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This is Block Attack - Rise of the Blocks - version 2.0.0
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This is the largest change since 1.1.0 more than ten years ago!
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The game now uses SDL2 and have a more keyboard, game pad and even touch friendly design!
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Compared to the old 1.4.2 a number of changes:
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* Uses SDL2. This means textures and sprites instead of old surfaces.
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* New config file format
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* TTF font support
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* Translation support (includes a Danish translation)
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* New keyboard and game controller friendly menu system
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* Better behind the scenes handling
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* Build by a CMake system
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* Location of saved games changed in Linux
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* Better game controller support (although limited to SDL2 supported controllers)
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* Better mouse play
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* More modern icon
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* Linux saves are now stored under $HOME/.local/share/blockattack 
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Some known regressions:
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* It is not possible to store replays
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* There are no network support.
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The new back-end will allow it to be implemented smarter in the future. The old version was too difficult to use anyway. 
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Some regressions that will not be fixed:
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* Only SDL2 supported game controllers are supported
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* Old config and some saves are lost then converting to 2.0.0+
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Feedback can be given on http://www.blockattack.net or https://github.com/blockattack/blockattack-game
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