Angry Birds Space

Angry Birds Space
Developer: Rovio Publisher: Rovio Platforms: Windows, Mac OS X, iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Blackberry Tablet OS Released internationally: March 22, 2012 This game has unused playable characters. This game has uncompiled source code. This game has a hidden developer message. This game has unused graphics. This game has unused music. This game has unused text. This game has debugging material. This game has a prototype article

To do: Retail demo prototype and/or screenshots(?) from CDN. Early Cosmic Crystals levels in a folder titled "pack40" in version 2.0.0. Revisional Differences for the mobile version of the game such as updated graphics and new title screen music.

Angry Birds Space is what happened when Rovio looked at Super Mario Galaxy (and the 500,000,000 other "IN SPACE!!" things that were popular at the time) and said "Pfffft, we can do that!"

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Prototype Info

Unused Music

bosstest

There is an audio file in the demo version named 'bosstest.mp3'. It is a lot different from the final boss theme, sounding a lot more regal and faster. It does not appear to be complete, as it loops strangely.

AB_space_level_menu

There is a music track called "AB_space_level_menu.mp3" which would've likely been used when selecting a level. This track is also present in a TestFlight prototype build, only this version is finalized, lower quality and fades out.

AB_space_stars_03_example

An unused version of the tune that plays when you get three stars, with a drum roll in the background. The final one is split up into three separate sound files for each star.

Unused Sounds

spaceAmbient01 and 02

There are two unused space ambience sounds.

World_1_Ambient

An early version of the ambience from Pig Bang, with a major difference being a short bass track at the beginning.

Black Hole Bird Sounds

There are 4 sounds likely related to the black holes that open when getting an Eggsteroid. Either that or an unused black hole bird/power-up, due to there being a sound titled "blackhole_shot". The latter seems to be proven by the existence of data for an unused bird called Black Hole Bird in the same version.

Alternate Red Yell Sounds

There were 2 sounds titled "redbird_yell02" and "redbird_yell03". They are the same as the used yell sound.

Bird 6 Flying

There is an audio file called "bird_06_flying.mp3", which is a combination of two of the bird idle sounds. In the original Angry Birds, this audio file was a sound from Hal, though for some reason it was changed in Angry Birds Space. Perhaps this was a placeholder sound for Hal, and Angry Birds Space's development had started when this sound was still Hal's launch sound.

Leftovers from Angry Birds

There are many leftover sounds from the original Angry Birds game found in version 1.0.0, which didn't get used in Angry Birds Space.

Ball Bounce

A sound for a ball bouncing. This may be a leftover from the ball objects in Angry Birds.

Balloon Pop

A sound for a balloon popping.

TNT Explosion

There is a leftover sound of the TNT explosion from the first Angry Birds game.

Birds

Red

There are 2 leftover sounds of Red being selected and launched.

The Blues

There are leftover sounds of The Blues being selected, launched, and colliding with objects.

Chuck

There are leftover sounds of Chuck being selected, launched, colliding with objects, and using his power.

Bomb

There are leftover sounds of Bomb being selected, launched, and colliding with objects.

Terence

There are 2 leftover sounds from Angry Birds of Terence being selected and launched.

Matilda

There are leftover sounds for Matilda, who doesn't appear in Angry Birds Space.

Hal

There are leftover sounds for Hal, who like Matilda, doesn't appear in this game.

Hidden or Off-screen Objects

To do: (All found in PC version) unused space helmets below big dipper and old level select corresponding to pigs placed on planets. *Slingshot with 3 invisible reds under original level select. Pig Dipper bossfight loads saucer far below slingshot before boss is defeated.

There are some objects in levels that are hidden off screen.

Main World Select

The main world selection menu has a planet and many bubbles loaded off screen. Despite seeming empty, each bubble can be clicked in order to pop them, and each one corresponds to a pig on the various menu planets which seem to lack any bubbles. When popped they will freeze and shatter like any directly suited pig. More interestingly, there is a planet which contains an invisible slingshot with 3 invisible Space Reds. Launching all of them does not have any effect, however they do properly collide with objects in the world.

