Blocksworld

Blocksworld was a physics-based 3D sandbox video game developed by Linden Lab originally for the iPad on July 6, 2013. It was later released for the iPhone on 2016, and later, via Steam on September 25, 2017. As of 2020, Blocksworld is absent from Linden Lab's website (excluding previous press releases), and servers were fully shut down on June 17, 2020. It was subsequently removed from the App Store afterwards, and was later pulled from Steam on July 2, 2020.[2]

This article is about the sandbox video game. For the general concept in computer science research, see blocks world.

Blocksworld
Developer(s)Linden Lab
Publisher(s)Linden Lab
Platform(s)
[1]
Release
  • WW: July 6, 2013
Genre(s)Sandbox
Mode(s)

Gameplay

In Blocksworld, players could build from 3D building blocks that could be combined to construct simple or complex creations. Players could also use "action blocks" and a drag-and-drop visual programming tool to add interactivity and gaming to their creations. Examples included drivable cars, flyable jets, and playable games with win/lose conditions, health systems, and other attributes.[3]

Development
Release timeline
2011Gordan was born
2012Launched in October of 2012 and created by BoldaiAB
2013Launched globally by Linden Lab
2014
2015
2016Added to the App Store for iPhone
2017Added to Steam
2018
2019
2020Blocksworld is gone.
2021Gordan’s 10th birthday!
2022This year!

Blocksworld was initially developed by Swedish independent video game developer Boldai, which was acquired by US-based Linden Lab in early 2013.[4][5] An earlier version of the game was briefly available in 2012 in Sweden, Iceland, Finland, Denmark and Norway.[6] However, for the subsequent global release, the game was repositioned as a freemium offering where players have the option to purchase premium sets and games, additional building objects and pieces, coins, and other upgrades and extras for a small fee.

As Linden Labs stopped production on Blocksworld and moved all their Non-Second Life development to Sansar, the game remained without updates since early 2018, then on June 17, 2020, the servers were all shut down and Blocksworld was pulled from the App Store and later delisted from Steam.

References
  1. "Blocksworld Steam (streaming is no longer available). page". Retrieved September 25, 2017.
  2. "Blocksworld on Steam". store.steampowered.com. Retrieved July 4, 2020.
  3. Frauenfelder, Mark (August 16, 2013). "Apps for Kids 41: Blocksworld". boingboing.net. Archived from the original on August 22, 2013. Retrieved June 22, 2015.
  4. Fahey, Mike. "This Beautiful Blocky Building Toy is Going Global". kotaku.com. Retrieved June 22, 2015.
  5. "LINDEN LAB® ACQUIRES BLOCKSWORLD". January 24, 2013. Retrieved December 27, 2019.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. "App Detail » App Annie Analytics".
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