bloc

Author: Jonathan Slark See LICENSE.txt for copyright and licensing details.

Introduction

bloc is a falling-block puzzle game inspired by a well-known classic. While the core gameplay remains familiar, it features a custom scoring system. This game was developed as a learning project in game programming and is not intended as an official version.

Quick Start Guide

• Up arrow - Rotate
• Left arrow - Move left
• Right arrow - Move right
• Down arrow - Soft drop
• Space bar - Hard drop
• Escape - Quit

For detailed gameplay instructions, select Instructions from the in-game menu. Navigate the menus using the arrow keys and confirm slections with Return.

Running the Game

Windows

1. Extract all files to a directory.
2. Run bloc.exe.

Unix-like Systems

Requirements

• SDL 1.2 + development files
• SDL_image 1.2 + development files
• GCC
• Make

Build Instructions

1. Extract the tarball.
2. Open a terminal and run:

   make
   ./bloc

Additional Notes

• To reset high scores, delete scores.txt.
• If the game fails to start or crashes, check stderr.txt for error messages.

Changes

Version 1.1.1

• Minor changes for compatibility with Unix-like systems.

Version 1.1

• Switched to SDL_image for PNG file support (replacing BMP).
• Added sound effects.

Credits

• SDL & SDL_image – See README_SDL.txt and README_SDL_image.txt for details and licensing.
• Font – Included from font-pack; see README-font-pack.txt for licensing details.
• Sound effects - Sourced from Sound Jay.