Blockland (video game)

Blockland
Blockland Logo
Developer(s)Eric "Badspot" Hartman, Anthony "Rotondo" Rotondo, Ben "kompressor" Garney
Publisher(s)Step 1 Games LLC & Blockland LLC
Designer(s)Eric "Badspot" Hartman
EngineTorque Game Engine
Platform(s)Windows
ReleaseNovember 15, 2004 (freeware)
February 24, 2007 (retail)
December 16, 2013 (Steam)
Genre(s)Sandbox
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Blockland is a sandbox game in which players build and play using Lego-like building blocks in singleplayer and multiplayer modes.[1] It was created by American developer Eric "Badspot" Hartman, using the Torque Game Engine, and was originally released as freeware on November 15, 2004. The game is not endorsed by, or affiliated with, the Lego brand, but at one point, Lego was in talks with Hartman about purchasing the game.[2] Blockland was spotlighted on The Screen Savers[3] on February 11, 2005, drastically increasing the user base overnight. It has also been featured on Shack News.[4] Blockland was officially released on February 24, 2007.[5] It was released on Steam in December 2013 after spending nearly a year on Steam Greenlight.

  1. ^ "Blockland – Free Multiplayer Online Games". Play Free Online Games. Retrieved October 15, 2009.
  2. ^ "LAMLradio #13 – Blockland". LALMradio (Podcast). James Wadsworth. 2008. Archived from the original on March 3, 2008. Retrieved September 9, 2016.
  3. ^ "Pauly Shore, Blockland, Avion". 2005. Retrieved October 11, 2007.
  4. ^ "The Games of IGC 07". 2007. Archived from the original on August 26, 2009. Retrieved June 5, 2008.
  5. ^ Blockland Forum – It's Here. February 2007