Boom Blox - tons of info

I typed up all this info from the presentation earlier this morning. I also found out that I was allowed to post it up. The only thing from this morning’s presentation that we can’t talk about is Guitar Hero: On Tour. Any videos, pics, impressions and all that good stuff is under embargo. If you see any of those goodies out there, embargo has been broken!

Boom Blox

- 400 levels
- may 6th, NA/May 9th Euro (dates reconfirmed)
- Spielberg wanted to created a game experience that he could share with his children
- three modes – single multi (competitive and coop) and create
- single player – explorer and adventure modes
- rated on how many throws it takes to complete task
- realistic physics for throwing. harder the throw, further your ball will travel
- 70 levels in explore mode
- adventure mode- themed worlds and characters
- mid evil, tiki island, frontier, haunted
- story introduces each theme
- comic book style storyboarding
- differ block types
- green blocks are chemical blocks, large explosions
- purple blocks can be popped
- unlock levels characters and more by getting silver and gold medals
- tiki them – reunite baby gorillas with parents. They have been kidnapped by tiki beavers
- grab too to grab things in the environment
- explorer and adventure challenge add difficulty
- single player has 200 levels
- multiplayer has 200 levels
- multiplayer has 11 unique game modes
- there are 4 player games
- trade off wiimote between players for some games
- create mode also allows you edit any of the 400 puzzles
- tools can be unlocked, such as super bomb and bowling ball
- stretching and rotation of blocks for advanced editors
- wc24 – send any level you have made to your friends
- 30 characters
- characters all react differently
- characters can interact with each other as well