BrickOut - 1.0

Ross Kilgariff (kilgariff)

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arcade 2d pygame game remake breakout arkanoid clone

Description

BrickOut is based on classic arcade games such as Breakout (1976) and Arkanoid (1986). The player controls a paddle in a room full of bricks. The player can use the paddle to bounce a ball around the room, which smashes bricks on impact. The player wins when all the bricks have been smashed.

Changes

UPDATE: Rebalanced gameplay, added new level, packaged Windows 32-bit executable.

Links

Home Page: http://kilgariff.vgcreators.com/Games/BrickOut/
Source: http://kilgariff.vgcreators.com/Games/BrickOut/brickout.zip
Windows: http://kilgariff.vgcreators.com/Games/BrickOut/brickout_win32.zip

Screenshot

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Releases

BrickOut - 1.0 - Mar 24, 2011

Comments

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March 24, 2011 3:36pm - Ross Kilgariff - nickname: (kilgariff)
@jrshoch It's a hack to provide accurate collision. The ball can move a large distance over the course of one frame, and with only one logical update (move, check collision) it can appear to bypass the bricks entirely. By moving in five small steps and checking collision after each, this is no longer a noticeable problem. I'll revisit the collision detection when I have free time. I've learned some new techniques since writing this, so I might implement some kind of swept circle test. I could also add rotational bricks using the separating axis theorem.
March 14, 2011 10:39pm - Jason Hoch - nickname: (jrshoch)
Out of curiosity, why do you check collisions 5 times per display flip? I'm just starting to read about pygame, thanks!
February 22, 2011 8:32pm - Zachariah Callaway - nickname: (xzcallaway)
Brick out has been debianized for Ubuntu. you can download the .deb package from: dotdeb.com on the arcade page.