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--- developmenteras:roleblock [2025/11/11 01:10] – whoops blamedenny
+++ developmenteras:roleblock [2026/03/26 11:51] (current) – move some stuff up blamedenny
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 ~~NOTOC~~
+===== Role Block =====
+----
 {{infobox>
 name = Role Block
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 Developer = Mooshimity Ltd.
 }}
 <box 60% blue>**This is an article of one [[:brickhill|Brick Hill]] Development era. If you want to take a look on other development era, please refer to [[:developmenteras|Development Eras]] article.**</box>
-<box 60% orange>FIXME **- This page needs some cleanup, alongside with a proper comparison (between two releases) **</box>
 **Role Block** is the earliest prototype of sandbox game [[:brickhill|Brick Hill]], originally released in Late 2016 by brick-luke on Mooshimity forums. Role Block had two releases.
+==== Release features ====
+  * No multiplayer
+  * 2D release can be started via ''game_test'' only, because it's the only folder in game's release, though incompatible 3D release games can be played fine with this client.
+  * 3D release can be started via ''game_luke'' only, because other games don't have the ''draw.txt'' file to be executed by the game's code.
+==== Controls ====
+  * W,A,S,D - Up, down, left, right.
+  * Shfit - Crawl (3D Release exclusive).
+  * Space - Exit the car.
 ==== Game folders ====
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 ''game_luke'', also known as Luke's Game is about running over random people with your car.
-==== Release features ====
+ ==== Example Game Structure ====
-  * No multiplayer
+<code>
-  * 2D release can be started via ''game_test'' only, because it's the only folder in game's release, though incompatible 3D release games can be played fine with this client.
+- game folder (eg: game_nut):
-  * 3D release can be started via ''game_luke'' only, because other games don't have the ''draw.txt'' file to be executed by the game's code.
+-- system_map (3d exclusive directory)
+--- draw.txt
+-
+-- system_player
+--- function.txt (can be empty)
+--- player.png
+-
+- background_nut.png (defined in settings.txt file)
+- gamemode.txt (creation event?)
+- gui.txt (what to draw)
+- settings.txt (game settings)
+</code>
-==== Controls ====
+Script examples:
-  * W,A,S,D - Up, down, left, right.
-  * Shfit - Crawl (3D Release exclusive).
-  * Space - Exit the car.
- ==== 3D Release oddities ====
+''gamemode.txt'':
+<code>
+while vehicle != 1
+	{
+	instance_create(room_get_width/2,room_get_height/2,system_vehicle)
+	vehicle += 1
+	}
+</code>
-<box 60% orange>FIXME **- Describe the codebase changes between Role Block and 2017 Early Brick Hill Legacy Workshop a little bit much further.**</box>
+''gui.txt'':
-It seems like that the codebase of 3D Role Block release was the main codebase until the first full rewrite by brick-luke in 2017, because of how differently 3D initialization works. In Early 2017 Brick Hill workshop, the game's code creates ''obj_environment'' for environment initialization while also initializing GMNewton for physics capabilites. While the 3D Release of Role Block does it via system_player object:
 <code>
-/// Create event
+if (global.player_lives > 0)
-//Initialize 3D
+	{
-{
+	draw_text(2,2,global.player_lives)
-friction = 0.2;
+	}
-d3d_start();
+</code>
-d3d_set_hidden(true);
-d3d_set_lighting(false);
-d3d_set_shading(true);
-d3d_set_culling(false);
-draw_set_color(c_white);
-d3d_set_perspective(true);
-d3d_set_fog(false,c_black,10,100);
-texture_set_interpolation(false);
-zdirection = -3;
-}
-/// Draw event
+''settings.txt'':
-//3D draw
+<code>
-d3d_set_projection(x,y,global.playerz,x+cos(direction*pi/180),y-sin(direction*pi/180),global.playerz+tan(degtorad(zdirection)),0,0,1);
+//Control Game Settings Here
+global.player_walkspeed = 4
-//Draw floor
+global.player_spawnpoint_x = room_width/2+random_range(-100,100)
-if global.pause = 0
+global.player_spawnpoint_y = room_height/2+random_range(-100,100)
-    {
+global.player_lives = 5
-    draw_set_color(c_white)
+global.background = "background_race.png"
-    draw_set_alpha(1)
+global.ai = ""
-    d3d_draw_floor(-1000000,-1000000,0,1000000,1000000,0,background_get_texture(background_floor),1000000/background_get_width(background_floor),1000000/background_get_height(background_floor));
+global.vehicle = "racecar"
-    }
 </code>
+ ==== 3D Release oddities ====
-Though the 3D Release requires the ''draw.txt'' file to draw a system_brick object, it may be misinterpreted as a floor drawing procedure.
+It seems like that the codebase of 3D Role Block release was the main codebase until the first full rewrite by brick-luke in 2017, because of how differently 3D initialization works. In Early 2017 Brick Hill workshop, the game's code creates ''obj_environment'' for environment initialization while also initializing GMNewton for physics capabilites. While the 3D Release of Role Block does it via system_player object.
+Though the 3D Release requires the ''draw.txt'' file to create a ''system_brick'' object, it may be misinterpreted as a floor drawing procedure.
 ----
 Links:
   * [[https://archive.org/download/role-block-brick-hill/Role%20Block.zip|Role Block 2D Release, thanks to MemoryArchive for this release.]]
   * [[https://archive.org/download/role-block-3-d/Role%20Block%203D.zip|Role Block 3D Release, grabbed from blocky's Brick Hill client archive.]]