PPC Blokz RAVE released for the end of MARCHintosh 2024

[phlogios]

Blokz RAVE released for the end of MARCHintosh.
https://phlogios.itch.io/blokzrave
Requires a hardware-accelerated physical macintosh with Mac OS 9 to play, anything newer than iBook G3 Clamshell should run it fine unless there are bugs I haven't detected yet.

 

[phlogios]

Version 1.3.2 has been released, and now it probably works in Classic Mode!

 

[Byte Knight]

Great work! The game is very smooth in emulation with SheepShaver and I will try it on real metal (MDD) soon.

BTW, I boosted this on Mastodon, reddit, FB, and CQ II BBS so you should be getting a few more downloads soon...

 

[phlogios]

Thank you Byte Knight! This motivates me to add more improvements to the game and engine.

 

[joevt]

I tried Mac OS 8.6 in DingusPPC but got an error "DrawSprocketLib--DspGetVersion" not found.
I don't have a working Mac OS 9.1 yet for DingusPPC. I can try it in SheepShaver or on a B&W G3.

 

[phlogios]

I tried Mac OS 8.6 in DingusPPC but got an error "DrawSprocketLib--DspGetVersion" not found.
I don't have a working Mac OS 9.1 yet for DingusPPC. I can try it in SheepShaver or on a B&W G3.

Thank you for testing @joevt. I have heard reports that the game is playable in 8.6 if you supply the DrawSprocket and RAVE extensions from OS 9.0, but I have not tried it myself.

 

[phlogios]

Version 1.4 has been released with some general improvements.

Gameplay fixes - Blokz RAVE by phlogios

Version 1.4 fixes four issues: Gameplay: Square tetrominos can not be rotated anymore, this annoyed some players before. Gameplay: Key-repeat behaves differently now, with an initial delay for the fir...

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