Breakout 71

Devlog

• Version 29058469 is out
  April 01, 2025 by Renan LE CARO

  New game mode : loop / long game the goal is to build many different build centered on one perk At the end of level 7, you get to restart at level 1 for 6 levels. all your perks are banned except one... Continue reading
• Breakout 71 now has a discord server
  March 19, 2025 by Renan LE CARO

  I’m not the biggest fan of centralized messaging plaforms but this seems to be comvenient. https://discord.gg/DZSPqyJkwP... Continue reading
• Performance improvements
  March 11, 2025 by Renan LE CARO

  The game performance should be much better with high coin count in the web/itch.io versions. There’s also a new “creative mode” you can use once you’ve unlocked all perks. The “worm” level... Continue reading
• Now avaliable on F-Droid
  February 25, 2025 by Renan LE CARO

  Breakout 71’s open source code has been accepted by the F-droid app store, where you can download and install an entirely open source and google free version on android : https://f-droid.org/en/pack... Continue reading

  
• In-game video capture
  February 20, 2025 by Renan LE CARO

  I sometimes try to play with OBS on to record interesting moments, but it’s a heavy manual process. I thought I’d embed the video recording directly in the game. You can just turn recording on in... Continue reading

  
• Auto updating the build with butler
  February 17, 2025 by Renan LE CARO

  I’ve added butler on my machine to automatically push new builds of the app to itch, nice ! Now every build goes to breakout.lecaro.me and renanlecaro.itch.io/breakout71 at the same time. I’ve fix... Continue reading
• Progression and stats
  February 15, 2025 by Renan LE CARO

  The game now saves the sum of all your scores, and uses that to unlock new perks and levels to add to the pool. I also started recording local usage statistics to be able to compare your run with your... Continue reading

  
• New name, easy mode, new levels, new bonus
  February 14, 2025 by Renan LE CARO

  I renamed the project to “breakout 71” to make it easier to find. I’ll rename it on the other platforms too. After playtesting with my family last week, i’ve added an easy mode (the starting b... Continue reading

  
• Refined UI and lightning effects
  January 25, 2025 by Renan LE CARO

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  I’m coding a big feature on my saas project, and went back to this game many times today to play and write fun bits of code. The canvas now takes the whole screen, and lighting effects extend there... Continue reading

  
• Hear the score multiplier grow
  January 23, 2025 by Renan LE CARO

  I've updated the game to use a Shepard scale when the score multiplier changes, this makes breaking bricks to increase the score multiplier more exciting, and loosing your combo more visceral. In the... Continue reading