Pig Dipper Level Select

The level select screen for Pig Dipper has 2 pigs in bubbles and an anchor hidden below the first screen.

Unused Birds

There exists data for some unused birds.

Black Hole Bird

Located in version 1.0 is data for a Black Hole Bird. It is strong against wood, and would've likely spawned a black hole that would suck up all blocks and pigs in a small radius for a short period of time. It has references to 2 sprites, being "BIRD_BLACKHOLE_NORMAL" and "BIRD_BLACKHOLE_SPECIAL". Sounds for it seem to exist, which can be seen above. This may have been replaced by the Space Egg power up which was released later.

Homing Bird

In the same version as the Black Hole Bird, there is data for an unused Homing Bird. It likely would've acted like Laser Bird, homing in on wherever is tapped, and it may have been an early version of it. Like Black Hole Bird, it is strong against wood. It has references to 1 sprite, being "BIRD_HOMING_FRAME_1".

Unused Objects

Mario Pipe

To do: Rip the sprite and show gameplay of it at the explained level where it is at in-game.

An unused object based off the warp pipes from the Super Mario series. This object was meant to appear in Eggsteroid 2. The object uses the stone material and has a strength of 30.

Unused Graphics

Leftover graphics from an exclusive Galaxy Note (original) level.

Unused Text

1. Poached Eggs
2. Mighty Hoax
3. Danger Above
4. The Big Setup
5. Ham 'Em High
6. Mine and Dine
7. Birdday Party
Unlock the full version for countless new levels and ads removed!
The survival of the Angry Birds is at stake. Dish out revenge on the green pigs who stole the Birds' eggs. Use the unique destructive powers of 
the Angry Birds to lay waste to the pigs' fortified castles.
Angry Birds features hours of gameplay, challenging physics-based castle demolition, and lots of replay value. Each of the 105 levels requires 
logic, skill, and brute force to crush the enemy.

Leftover text from Angry Birds.

Get it here
You already have the latest version
New update available!

Leftover text from the Maemo version of Angry Birds, stored in TEXTS_OVI_STORE.dat.

If you like %@, please rate it. Thanks!
Rate now
Remind me later
No, thanks
Angry Birds Space HD

Leftover text from the iOS versions.

Visit Samsung GALAXY Note site!
Special Launch Offer - Danger Zone levels available for Free on Samsung devices!

Leftover text from the Android version.

Do you want to learn more about conservation of the ocean and OceanElders?
Do you want to learn more about Slash's new album(this is a placeholder)?

Placeholder message box text.

Edit

Remnants of an internal level editor?

Debugging Functions

To do: Sort! Explore the game scripts for more and/or more info if possible.

Changing flags in options.lua enables some debugging functions.

Debug Keys

With releaseBuild set to false, these are usable:

Key	Function
7	Changes the view of the camera to be heavily zoomed out. Certain lines define the camera view. Red: Full camera view White: Current camera view Yellow: Length of the full camera distance Green: ? Pink: ?
f	Toggles visibility of the FPS display.
8	Draws hitboxes of objects not yet interacted, this excludes birds.

Elsewhere:

• The FPS display is shown on bootup.
• Popup messages are shown when the game creates save files.
• The credits screen shows the SVN revision number.

To do: You can't press it on Win8?

• A button is visible on the main menu.

Developer Cheats

Most cheat keys and assets are removed from the majority of releases.

The Windows 8 version however, has a small number of them.

With cheatsEnabled set to true, these are usable:

Key	Function
c	Completes the level with a 3-star score. A quadruple click on the bottom left corner also works.
4	Triggers Daily Reward.
PgDown	Advances a level.
PgUp	Goes back a level.
g	Fails the level.

Elsewhere:

• A small cheat menu is visible on the main menu, very similar to Angry Birds Star Wars' menu.
• All levels are unlocked with no stars.

In-Game

Powerup Popup Dev Menu

If the game is not a release build, the game will show a cog button in the top middle, touching it will show a menu with debugging functions:

• Reset = Resets the cooldown timer.
• Remove All Powerups = Removes all powerups for a save.
• Special Offer Evertime = Always get a free powerup when having 0.
• Restart Gap = How many restarts it takes to suggest using a powerup.
• Default Timer = Cooldown time.

