Brick Breaker — AngelScript

A complete 3D Brick Breaker with the same table, controls, 120 Hz swept collision mechanics, scoring, three lives, and round states as the Visual Script, C++ and C# versions. Gameplay runs in AngelScript. The table is an authored scene; the render pipeline and GameUI HUD are editable assets.

Open in the editor

Requires Windows and Plasma Engine 0.12.0.

Get the project from the Plasma Launcher's Samples page (BrickBreaker, AngelScript), or clone this repository and use Add Existing Project. The first time the editor opens it, it offers to install the packages listed in Editor/Packages.ddl (GameUI 1.4.1 and AngelScript 1.2.2). Accept, and they are installed into the project's Plugins folder. Then open Scenes/Main.plScene and play.

Build and play without the editor

.\Build.ps1 -Run

Or double-click Play.cmd. No C++ build is required: the script compiles the AngelScript, transforms the assets, and launches the engine's Player.exe.

The script uses the engine the launcher assigned to this project and the packages the editor installed. Pass -SdkRoot 'C:\path\to\engine' to use another engine, or -GameUiRoot and -ScriptPackageRoot to use built package folders. Close Player before rebuilding shared DLLs.

Controls

Action	Control
Move	A / D or left / right arrows
Launch	Space or left click
Pause / resume	P or Escape
Restart	R
Exit	Close window or Alt+F4

Clear 24 bricks for 2,400 points. Each hit increases ball speed up to a cap. Missing the ball costs a life and resets its speed; score and surviving bricks remain. Paddle contact position controls the rebound angle.

Editing

• Scripts/BrickBreaker.as: scene objects, input, fixed-step scheduling, and HUD bindings. Native objects are retained through handles.
• Scripts/BrickBreakerSimulation.as: layout constants, movement, swept collisions, scoring, and round state. Tuning values are instance fields because this AngelScript integration restricts globals.
• Scripts/BrickBreaker.plAngelScriptAsset: compiled script asset assigned to the scene's Script component.
• Scenes/Main.plScene: editable table, camera, lights, input, script component, and GameUI canvas.
• Meshes/, Materials/: the box and sphere assets used by the 3D table.
• RenderPipelines/BrickBreaker.plRenderPipelineAsset: forward pipeline with the GUI stage.
• UI/: GameUI document, blackboard contract, and font.

The simulation uses kinematic sweeps against expanded boxes on the horizontal plane, so no physics plugin is required. Keep authored object names and transforms aligned with the simulation when changing the layout.

Validation

.\Build.ps1 -Test

This compiles the gameplay and transforms Tests/Mechanics.plScene. Open that scene and play, or pass -scene Tests/Mechanics.plScene to Player. Its script runs 19 checks and logs Brick Breaker: 19 mechanics checks passed. It throws if a check fails. The checks cover bounds, docking, launch, pause, paddle angles, wall/brick sweeps, speed, lives, win/loss, reset, and a reproducible complete game.