About

A version of the game Kinetix by Raspberry Pi Ltd.’s book “Code the Classics Volume 2” with additional features and primary aim to run on RISC OS.

How to Play

Control your paddle horizontally along the bottom of the screen to clear a formation of colorful blocks by deflecting a ball towards it and without letting the ball leave the bottom edge of the playfield.

Some blocks contain power-ups that have various effects, such as increasing the length of the paddle, creating several additional balls, or equipping the paddle with cannons. Other blocks may be indestructible or require multiple hits to break.

After all blocks have been destroyed, you will advance to the next level and face a new formation of blocks. When you finish the last level, the game goes back to the first level.

Scoring

Destroying a block gives you 10 points. Your total score is displayed in the top left of the screen.

Features

Block breaker gameplay

640 by 640 game resolution and 16M colour graphics

6 levels of block formations to destroy

In game music and sound FX

Options: 

• Play game in desktop or full screen (at different resolutions)
• Switch off/on sound
• Switch shadows off/on

Controller support

Compatibility

RISC OS

The game has been tested on Raspberry Pi 2, RPCEmu 0.9.5, Raspberry Pi 4 with RISC OS 5.30/5.31, Python3.8 and Pygame 1.9.6. The game is expected to run on other RISC OS 5 platforms as well, but this has not yet been tested. RPi 4, similar hardware or better is recommended for best performance.

Credits

Original version by Raspberry Pi Trading Ltd, Code the Classics Volume 2 book. Created using the RISC OS port of Python3.8 and Pygame 1.9.6.