Just yesterday we had reported the appearance of new achievements and leaderboards for the original Angry Birds and the “Angry Birds Free” app for iOS. (You can read more about that in this post.) One of those updates arrived today, with Episode 7 of Angry Birds Free!
A few details:
- Three completely new levels in the “Mine and Dine” theme (walkthroughs will be up soon).
- One new achievement for earning 3 stars on the 3 levels.
An interesting counter at the bottom of the screen… Perhaps FPS (frames per second)?
Removed in v1.3.1. Oh well, it was fun while it lasted.- Pro Tip! The jewels are worth 3000 points!
This app is only available for iOS device, but all users are free to enjoy the screenshots below.
any info about when/if ABSF will be updated?
Two small errors:
1. I’m playing on iPhone. On page 4 of the game it sais “Get Angry Birds Seasons HD”, although HD does not work on iPhone.
2. The numbers of the pages cannot be read any more because they are behind the useless new counter. (Maybe only in SD version?)
what are the small numbers supposed to mean? (as you see in your screenshots the little 60.0 in the bottom middle of every page)
As the post says, we are guessing it is the fps counter. In all likelihood, Rovio left this in by mistake and it will probably be removed at some point.
Intruiging, although, if it isn’t video, I would discount it as a frame rate notation. It’s more likely to have some use in Rovio’s debugging/QA process, is my guess.
Frame rate still applies in apps, though. A video game is a user-interactive video.
Perhaps. In considering this further, I leave you with this: a more explanatory term might be refresh rate (Hz), which better explains the number, as sixty fps, is a ridiculously high frame rate…
True… Basic video is only 24
actually 60 is pretty standard for this type of game. It’s meant to compensate for sprites and jitters that greatly affect the visual experience. The good old side scrolling arcade games of the eighties ran at 50 to deliver a smooth experience. It’s more a game dev performance thing than what humans can actually see ( we start perceiving motion at 18, movies being at 24 )
They update for iOS has been released that fixes the ‘counter’ issue
sorry didn´t read the post , anybody got the new achievements? 3stared them all but nothing yet!
got the 11th achievement. it indeed looks like the other 6 :)
Hey Slim, I am not sure where to put this, but the first bonus level is available for Chrome. You get a code from a BBC Good Food link and enter it on the “Golden Egg” page of Seasons Greedings.
Posted here: https://www.angrybirdsnest.com/angry-birds-chrome-update-adds-seasons-greedings-and-mighty-eagle/comment-page-2/#comment-70852
Thanks.
how does it come that in ABF there are 7 themes (until mine or dine)
and AB only has 6 (until mine or dine) with a 7th coming soon?!?!
One was repeated
hey slim, we should expect Episode 7 to be released on the 10th hopefully. What about you?
also, these three mine and dine levels aren’t featured in the paid version of angry birds, are they?
We don’t know when Ep. 7 of ABo will be released, but 10 Dec. as as good a guess as any.
No, ABoFree always features completely unique levels.
slim, what state are u from?
I’ll say that I’m on the East Coast of the USA. That’s as specific as I will be.
you’re not from jersey, are u?
Not quite, but let’s stop while we’re ahead, eh?
okay cool, just wanted to know.
http://www.rovio.com/en/news/blog/108/angry-birds-cookbook-activities-and-great-deals-at-birds-noble
Looks nice!
Also its “Mine and Dine” not “Mind and Dine” right?
“Mine” as in an excavation in the earth for extracting coal or other minerals
LOL, I didnt mean that.
“Angry Birds Free for iOS receives its seventh episode: Mind and Dine! Be sure….” Just wanted to correct it :P
Ah, it was in the excerpt. Thanks, fixed that.
Finally, all the achievements just cam through with the update. Before today, I had 0, now I have 6!
Awesome news – glad to have this update as it should give me my achievements now!
hey slim, you guys should make this website about Angry Birds, Cut the Rope and “Where’s My Water?”. Then you guys would way more people visiting this site. Will you guys do this in the future?
I disagree, leave it just at AB, if they want they can make a separate site for the others :)
Agree with Laurence. ABN will remain an Angry Birds portal. If for some reason the “site” chooses to expand, it would be a separate domain name and everything.
Do you know if they’re going to update the other free versions now? Rio free doesn’t have the last 2 episodes, and seasons doesn’t have the latest 4! Any idea to when they are coming out?
No word, but I did ask Rovio a couple weeks ago about all 3 “Frees” and they said that they will indeed receive updates (no dates given though).
Are these exclusive levels or simply repeats? TIA
ABoFree is always “exclusive”, never-before-seen levels.
That’s not what is reported elsewhere on this board if memory serves correct. In fact, I believe that there is a thread here that specifically spells out what levels are repeats. For instance, I don’t recall which ones for ABoFree, but I do recall the thread stating that for ABSFree, only the Christmas ones were exclusive and that it even spells out which levels within ABS are repeated in ABSFree.
Seasons Free and Rio Free are not unique levels (with the exception of Seasons Greedings), but ABoFree has always had unique levels.
FINALLY!! The update has come thru so I can finally get all my achievements achieved in gamecenter!! Now I know that the admins on here have told other ppl who are wondering why their achievements won’t count that they simply must wait for Rovio to release an update, but I just quickly 3-starred the new levels, and got my last two achievements counted: total destruction and ready for more. So it appears the achievements are working now. Is this a bug fix that Rovio included in this update too? ( just wondering cuz it didn’t say anything in the update details of the post)
The “bug” was not a result of Rovio’s doing.
