BLOK BOY (ZX Spectrum Next)
A downloadable game
A classic maze-munching arcade game! Eat your way through mazes, slurping up dots, munching on the dopey cube-folk who live in the maze. As dopey as they are, they don't stay that way - when you've eaten just too many of their dot's, it puts them in a rage!
This game is written entirely in NextBASIC for the ZX Spectrum Next. It was originally written in 2020 when I first got my next, under the name 'Pucboy'. However a lot of optimisation and rethinking later, some new graphics and additional features and Blok Boy was born!
FEATURES
- Arcade-style maze game action
- Supports both Keyboard and Joystick
- Top 5 high score table
- Increasing difficulty as you progress levels.
- 3 unique maze layouts
- Proper AY Sound effects (i.e. not BEEP) and little 'tunelets' of sorts.
- Animated graphics
- Source code in .txt format (with comments)
- Six-page PDF with a few tips on tweaking game and some technical info.
- PDF User guide to explain game and controls
For speed, the playable BASIC game has been stripped of all comments, however the comments source code is provided as a text file.
Some additional tips for how to modify the code are also included in PDF format. Note I apologise that this is not a complete code break-down (as with my other projects). I hope to produce a more indepth document in the near future (when, I am unsure) as the code is a little more technical then my other projects, requiring some careful thought on how to best explain things clearly.
So - play it as-is, look at the coding and play with it for some learning fun, even edit the code and graphics to make it your own! Enjoy.
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Hi, I’m contacting you because I want to make a homebrew tribute USB. I’m collecting as many content creators as possible. I also want to include a profile for each one, with a few details, such as their logo, avatar, name, work completed, projects, etc., so you can see who’s behind their creations.
That profile, along with any material you allow me to upload, will be placed on a USB drive. This will act as a database of creators and their creations, and will be updated as I connect with new people.
The USB I’m thinking of creating will be one of those rubber-type USBs, shaped like a Spectrum computer, something that looks really nice. The idea is that those who contribute material, and if they want to buy one or more, will get it at cost price, and those who just want to buy one, it will cost a little more.
The idea is that if enough are sold, enough to recover the initial investment, the profits that the rest of the USBs could generate will be distributed among the people who have contributed material to the project, via transfer, PayPal, or however possible, even if possible, that the USB will be free. Obviously, you can buy more than one, but only one of them can be free.
It’s not necessary or mandatory to buy the USB, only if you like it or want it.
If you’re interested in this project, you can contact me at this email, flopping@gmail.com. If you have any questions or concerns, let me know and I’ll answer them. Do you think the idea is a good one? Would you like to participate in the project? Let me know. Best regards.
Juan.
That's a really stylish take on the game. I'm resisting playing it on an emulator and I'm waiting for my real KS2 hardware to arrive but this is a day one download I think :)
Definitely a different experience on the hardware. Emulator's great for playing it, though the audio is a little out of sync, and the speed is probably 10-20% slower.
Congrats! nice game in Nextbasic.
I have added a User Guide (for those who downloaded this when the game was initially uploaded). It explains the details on screen, the game and keyboard controls.
Awesome stuff!!
Funciona en emulador? gracias
On Download-Page we can read this:
To play the game on your ZX Spectrum Next (or NGo, or an emulator such as CSpect or ZesarUX)