Blocks (Completed!) - Formerly BBlocks

[Just Jeff]

I was asked to display Blocks at a local arts festival and it looked like this the whole time, once they had their fill of the quilts of course.

[JeremiahK]

That really made my day!  You could say it was a "digital quilt game."  😁

[killersquirel]

Is this the binary that the cartridge uses?

 

[JeremiahK]

1 hour ago, killersquirel said:

Is this the binary that the cartridge uses?

I am not 100% on that.  I do know that the exact binary for the cartridge is slightly different than the public one, but that the game itself plays the same.  Later today I will check to verify exactly which binary is the final public one.

[JeremiahK]

On 1/15/2021 at 3:15 PM, JeremiahK said:

Good news!

 

Over the last couple weeks, Jeff and I have been able to playtest the game a bit.  We found a couple bugs, and have fixed them.  We also finalized the game colors for both NTSC and PAL modes.  (Big thank you to Thomas Jentzsch for helping with the PAL colors!)

 

The game control switches have been changed:

• LEFT DIFFICULTY controls game difficulty
  • A = 8-colors (hard)
  • B = 7-colors (medium)
• RIGHT DIFFICULTY controls helpful hits
  • A = no hints
  • B = show hints
• COLOR/BW controls game board colors
  • For NTSC/PAL displays, put the switch to COLOR
  • For SECAM displays, use BW

We are proud to say the game is now 100% complete!  (Maybe 110% would be more accurate )

 

bblocks.bin 2 kB · 287 downloads

This is the official final release.  The game plays exactly the same as the cartridge.

Edited February 5 by JeremiahK

[JeremiahK]

I think I misunderstood your post. I thought you linked to the first page.

Edited February 5 by JeremiahK

[killersquirel]

2 hours ago, JeremiahK said:

I think I misunderstood your post. I thought you linked to the first page.

The file in the first post is the final version?

[JeremiahK]

No, the first post is the first working playable demo.  The link from 1/15/2021 is the final version.

 

Here it is again:

https://forums.atariage.com/applications/core/interface/file/attachment.php?id=802312

Edited February 6 by JeremiahK

[+atari2600land]

I found a bug.

This green block was flashing at me like a clue but there is nothing I could do about it. Since there was no other option, I think the game was going around in a loop and I had no choice but to quit.

[JeremiahK]

That's odd.  At least the game was over anyway, so it isn't a game-breaking bug.

Edited May 23 by JeremiahK