The DataBeaver's Domain

Software - FlipOut

FlipOut is a breakout game with physics. Everything is affected by gravity, and collides with everything else. Unlike most breakout games, the ball does not move at a constant speed. Instead, the paddle can be "flipped" to strike the ball upwards, much like the flippers in a pinball machine. Many of the bonuses affect various aspects of the physics, such as gravity or friction.

FlipOut's levels give breakout a whole new dimension. Bricks can be rotated and laid on top of each other. The game comes with 17 levels, and with the built-in level editor, only your imagination is the limit.

FlipOut requires a 3D accelerated graphics card. It should work on anything that supports OpenGL 1.3, but a GeForce 6 or better is recommended.

I scored the 5th place (out of 12 contestants) in Assembly 2008 game development competition with this game.

Latest version: 1.1 Linux Win32
Public SVN access: http://svn.tdb.fi/flipout

To compile FlipOut from source, you will also need al, core, datafile, fs, gbase, gl, gltk, io and strings from the Libraries section, as well as libsigc++ 2.0, ODE, DevIL or libpng, OpenGL and OpenAL. Builder is required unless you want to come up with the compiling commands yourself.