Block-A-Way [2006]

Windows, MS Excel Windows, MS Excel Windows, MS Excel

The game Block-A-Way is just another tetris-like falling blocks game with a twist that it's made solely using Microsoft Excel and it's scripting facilities (Visual Basic for Applications). So with a single (small) .xls file download you can start playing the game right now. Just remember to enable macros or otherwise the game won't run. The game features differently coloured levels, highscore list and a boss key function. Just press ESC if your boss comes in when you're in the middle of playing. He/she will see a boring budget-like spreadsheet instead. =) Download Download Block-A-Way here Notice Tetris is a registered trademark of Tetris Company LLC. Block-A-Way is not associated in any way with Tetris Company LLC.

LEFT - Steer block left
RIGHT - Steer block right
UP - Rotate block
DOWN - Move block down
CONTROL - Drops block when released
SPACE - Pauses the game (if you haven't clicked anywhere!)
ESC - Press if your boss comes!

Requirements

Block-A-Way requires for you to have Microsoft Excel 2000 or later on a Windows enviroment (*).

(*) Game won't work with Mac-versions of Microsoft Excel because of direct Windows API calls for decent keyboard support.

(*) Running Microsoft Excel in some emulated Windows-like enviroments like Wine and CrossOver Office could work, but haven't been tested.

(*) Game won't work in OpenOffice.org or Star Office.

Source code

The single download also includes source code as it is interpreted during gameplay. There is no point of releasing the plain source code as it is somewhat linked to the Excel sheets as well. The source code is written in Visual Basic for Applications 6.0 (VBA).

License

Block-A-Way is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

Block-A-Way is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA