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Game: Br!x 2.0

  Published by Bart on November 26th, 2006 in Games

thumb.jpgJason Bonham [p00f] has created a Blender game that everyone on the BlenderArtists forums is raving about. It's a combination of breakout and space invaders and contrary to most Blender game projects, this one is finished, highly playable and quite addictive.

Some other features that I like: Jason only used logic blocks for this game, just to see if he could pull it off. There's not a line of Python code inside. Similarly, he hasn't used any textures (although I do think the game might look a bit more polished if he did). It even has a few surprises such as (multiple) enemies and a multi-ball feature.

Now, grab your copy (right-click, save-as), read the instructions below and enjoy!

Move paddle left and right:

  • <== and ==>,
  • Left and right mouse buttons.
  • A-key and D-key
  • Joystick left and right

Fire Missile:

  • Space
  • ^ Up
  • Middle mouse/ mouse 3
  • Joystick button1

Restart/Reset:

  • R key


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  1. 1 Tshepang Edit Link Nov 26th, 2006 at 9:10 am

    Is there an easy way to make such a game not depend on Blender?

  2. 2 Kayde Edit Link Nov 26th, 2006 at 9:40 am

    Yeah, it would be sweet if the game was in a .exe format or something…

  3. 3 Bart Edit Link Nov 26th, 2006 at 9:53 am

    From the Game Engine FAQ:

    "Can games be converted to an executable?

    * Yes. First remember to pack your data (packs textures used into .blend). In Blender, select "File", then "Pack Data". To create an executable, select "File", then "Save Dynamic Runtime". In the newer versions of blender, the executables need sdl.dll and python_current python version here_.dll (ex: python24.dll), in order to run. "

  4. 4 Ubuntuist Edit Link Nov 26th, 2006 at 12:04 pm

    Nice game!

    BTW: It seems that things has changed in current cvs and playing this is quite surreal. Blocks are floating in the top of the screen and collision detecting is not working correctly and thus game never ends.

  5. 5 Alexander Ewering Edit Link Nov 26th, 2006 at 12:14 pm

    Though he should either have used textures instead of 3D objects, or used FSAA for the screenshots, as the aliasing looks horrible ;)

  6. 6 blendercross Edit Link Nov 26th, 2006 at 12:57 pm

    I like it! :-)

  7. 7 hhec Edit Link Nov 26th, 2006 at 1:32 pm

    Good game.. it brings back good old memories of may atari console and the arcades :)

  8. 8 quiss42 Edit Link Nov 26th, 2006 at 3:29 pm

    It is a really great game - highly addictive!

    Saving it as a runtime makes it runs smoothly on my linux system - and the graphics are good enough even in a maximized window.

    I don't know whether it's the same under Windows, but here there's no "in-game" way to exit the game when running as a standalone program, means: "Esc" doesn't work.

    This can be fixed quite easily by selecting the object "player" and adding a sensor (Key Q), controller and actuator "Quit this game" in the Logic window.

    And now I have to return to the game… ;)

  9. 9 Bjellereven Edit Link Nov 26th, 2006 at 4:31 pm

    Problable a very dumb question, how do i launch tha game?

  10. 10 quiss42 Edit Link Nov 26th, 2006 at 4:36 pm

    @Bejellereven: Open the file with Blender, put the mouse cursor over the playing field and press "P"-key.

  11. 11 ROUBAL Edit Link Nov 26th, 2006 at 9:01 pm

    Hi!

    Nice game ! I'm very new to the Game engine, and I have not been able to do good things… this game is impressive, and also it's fun !

    Well done ! Thank you for sharing !

    Philippe.

  12. 12 jo Edit Link Nov 27th, 2006 at 3:24 am

    awesome !!! i like it ! i wonder if he could make a tutorial for creating this game..

    anyway,is there any link for blender game tutorial ??

  13. 13 Bmud Edit Link Nov 27th, 2006 at 6:53 am

    Wow.. I didn't realize that the new Blender game textures allowed for selective wireframe rendering. That is SO COOL and I'm going to exploit the mess out of that feature…. as soon as I finish this history paper. >_>

  14. 14 Don Edit Link Jun 20th, 2007 at 9:38 am

    Sounds cool. I wish the link still worked

  15. 15 Stu Edit Link Sep 12th, 2007 at 12:53 am

    The link to the file doesn't seem to work, does anyone have a copy or know where to get this ?

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