BlockOut II Vita: Difference between revisions

BlockOut II
BlockOut II
	File:Blockoutiivita.jpg
General
Author	bomblik
Type	Puzzle
Version	2.5
License	GPL-2.0
Last Updated	2017/02/20
Links
	Download
	Website
	Source

Revision as of 02:34, 2 November 2022

BlockOut II is an addictive action puzzle game by Jean-Luc PONS. It is also the first OpenGL homebrew game for Playstation Vita.

BlockOut II is reimplementation of original 1989 puzzle video game, developed in Poland by Aleksander Ustaszewski and Miroslaw Zablocki and published by California Dreams for multiple platforms. Original BlockOut was the first video game which transfered tetris from 2D into 3D.

Media

Screenshots

Controls

CROSS - confirm / drop block
RIGHT TRIGGER - cancel / exit game
D-PAD - move block / select character (hall of fame)
SQUARE - rotate block around X axis counterclockwise
SQUARE + LEFT TRIGGER - rotate block around X axis clockwise
TRIANGLE - rotate block around Y axis counterclockwise
TRIANGLE + LEFT TRIGGER - rotate block around Y axis clockwise
CIRCLE - rotate block around Z axis counterclockwise
CIRCLE + LEFT TRIGGER - rotate block around Z axis clockwise
START - pause / resume game

Online score database

The game has a strong user community and an online world ranking of user scores.

http://www.blockout.net/blockout2/worldranking/index.php

http://www.blockout.net/blockout2/scoredate.php

Currently you can play against / compare your score to an online score database, but you cannot upload your scores.

Please look at TODO section, regarding score uploading.

TODO

The game has an option to upload user scores to the game server, but that option is only included in binary releases for pc.
Reverse engineering of 'reply file' content and communication protocol is needed in order to upload user scores from PS VITA port of the game.

Changelog

(v.2.5)

First Release.

Credits

Jean-Luc PONS for an awesome game.
Fabrice Bellard for TinyGL, an OpenGL software implementation.
Team Molecule for HENkaku homebrew enabler.
All vitasdk contributors.
xerpi, Cpasjuste for SDL library port.
Cpasjuste for PSP2SHELL, ports of SDL auxiliary libraries and TinyGL.

Disclaimer

There are some minor graphical issues due to TinyGL limitations.

Enjoy! :)

External links

Official Website - https://gekihen.customprotocol.com/en/project/BlockOut-II
Github - https://github.com/bomblik/BlockOut_II_PSVITA
VitaDB - https://vitadb.rinnegatamante.it/#/info/18

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-BlockOut II port for PSVITA.
+BlockOut II is an addictive action puzzle game by Jean-Luc PONS. It is also the first OpenGL homebrew game for Playstation Vita.
+BlockOut II is reimplementation of original 1989 puzzle video game, developed in Poland by Aleksander Ustaszewski and Miroslaw Zablocki and published by California Dreams for multiple platforms. Original BlockOut was the first video game which transfered tetris from 2D into 3D.
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-==Changelogs==
+==Controls==
-'''(v.1.0)'''
+*CROSS - confirm / drop block
+*RIGHT TRIGGER - cancel / exit game
+*D-PAD - move block / select character (hall of fame)
+*SQUARE - rotate block around X axis counterclockwise
+*SQUARE + LEFT TRIGGER - rotate block around X axis clockwise
+*TRIANGLE - rotate block around Y axis counterclockwise
+*TRIANGLE + LEFT TRIGGER - rotate block around Y axis clockwise
+*CIRCLE - rotate block around Z axis counterclockwise
+*CIRCLE + LEFT TRIGGER - rotate block around Z axis clockwise
+*START - pause / resume game
+==Online score database==
+The game has a strong user community and an online world ranking of user scores.
+http://www.blockout.net/blockout2/worldranking/index.php
+http://www.blockout.net/blockout2/scoredate.php
+Currently you can play against / compare your score to an online score database, but you cannot upload your scores.
+Please look at TODO section, regarding score uploading.
+==TODO==
+*The game has an option to upload user scores to the game server, but that option is only included in binary releases for pc.
+*Reverse engineering of 'reply file' content and communication protocol is needed in order to upload user scores from PS VITA port of the game.
+==Changelog==
+'''(v.2.5)'''
 * First Release.
+==Credits==
+*Jean-Luc PONS for an awesome game.
+*Fabrice Bellard for TinyGL, an OpenGL software implementation.
+*Team Molecule for HENkaku homebrew enabler.
+*All vitasdk contributors.
+*xerpi, Cpasjuste for SDL library port.
+*Cpasjuste for PSP2SHELL, ports of SDL auxiliary libraries and TinyGL.
+==Disclaimer==
+There are some minor graphical issues due to TinyGL limitations.
+Enjoy! :)
 == External links ==
-* Official Website -
+* Official Website - https://gekihen.customprotocol.com/en/project/BlockOut-II
 * Github - https://github.com/bomblik/BlockOut_II_PSVITA
 * VitaDB - https://vitadb.rinnegatamante.it/#/info/18
-* Gbatemp -
-* Google Source -
-* Reddit -
-* Gitlab -