Development Leftovers

Partial Engine Source Code

To do: Meaning of pf, Platform Functions?

Four source files likely from the pf namespace of Fusion for the Android platform were left in the package root of version 1.3.2 for Android. Fusion is Rovio's private version of the KA3D engine with lots of modifications.

Download Angry Birds Space (Partial Engine Source) File: ABSpace_PartialFusionSource.zip (3KB) (info)

Unknown JSON File

A similar JSON file from Angry Birds Seasons made it's way in HD version 1.3.2 for Android.

{
    "appName": "Angry Birds", 
    "archs": [
        "x32", 
        "arm", 
        "armv7"
    ], 
    "buildDate": "2012-11-05", 
    "buildStartedBy": "", 
    "compileLua": true, 
    "compressLua": true, 
    "copyAssets": [
        [
            "game/data_src/levels/*.lua", 
            "data/levels"
        ], 
        [
            "game/data_src/levels/theme1/*.lua", 
            "data/levels/theme1"
        ], 
        [
            "game/data_src/levels/theme2/*.lua", 
            "data/levels/theme2"
        ], 
        [
            "game/data_src/levels/theme3/*.lua", 
            "data/levels/theme3"
        ], 
        [
            "game/data_src/levels/theme4/*.lua", 
            "data/levels/theme4"
        ], 
        [
            "game/data_src/levels/theme5/*.lua", 
            "data/levels/theme5"
        ], 
        [
            "game/data_src/levels/dangerZone/*.lua", 
            "data/levels/dangerZone"
        ], 
        [
            "game/data_src/levels/bonus/*.lua", 
            "data/levels/bonus"
        ], 
        [
            "game/data_src/levels/eggLevels/*.lua", 
            "data/levels/eggLevels"
        ], 
        [
            "game/data_src/levels/featherLevels/*.lua", 
            "data/levels/featherLevels"
        ], 
        [
            "game/data_src/localization", 
            "data"
        ], 
        [
            "game/data_src/localization_android", 
            "data"
        ], 
        [
            "game/data_src/scripts/*.lua", 
            "data/scripts"
        ], 
        [
            "game/data_src/scripts/menus_space/*.lua", 
            "data/scripts/menus_space"
        ], 
        [
            "common/scripts/game/*.lua", 
            "data/scripts_common"
        ], 
        [
            "common/scripts/game/ui_components/*.lua", 
            "data/scripts_common/ui_components"
        ], 
        [
            "external/Fusion/data/shaders/gles2", 
            "data/shaders"
        ], 
        [
            "game/data_src/audio/16000hz-16bit-mono/**", 
            "data/audio"
        ], 
        [
            "game/data_src/images/1280x800", 
            "data/images"
        ], 
        [
            "game/data_src/images/1024x600", 
            "data/images"
        ], 
        [
            "game/data_src/fonts/1024x768", 
            "data/fonts"
        ], 
        [
            "game/data_src/audio/16000hz-16bit-mono/**", 
            "data/audio"
        ]
    ], 
    "copyExcludes": [
        "game/data_src/scripts/editor"
    ], 
    "copyPatterns": [
        [
            "icons/android/res-hd/**", 
            "res"
        ]
    ], 
    "copyTo": "p:/RovioMobile/AngryBirdsSpace/Software/Android/2012-11-05_1.3.2_(7903)_androidmarket", 
    "customLuaOptions": {
        "gamelua.alwaysAllowGotoLevel": false, 
        "gamelua.applyChinaRestictions": false, 
        "gamelua.cheatsEnabled": false, 
        "gamelua.customerString": "'androidmarket'", 
        "gamelua.enableAssertions": false, 
        "gamelua.g_registrationEnabled": false, 
        "gamelua.g_showTutorials": true, 
        "gamelua.g_updateCheckEnabled": false, 
        "gamelua.gameId": "'abw'", 
        "gamelua.gameVersionNumber": "'1.3.2'", 
        "gamelua.isKorea": false, 
        "gamelua.releaseBuild": true, 
        "gamelua.showEditor": false, 
        "gamelua.svnRevisionNumber": "'7903'", 
        "gamelua.useMockAchievementLimits": "not True"
    }, 
    "customScripts": {
        "assetFilter": "update_level_filenames.py"
    }, 
    "customer": "androidmarket", 
    "debug": false, 
    "defines": [
        "USE_GOOGLE_PLAY_IN_APP_BILLING", 
        "ZIPPED_LUA_FILES", 
        "CRYPTED_LUA_FILES", 
        "USE_FLURRY", 
        "HD_VERSION"
    ], 
    "dirSuffix": "", 
    "encryptLua": true, 
    "encryptionKey": "__SECRET__", 
    "failOnConfigurationWarnings": true, 
    "includeDirs": [
        "../../source", 
        "../../external/Fusion/include", 
        "../../common/dependencies/box2d/Box2D", 
        "../../common/source/"
    ], 
    "jobs": 8, 
    "keyAlias": "__SECRET__", 
    "keyAliasPassword": "__SECRET__", 
    "keyStore": "__SECRET__", 
    "keyStorePassword": "__SECRET__", 
    "luaOptionsFile": "data/scripts/options.lua", 
    "minSdkVersion": "8", 
    "modules": [
        "googleiap", 
        "framework", 
        "grgles2", 
        "game", 
        "flurry", 
        "gr", 
        "hgr", 
        "img", 
        "io", 
        "lua", 
        "net", 
        "pf", 
        "util", 
        "audio", 
        "math", 
        "lang"
    ], 
    "obfuscate": true, 
    "outputName": "AngryBirdsSpace_1.3.2_HD_androidmarket_DISTRIBUTION", 
    "packageName": "angrybirdsspaceHD", 
    "platform": "android", 
    "projectName": "AngryBirdsSpace", 
    "releasePackage": true, 
    "sourceExcludes": [
        "../../common/source/*IPHONE*.cpp", 
        "../../common/source/*iOS*.cpp", 
        "../../common/source/AppUpWrapper.cpp", 
        "../../common/source/GameFlurr*.cpp", 
        "../../common/source/GamerService.cpp"
    ], 
    "sourceFiles": [
        "../../source/**.cpp", 
        "../../common/source/*.cpp"
    ], 
    "subDir": "gen", 
    "svnRevision": "7903", 
    "targetSdkVersion": "13", 
    "verbosity": 1, 
    "versionCode": "1320", 
    "versionString": "1.3.2"
}

