Breakout by Cactus Corp.
E-mail:sloesp@hotmail.com
Copyright(C) 2002 by Chris Arnold Jager. All rights reserved.
Started programming 11/4/2002
v0.9a 15/4/2002
Stage 10 boss created
v1.0b 30/4/2002
First unofficial beta release
v1.1b 7/5/2002...Number of required images reduced due
to transparancy
v1.2b 14/5/2002
Reduced object creation calls by 77%
v1.3b 22/5/2002
Loader improved and made internet ready
..............................Five
new levels added
v1.4b 25/5/2002
Cheat mode added
v1.5b 26/5/2002
All the standard bonus block items implemented
v1.6b 3/6/2002 ..Penalty system implemented
..............................Menu
added with options to adjust gameplay
..............................Digital
instruction manual written and implemented
v1.7b 27/6/2002
Minor bug fixes and impoved block hitting system
v1.8b 7/7/2002 ..All the alternative bonus block items
implemented
..............................Instruction
manual updated with latest additions
v1.9b 10/7/2002
Screen refresh area reduced by 15%
..............................Processor
leak in menu fixed
..............................Framerate
reduced to 100fps
v2.0b 17/7/2002
Keyboard controls made operating system independent
v2.1b 8/12/2002
Ten new levels added
..............................Stage
20 boss implemented
..............................Status
Messenger shown after boss stage completion
..............................Minor
clarifications and bug fixes
..............................MIDI
Theme composed for the ending
..............................The
standard/alternative bonus block items are now chosen randomly
v2.2b 29/12/2002
Link to the Cactus Corp. Website in Main Menu added
................................A
few minor bugs fixed
................................MIDI
Theme can now also be heard in browser
v2.3b 29/01/2003
Official release version
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Direction of the ball can now be manipulated
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Bug 1: Ball
sometimes gets stuck in pad/wall when sticky mode is enabled
Bug 2: Threads
are sometimes not terminated
Bug 3: There is
a memory leak present which can crash your system(only with
Microsoft VM)
Problem 1: When
block is hit, unexpected bounce sometimes occurs
Problem 2: Game
engine has undesirable setup resulting in a high framerate