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In this game, you push a block (represented with '#') around a map, attempting to avoid falling into pits, opening gates (red squares) by pushing down switches (red 'o's), etc.  You can also recover blocks from pits, in case they have fallen in--but be careful: that's the *only* situation in which you can recover a block.  Get to the green '*' and you move on to the next level, or win!

Five levels are included, and the last three are a bit mean.  If you download the source code, there is a level editor, or rather "level creator", but it is unfinished and poorly documented.  It is usable (it's how I made all of the levels), but it should not be considered an "official" part of the game--it is just a bonus.

Controls (not remappable currently, sorry!):

  • Arrow keys: move around map/through menus
  • Enter: retrieve a block
  • Space: open the menu in-game

Requirements (source):

  • Only tested on Linux, but potentially other unices should have no issue
  • Python 3.6.8 or later
  • libncurses 5.9 or later

Notes for game jam submission:

  • Inspired by the prompts, this is a "recovering block" game.  I tried to make certain things in the game green as well, but that's just for fun.
  • This game is both open source (in fact, I have made the code public domain) and developed with open-source tools (Python, made in Emacs on a GNU/Linux machine, tested with VirtualBox, etc.).  It uses a game engine (also in the public domain) that I made prior to this jam (although I modified parts during the jam to fix certain bugs): ZU.AB.
  • This game previously had a download that was just the binary (with the required libraries included), but due to issues on some Linux distributions this has been removed in favor of simply distributing the source.
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