- coins
- combos
- chains of shots
- gap shots
Also there are some useful items and traps such as Extra lives and points.
What does another world's item look like in Zuma Deluxe?
Just like with the items the locations are made for each section of the game:
- Clearing each level and the full section.
- Getting a certain amount of coins.
- Getting a certain amount of combos.
- Getting a big enough combo also called max combo.
- Getting a certain amount of gaps and chain shots.
- if the option is selected beating each level with AceTime will also be a location.