SoundGammon Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 Got a new LOW score! 80! 4 moves and the bar turned red! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeafAtariFromKansas Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 Played almost 1½ hours, new score: 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+atari2600land Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 Whatever happened to this? Will it be released on a cartridge ever? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeremiahK Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 We hit a setback with the artwork. Our artist gave us a good starting point to work with, but we all know coders aren't artists. Right now I am working on it, but we can always go with a simpler design if we need to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jeff Posted April 9, 2021 Author Share Posted April 9, 2021 Here's a little doodle that I thought might be interesting for box art... 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jeff Posted April 13, 2021 Author Share Posted April 13, 2021 Does anyone have any interesting design ideas for the packaging? Amateur mockups accepted! Here's another art theme that never occurred to me before for some reason.. I misspelled BBlocks though- that's a little embarrassing. Does anyone know a designer that might want to work with us? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jeff Posted April 17, 2021 Author Share Posted April 17, 2021 Here's is the last draft that our designer sent us before he had to give up due to other obligations. Its supposed to evoke the classic 2K style of the launch titles, which was our goal when writing the game as well. We thought it would be fun to be on the box but that seemed to be the toughest element- It still needs more if its going to work. Any comments, suggestions on the design? Still looking for a new designer btw.. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 Since you are effectively stacking colored blocks on top of each other (e.g. two light green make one darker green), how about making the blocks look 3D? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Karl G Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 I was hoping it would be something similar to the doodle you posted above. I liked the more abstract look of that one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeremiahK Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 I like that doodle, too. It would be cool to have an outer space backdrop with abstract light streaks and colored blocks floating in a formation. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeafAtariFromKansas Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 (edited) I been playing blocks for while until I started new game, after I set TV type to B/W, then when happened to this one, never seen this before and I got confused with colors.. ? Edited December 13, 2021 by DeafAtariFromKansas 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeremiahK Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 That's for B/W or SECAM television sets. Just switch to COLOR and it will fix at the next board shuffle, which can be forced with RESET, starting a new game. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeafAtariFromKansas Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 41 minutes ago, JeremiahK said: That's for B/W or SECAM television sets. Just switch to COLOR and it will fix at the next board shuffle, which can be forced with RESET, starting a new game. Oh, I got it, thanks... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 Blocks will be making its debut at this year's Portland Retro Gaming Expo in two weeks! Here's a preview of the box: Blocks will be available in the AtariAge Store in November for those who cannot attend the show. ..Al 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jeff Posted October 14, 2022 Author Share Posted October 14, 2022 Who is going to PRGE? I'd really appreciate pictures or video of Blocks and setup at the AtariAge Booth! Would anyone be able to do that for me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+littaum Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 I am here... I will take a few pictures for you (and any other homebrew author can pm me if you want some pictures of your setup) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 8 hours ago, Just Jeff said: Who is going to PRGE? I'd really appreciate pictures or video of Blocks and setup at the AtariAge Booth! Would anyone be able to do that for me? I can as well. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 Just take as many pictures and make as many videos from as many homebrews as you can. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+littaum Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 So many good games on display this year - the small CRT's and Commodore monitors at the AtariAge booth really make them shine. My wallet got a lot of exercise today. Lots of people were taking pictures and video, hopefully they will share them too - it's a great event. Here's the picture of Blocks before I played it, Blocks after I played it, and what I did after I played Blocks. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jeff Posted October 16, 2022 Author Share Posted October 16, 2022 Awesome! You bought it? Maybe you were the first! I have no idea. Thanks! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeremiahK Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 Very cool! Thanks for those pictures, that made my weekend! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 ATARIAGE DAY 2022: FALL EDITION THIS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY! Make sure you tune in this Saturday and Sunday to ZeroPage Homebrew for the biggest LIVE UNBOXING and INTERVIEW EVENT OF THE YEAR for Atari Homebrew! ZeroPage Homebrew will be hosting AtariAge Day 2022: Fall Edition celebrating all the newest Atari 2600, 5200, 7800 and Atari Jaguar releases! Saturday Nov 12 & Sunday Nov 13, 2022 LIVE @ 12PM PT | 3PM ET | 8PM GMT (Click for your local time) WATCH LIVE: https://twitch.tv/zeropagehomebrew/ WATCH LATER: https://youtube.com/zeropagehomebrew/ We will be talking LIVE to the developers of TWENTY FOUR GAMES that are hitting the AtariAge Store: Blocks (2600) - Jeremiah Knol & Jeff Haber Boulder Dash (2600) - Thomas Jentzsch & Andrew Davie Gorf Arcade (2600) - John Champeau Grizzards (2600) - Bruce-Robert Pocock Lode Runner (2600) - Dion Olsthoorn Oozy the Goo Slime Quest (2600) - Vladimir Zuniga Qyx (2600) - John Champeau RAPTOR (2600) - Andrew Pauley RubyQ (2600) - Silvio Mogno Starovox (2600) - Rayman C. VROOM! (2600) - Thomas Jentzsch Rob 'n' Banks (5200) - Ryan Witmer 2048 (7800) - Lewis Hill Attack of the PETSCII Robots (7800) - Mike Saarna Dragon's Havoc (7800) - Todd Furmanski Galaxian Arcade (7800) - Bob DeCrescenzo Keystone Koppers (7800) - Lewis Hill Pac-Man Collection 40th Anniversary (7800) - Bob DeCrescenzo Popeye (7800) - Darryl Guenther Slide Boy in Maze Land (7800) - Vladimir Zuniga UniWarS (7800) - Bob DeCrescenzo Chaos Engine (Jaguar) - Lawrence Staveley Gods (Jaguar) - Lawrence Staveley Stormbringer (Jaguar) - Lawrence Staveley YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS THIS EPIC LIVESTREAM! - James 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jeff Posted November 28, 2022 Author Share Posted November 28, 2022 (edited) AtariAge Day went nicely.. Here's a link to the Blocks segment. Also, I've attached some visual aids below: Here's my original cut and paste mockup based on Surround: Jeremiah's first iteration of the heads-up display: Jeremiah marking up one of Dean's images. View of the game in debug mode. Only three color registers are available, but they are interlaced to give some flexibility when writing to them. Only five objects are used to make the 64 "objects". Two missiles, two quad-sized players, and PF2 are turned on and left on, saving the time necessary for writing all the colors. Note the comb lines on the left. These are due to the HMOVEs that draw the zero. Also note, by its nature, TIA is really drawing three zeros so the other two have to be masked with PF1 when its time for that: Edited November 28, 2022 by Just Jeff 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 Blocks is now available in the AtariAge Store! https://atariage.com/store/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1270 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 Ordered! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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