Alphabounce Maps

By Joozey

Infinite Galaxy?

Alphabounce takes place in a huge universe with seemingly infinite levels full of planets, missions and items. But how to find your way in such a vast place? You won't always receive the exact destination coördinates from your mission objectives, and hopelesly wandering around searching for the right spot by luck could waste a lot of your precious hydrogen capsules, your patience and your good mood.

Navigation tools

The maps

Fortunately, there are several experienced prisoners in Alphabounce that bundled their forces and started to explore and map the galaxy for other players. This resulted into several maps full of valuable information. Of course, it is nearly impossible to have a fully completed map and you may still find items, merchants or even whole planets not located at the maps, but they remain great, even indispensable, navigation tools.

There are 6 different maps so far.

• G.A.I.A. Map

This map contains a very global look on the galaxy. It comes in handy to locate all the planets and to see where the various wormholes will take you.

• haXe Map

haXe Map does not require flash, but has the same information as ABMap. Zooming is static, unlike in ABMap where you are able to dynamically zoom in and out. This tool normally loads faster than ABMap, nontheless a few prisoners reported the loading time slower than ABMap. The haXe Map also gives quick information on where to buy the cheapest goods, and its scrolling interface is considered preferable to that of ABMap by some prisoners.  This map no longer exists unfortunately ... unknown if it will return at all, so leaving the info here just in case.

• ABMap 

ABMap is one of the most extensive maps where you can zoom, move and view detail information of objects and planets when you hover the mouse over them. It requires a flashplayer and takes a fairly long time to load. 

• Moneymaker1's MineMap 

This map contains a lot of information (screenshots, minerals, P bonuses, etc.) on over 10.000 levels entered by players. Most mission objects are reported, as well as many P bonuses and all shops from MacLambert's shop file. You can view planets separately, or, on the main page, browse Alphabounce's universe looking for the richest levels. Most handy when you are forced to enter a difficult planet and want to know what areas to avoid, or searching for the places containing the most minerals. Very fast loading and gives you a good planet overview.

Be sure to read the presentation page for more info and features.

• EEBKiller's » The Map «

This is a new map that actually has multiple pages and development tools for everyone to use. Anyone that has the ABScreen Maker (link needed here if anyone has it handy), they can submit the screenshot to this page and it will update the page automatically with the information they have submitted. This contains many of the same features of Monemaker1's MineMap, the main difference being that this map also includes Kamakazi powerup locations as well. This tool is still in development, and it's thread in the forums is found here. There are other features that he is working on, so I may have missed some of the other functions that he has built thus far.

• EEBKiller's » Global Map «

This is a very gobal look of the map. It contains simple information about merchants, P- and K- capsules. There are also information about missions that are scattered in the whole universe ("Star Dust", "Antimatter") Finally it provides a little tool to find the cheapest (known) shop for a specific item and a view of the current exploration of » The Map «. It shows the universe from -600 to 600 in BOTH directions.

AB Path Planner

As you can see, there is plenty of navigation possibilities to guide your way. Furthermore, there is another tool that plans the best path from your current position to several items and minerals around you. The AB Path Planner takes everything in account, and you do not need to worry whether or not you might have missed a rich mineral area, a missile or a Provision bonus.

Unmapped items

As said earlier, none of the maps are perfect and they don't contain all the items and objects. Hence, some maps are not even updated anymore.

If you encounter new Provision powerups not visible on the maps, first check if they are not already documented here: Provisions Google spreadsheet.

If it is not in the list, you can make a note here: Forum new-provision thread.

If you encounter new Kamikaze powerups not documented here, please post them here.

Spread your wings!

Now it is time for you to explore that what is still unmapped, and discover items and objects that are yet to be find.

Good luck on your journey!