When Apple launched iOS 5, they changed the API (application programming interface) for GameCenter. As a result of this change, achievement triggers were broken. Since this is the first update after the iOS 5 launch, the API has been adjusted on Rovio’s end, so GC is working properly again.
(Fixed: Seasons, Rio, and ABoFree. Still borked: ABo, Seasons Free, Rio Free)
Okay, that makes sense. Possibly also why everyone is still trying to get smash maniac and has been unsuccessful in getting it? ( besides the fact it’s so many more bricks than realized by ppl?) however, I’m still getting achievements done on ABo, having gotten score addicts for Ep.s 1+2, and I got these after my iOS5 update, so is ABo borked?
Sorry, that was meant to reply to my previous comment
Isn’t clear. Rovio did push a soft update to the ABo GameCenter a few weeks ago, so perhaps that fixed it. Not sure though.
I don’t know where to put this but the ME plush toy is now available. It is only available in 18 inches, and it’s $105. Here’s the link http://shop.angrybirds.com/products/mighty-eagle-18-plush-toy
$110! (with shipping)…OMFG! You have GOT to be kidding me.
This was available about a month ago from ToyWiz. I have one and if you collect AB plushies then the ME plush is totally worth it. It is *much* larger than 18 inches.
This is just an idea. But why don’t make a comment bocks for the forum under the other comment bocks?
I don’t understand.
It is a comment bocks for the lastest comments on the right side. What about a comment bocks for the lastest forum comments or post?
He refers to the small blue chatter box present and says that why not make a seprate one for Forums.
I think abfan means the “recent activity boX” only showing comments left and not posts in the forum :)
Yea, that is this i mean. Thanks iamMighty and sal9 for helping me to say this. :-)
The forum automatically sorts by newest comments.
Yes, i know. But why don’t have a comment box for the forum?
Will consider it, but bigger things on the to-do list for right now.
Ok. :-D
Wow! Rovio says that the Framerate thing was by mistake from what a tweet says.
An update is out and the fps counter is now gone.
I only see it on the HD right now, though I assume the SD will land momentarily. Good eye.
Two hours later. Still no SD update.
SD update arrived an hour ago.
This is a little off topic but does anyone know why after i finished everything but one episode with 3 stars on ABSF I still havnt got one achievement when I should have all but one.
Answer can be read above.
What do you think, why did they not make v1.3.1 for SD version?
I’m sure they will, patience.
It’s here now. :-)
Does all the ABo Free levels maps to levels of full version of ABo ?
Does all the ABs Free levels maps to levels of full version of ABs ?
Does all the ABrio Free levels maps to levels of full version of ABrio ?
Thanks for your answer.
ABo free levels are unique, not found in the full version. ABrio free levels are picked from the full version. AB seasons free christmas levels are not found in the full version, but the rest of the seasons are from the full version.
Thanks for kartflyer’s reply.
How many levels are there in the ABo Lite ? 12 Levels ?
Does all the ABo Lite levels maps to levels of full version of ABo ?
AB Lite has 12 levels. As far as I know, 6 are unique levels and 6 levels are from original version.
well, the frame rate counter is gone now!! (i kinda like it better, it was interesting for a day)
Is there any chance that Angry Birds Free and Angry Birds Seasons Free unique levels will be released in some or other way for Android platform?
By the way, Android version of Angry Birds Lite contains 15 not 12 levels. 14th and 15th are taken from Angry Birds Free (14th = AB Free 3-2, 15th = AB Free 4-2) and 13th level seems to be unique (and there is no walkthrough on this site).
Really? Can you post a screenshot?
Here is a screenshot: http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c47/alexander_raven/shot_000001.png
Possibly, but it’s slightly slim. Isn’t Angry Birds and Angry Birds Seasons free in Android?
I did a little digging, and found this to be true. But this Lite version is in Beta mode, used by Rovio for testing. Click here for more details.
Angry Birds Lite was available on Android market half a year ago, but now I see it’s disappeared. Though the installation file still can be found on various Android forums, I think.
Here is a screenshot: http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c47/alexander_raven/shot_000001.png
Possibly I could make a 3-star walkthrough video for this site, but I need to figure out how to record video from my screen on Android :)
> Isn’t Angry Birds and Angry Birds Seasons free in Android?
“Free” Angry Birds and “Angry Birds Free” are not the same :) Android “Angry Birds” is identical to iOS “Angry Birds” and yes, it’s free. But iOS “Angry Birds Free” is a separate game with unique levels, that can’t be found in original “Angry Birds”. Unfortunately, it’s not available on Android yet :( The same is for “Angry Birds Seasons Free”.
I don’t think you see what I’m trying to say. :)
The point that I’m trying to show is in the title. New android users may think that AB free is is the full version, and since the real version is also free, this might cause confusion in players. :)
Ah, yes, got it :) Agree, a new Android application called “Angry Birds Free” would sound really confusing. Maybe, that’s a reason why it wasn’t released yet?
Rovio stopped AB Lite a while ago I believe, even if it’s still available for download no new updates are planned.
You can still download it.
Actually it isn’t for gingerbread tablets for Android anymore – i had to download the apk from megaupload.com.
I thought it already had Mine And Dine as it’s sixth episode. Then again, i might be wrong.
No, it had a double elsewhere. I think Big Setup maybe.
I looked through AB nest’s walkthroughs. It is Danger Above that is doubled