WORD BLOCKS is a block-word-puzzle game made for the original GameBoy (but with support for the GameBoy Color!) To play it you can either download the GB ROM, or play it right here in the browser!
It was made using GBDK 2020, a framework for writing GameBoy games in C.
The goal of WORD BLOCKS is to rotate and place letter blocks in such a way that they form 3-6 letter words. Forming longer words (at later levels) awards more points than shorter words, but of course they are more difficult to form as well. The game ends when you are forced to place a letter block in the first row of the game grid.
GB | Browser | Function |
๐ข๐กป๐ข๐ข | ๐ข๐กป๐ข๐ข | Navigate the menu |
A | W | Select menu options |
๐ข๐ข | ๐ข๐ข | Move the block |
๐ข | ๐ข | Hard drop the current block |
๐กป | ๐กป | Soft drop the current block |
A | W | Rotate the current block clockwise |
B | E | Rotate the current block counter-clockwise |
Start | Enter | Navigate game over menu & pause the game |
Select | Shift | Concede a round of the game |