Source Code: Block Breaker

Do you have some awesome ideas you want to see in a block breaker game? Are you a graphics designer wanting to turn a game with crappy graphics into a masterpiece? Don't have time to start from scratch? No problem!

Few months ago, I teamed up with a friend, Paul Harvey, to make a block breaker game in C# using the Microsoft XNA environment.

1. Game Features:

- 5 Different block types:

Block Image	Block Name	Collidable	Destructible
	Normal Block	Always	Yes – One hit
	Hard Block	Always	Yes – Two hits
	Boundary Block	Always	No
	Ghost Block	When not fading	When not fading
	Ghost Boundary Block	When not fading	No

Block Image	Block Name	Collidable	Destructible
	Normal Block	Always	Yes – One hit
	Hard Block	Always	Yes – Two hits
	Boundary Block	Always	No
	Ghost Block	When not fading	When not fading
	Ghost Boundary Block	When not fading	No

- 5 Different Power Ups/Downs:

Extra Life

Bigger Paddle

Smaller Paddle

Fast Ball

Extra Ball

- Countdown timer to finish the level.

- Score Board.

- Levels are parsed from text file, which allows user-created levels.

- Sound Effects.

2. Credits:

Programming: Sadiq Al-Khalili and Paul Harvey.
Graphics: Sadiq Al-Khalili and Paul Harvey.
Sounds effects: www.grsites.com

3. Download:

Game

Source Code

Have fun with it! Feel free to play around with the code and add/modify features!