Color Crush (was known as Xonakoid) is an upcoming brick buster (also known as a Breakout clone) to be used in the Kids Make Games project where we teach students game design and game development.

 

Images:

This is Andrew Hiltz's grade 3 class in Meadowfields Community School testing their own game designs:

 

Videos:

Videos of Andrew Hiltz's grade 3 class in Meadowfields Community School testing their game:

Kids Make Games - Color Crush (Brilliant Labs + Xona Games)

 

Design:

This is just some of the stages Andrew Hiltz's grade 3 class in Meadowfields Community School designed. There are 34 additional stage designs not shown here:

Download:

• ColorCrush.zip (Color Crush)
• xnafx40_redist.msi (Microsoft XNA Framework Redistributable 4.0 Refresh)

 

Install Instructions:

1. Download ColorCrush.zip.
2. Download xnafx40_redist.msi.
3. Install xnafx40_redist.msi by double clicking it.
4. Extract ColorCrush.zip to a "ColorCrush" folder, using Windows or WinRAR.
5. Enter "ColorCrush" folder.
6. Read the "info.txt" for control instructions.
7. Double click "ColorCrush.exe" to run the game.

 

Controls:

XBOX 360 controller:

• back = quit game
• left thumbstick = move left
• right thumbstick = move right
• left trigger = speed up
• right trigger = speed up
• left shoulder = slow down
• right shoulder = slow down

KEBOARD:

• escape (ESC) = quit game
• left arrow/s/j/numpad4 = move left
• right arrow/d/k/numpad6 = move right
• up arrow = change level up one
• down arrow = change level down one
• f = fast ball hack
• g or m = toggle monochrome (remove color to "see" actual gameplay of level)
• 0 = all bricks
• 1 = Arkanoid stage 1
• 2 = Arkanoid stage 1 with impossible barrier
• 3 = Arkanoid stage 1 with possible barrier
• 4 = Arkanoid stage 1 with level too close to paddle
• 5 = Arkanoid stage 1 with level too close to paddle
• c = clear level

 

Source Code:

• ColorCrushSOLUTION.zip

This is a Microsoft Visual Studio Solution, of Color Crush. To learn how to code this game yourself, follow our 2D Game Development Tutorial.

 

Credit / Thanks:

Thanks to everyone involved for making this a possibility:

• Thanks to Andrew Hiltz of Meadowfields Community School for taking on this project with his grade 3 class.
• Thanks to Meadowfields Community School for taking on this project.
• Thanks to Brilliant Labs for co-creating the Kids Make Games project with Xona Games.

 

Read Kids Make Games for progress updates and other similar projects!