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| Developer(s) | Nurium Games |
| Publisher(s) | Stardock Nurium Games Red Marble Games |
| Version | 1. A video game developer is a software developer (a business or an individual that creates Video games A developer may specialize in a certain video Stardock Corporation is a Software development company founded in 1991 and incorporated in 1993 as Stardock Systems. Red Marble Games was started in 2002 by Mark Batten with the intent of porting the best Indie games from Windows to the Macintosh. 1. 6 |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows, Macintosh |
| Release date | November 15, 2004 (Windows) July 4 , 2005 (Macintosh) |
| Genre(s) | Action |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
| Rating(s) | PEGI: 3+ |
| Input methods | Keyboard, mouse |
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2-D physics engine
The most unusual aspect of the game is the use of the DynaMo physics engine. In mathematics the dimension of a Space is roughly defined as the minimum number of Coordinates needed to specify every point within it Physics (Greek Physis - φύσις in everyday terms is the Science of Matter and its motion. The engine enables all the objects in a level to interact with each other in a simulated physics environment. This allows for much more interesting gameplay, as the blocks and other objects respond realistically to collisions with the ball and each other. In many levels, some blocks or objects hang on strings that spin or move when hit, or are otherwise mobile. Sometimes, this can become chaotic as dozens of blocks, balls, and objects fly around and bump into each other. The use of the physics engine makes the levels in BreakQuest very dynamic, as opposed to the static brick formations seen in traditional breakout levels.
Storyline
A huge corporation rules the world by making thousands of TV channels and shows for people to watch. Everyone becomes addicted, starting the destruction of human intelligence. The player has to put up a transmitter to stop the satellite signals and end the corporation's rule. For biologic transmitters see Transmitter substance. A transmitter is an electronic device which usually with the aid of an antenna
Gameplay
There are two modes of play: Arcade and Quest. An arcade game is a coin-operated entertainment machine typically installed in businesses such as Restaurants Pubs Video arcades and Family Entertainment This article is about the word for other meanings see Quest (disambiguation A quest is a journey towards a goal used in Mythology Quest is basically a "campaign mode", where the levels are played in order, while in Arcade, the goal is to beat random levels as fast as possible. See also Campaign setting. In Role-playing games, a campaign' is a continuing storyline or set of adventures typically
Unlike most Arkanoid clones, BreakQuest includes some innovative features:
Power-Ups
BreakQuest incorporates some unique power-ups that, for example, change the shape of the ball or bumper, or make your bumper "drunk". Most of these make the game harder by making it more difficult to predict the movements of the ball. Many of the bumper transforming effects can be combined, resulting in a large number of possible bumper shapes.
Other unique power-ups include "weapon" power-ups, such as mines, which are delivered using the ball. When a mine power-up is active, any ball touching the players' bumper attaches a mine. The mine is deposited when the ball next touches something, and explodes shortly after.
Level Design
The 100 levels available in the game have each been designed with their own theme, realised with distinct sound and visual effects, also utilizing some features of the physics engine. LEVEL is a Computer and video games Magazine originating in the Czech Republic with branches in Romania and Turkey Depending on what mode of difficulty the player picks, they will get a 'key' to permanently make the level available.
Gravitator
Another notable element in BreakQuest is the Gravitator, which can be used to attract any balls towards the bottom of the screen. With sufficient skill, it can be used to guide a ball towards a specific block. This alleviates the difficulty of hitting the last block in a level, a problem present in many breakout games. Unfortunately, since Gravitator attracts toward the screen bottom, not the ship itself, it cannot be used to curve a ball travelling perfectly vertically, such as the initial shot at the beginning of every level.
Reserve ball
A reserve ball is an extra ball that the player starts with for every life. If the main ball is lost, the reserve ball is released. The player also has the choice of manually releasing the reserve ball. It is possible to gain additional reserve balls by collecting power-ups.
See also
External links
- Nurium.com - Official Website
- Official TotalGaming.net page about BreakQuest
- Developer interview
- 'BreakQuest' Review at Reality From The Sidelines
- BreakQuest at MobyGames