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Gunbrick (browser)
- Puzzle
- Platform
Keyboard
Flash
Newgrounds
HTML5
Gunbrick is a puzzle-platformer icon Flash game released on April 20th, 2012 by Nitrome. It is the first installment of the Gunbrick series, and Nitrome's first game that could be played inside its Nitrome.com 2.0 icon. The game was made a distributable game on February 6th, 2013. The game was also released on Newgrounds on February 6th, 2013, and an HTML5 port of the game was released on June 25th, 2024[1]. The game is also available as an unlockable bonus in Gunbrick: Reloaded, which was released on April 9th, 2020[2].
The player controls Gunbrick, with the aim of guiding it to the end of each level.
A follow-up for mobile also named Gunbrick was released on 2015.
Descriptions[edit | edit source]
Nitrome.com 2.0
Shoot and roll your way to victory in this icon game!
Newgrounds
Short
Shoot and roll your way to victory in this icon game!
Author Comments
Shoot and roll your way to victory in this icon game! Use the KEYBOARD to shoot (SPACE) and rotate (ARROW KEYS) Gunblock and make it through the levels!
Controls[edit | edit source]
Left and right arrow keys - Rotate Gunbrick
Up/down arrow key or spacebar - Shoot gun
Gameplay[edit | edit source]
The player controls Gunbrick, which can only rotate 90° left or right. In each level, the player has to navigate from the start pad to the end pad. The Gunbrick has a gun on one side, which the player can use to shoot bullets which are able to defeat enemies, destroy blocks and activate switches. On the other side of the Gunbrick there's a shield that the player can use to protect itself from enemy attacks and hazardous elements.
Levels[edit | edit source]
Gunbrick has 9 levels, although none of them are numbered.
Level 1[edit | edit source]
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Level 2[edit | edit source]
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Level 3[edit | edit source]
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Level 4[edit | edit source]
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Level 5[edit | edit source]
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Level 6[edit | edit source]
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Level 7[edit | edit source]
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Level 8[edit | edit source]
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Level 9[edit | edit source]
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Ending[edit | edit source]
This collapsible box contains a spoiler! Use [show] to reveal.
The ending reads (in down scrolling yellow font):
The Galaxy
was safe
once
again. The
Gunbrick
had
destroyed
the
weapon
known as
"Cylinder
25*9"
---------
Code
Aaron
Steed
Art
Stefan
Ahlin
Game by
Nitrome
Copyright
(c) Nitrome
2012
Thank you
for
playing
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Interactive objects[edit | edit source]
- Starting pads - Pads the player starts on.
- Finish pads - Pads the player finishes the level on.
- Checkpoints - Pads that respawn the player once activated.
- Switches - Objects that when pressed affect interactive blocks.
- Interactive blocks - Helpful blocks affected by switches.
- Breakable blocks - Blocks that can be destroyed and exist to impede the player.
Enemies[edit | edit source]
- Red circles - Enemies which have the ability to move around vertically or horizontally and can be killed by Gunbrick's bullets. They cannot damage Gunbrick if it is protected by its shield side.
Hazards[edit | edit source]
- Fire - A block that emits hazardous fire
- Shooting blocks - Stationary blocks that fire bullets
Development[edit | edit source]
Gunbrick was being worked on around April 1st, 2012[3] and was released on April 20th[4]. The game was an experimental project for Nitrome and the 50x50 pixel restriction (the dimensions of the icons of Nitrome's website) put limitations on the gameplay elements in the game[4].
Credits[edit | edit source]
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Announcements[edit | edit source]
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| 20 Apr 2012 | Gunbrick Released! | Mat Annal | New! | The icon game Gunbrick is released. |  | |
| 26 Apr 2012 | Gunbrick Update! | Tom McQuillan | Updates | Nitrome update Gunbrick, fixing Internet Explorer 9 issues and adding a title screen to it. |  | |
| 24 Aug 2012 | Icon Game tweaks | Jon Annal | Updates | Nitrome adds scaling options to the icon games Gunbrick and J-J-Jump. |  | |
| 15 Jan 2013 | Best of 2012 | Tom McQuillan | Vote | Nitrome announces that they have received three nominations in JayisGames Best of 2012 that can be voted on: "Browser - Physics" for Swindler and "Browser - Puzzle Platformers" for the Flightless demo and Gunbrick on browser. |  | |
| 06 Feb 2013 | Get Gunbrick for your site! | Tom McQuillan | Distribution | The browser version of Gunbrick is made available as a distributable game. |  |
Accolades[edit | edit source]
| Site/Event | Year | Contest | Prize | Outcome |
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| Jay is Games | 2013 | Best of Casual Gameplay 2012 | Best Puzzle game (Browser games) | Nominated |
Music[edit | edit source]
The music for Gunbrick was composed by Dave Cowen. The game uses one constantly looping track throughout the game, which won't play until the game leaves the menu screen. The track was made available to stream on Soundcloud.
| Official Soundcloud link | Release date | File |
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| Gunbrick (Nitrome) | June 6th, 2022 |
Cameos and references[edit | edit source]
Cameos in other Nitrome games[edit | edit source]
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Gunbrick (browser) is not featured in other Nitrome games.
Gallery[edit | edit source]
Logos[edit | edit source]
Logo as seen on the game's ending
Icons[edit | edit source]
Nitrome 2.0 icon
Search engine thumbnail
Newgrounds icon (old version)
Newgrounds icon (current version)
Screenshots[edit | edit source]
Slider animation
Other[edit | edit source]
Playing Gunbrick on the Games page.
Gunbrick's symbol
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- This is the first Nitrome game with no high scores leaderboard.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Nitrome tweet, June 25, 2024, retrieved June 25, 2024.
- ↑ Nitrome tweet, March 26, 2020, retrieved March 26, 2020.
- ↑ TIGsource: Aaron Steed, 1 Apr 12, retrieved 13 Nov 21.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Game Developer's Blog - Nitrome: Gunbrick Released!, 20 Apr 12, retrieved 13 Nov 21.
| v • d • eGunbrick series | |
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| General | Gunbrick series • Gunbrick website • The Bricks • Gunbrick (browser) • Gunbrick (mobile) • Gunbrick: Reloaded • Gunbrick (character) • Gunbrick dude • Gunbrick (vehicle) |
| Interactive objects | Pads • Checkpoints • Switches • Interactive blocks • Breakable blocks • People • Green switches • Yellow switches • Lock blocks • Magnet tiles • Mirrors • Cloud keys |
| Hazards | Shooting blocks • Fire • Police gunbricks • Energy fields • Electric spheres • Explosives • Lasers |
| Enemies | Red circles • Rocketbricks • Mine gunbricks • Gundisks |
| Bosses | Cylinder 25*9 • Large police gunbrick • Monsterbrick • Brain ring |