SVN Remnants

The BlackBerry Tablet version left a .svn subdirectory in the assets directory, with a tiny amount of information about where the app icon and splash screen's assets were from.

Since the version control expects you to be connected to Rovio's internal server, you cannot access the revision history of the repository.

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We can get a glimpse of the properties of these files/directories by running a Subversion command such as svn info -R --include-externals in the /assets directory.
NOTE: Since these files are in an older version of the format (format 10), the command svn upgrade has to be executed before the one above if using newer versions of Subversion.

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Relative URL: ^/Rovio_AngryBirdsSpace/branches/AngryBirdsSpace_generic_1.0.0/build/blackberry/assets/splash.png
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All of these files and directories were last changed by Antti Alho, credited under the "Post production" team.
The revision number for these leftovers are 92626.

The revisions of the files in the folder are byte-to-byte identical to the used versions.

Unnamed Script

Versions 1.3.1-1.4.0 HD for iPad, have a script named *.lua in the images directory. It only has roughly just the below content:

filename = "*.lua"

Revisional Differences

PC

The PC version stopped receiving updates as of v2.0.0, the only other distribution source used was Steam as its own version and it ended at v2.1.0.

Anti-Hacking Strings

The native function GameLua::unlockRequestChecksum was updated starting with this game and uses two strings instead, possibly to tell reverse engineers looking at the function to refrain from continuing with their desires. Interestingly it remained in all future builds of the game, regardless of the platform.

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