# In case you're tired of Jelly Blocks **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 18, 2007, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-case-youre-tired-of-jelly-blocks/419624 "2007-09-18T16:38:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2007, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-case-youre-tired-of-jelly-blocks/419624/1 "2007-09-18T16:38:58Z")
Forward the link to Jelly Blocks (from [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=435041) ) to a friend whose response was "Oh yeah? Try [this!](http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/games/bloxorz). ---
**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2007, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-case-youre-tired-of-jelly-blocks/419624/2 "2007-09-18T18:20:27Z")
Hmm… this [looks familiar](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=429299&highlight=bloxxors). ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2007, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-case-youre-tired-of-jelly-blocks/419624/3 "2007-09-18T18:24:50Z")
[QUOTE=Pygmy Rugger] Hmm… this [looks familiar](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=429299&highlight=bloxxors). [/QUOTE] 'doh! :smack: Well, it’s still a fun timewaster 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2007, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-case-youre-tired-of-jelly-blocks/419624/4 "2007-09-18T18:25:56Z")
[QUOTE=Mama Zappa] 'doh! :smack: Well, it’s still a fun timewaster 🙂 [/QUOTE] Yeah, but only if you don’t particularly enjoy your sanity. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2007, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-case-youre-tired-of-jelly-blocks/419624/5 "2007-09-18T18:56:18Z")
Graaah!! Addictive! ---
**Author:** ![MTRG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@MTRG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTRG)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2007, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-case-youre-tired-of-jelly-blocks/419624/6 "2007-09-18T19:08:25Z")
this game is much better IMHO thanks, mama! ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2007, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-case-youre-tired-of-jelly-blocks/419624/7 "2007-09-18T19:39:28Z")
Jelly Blocks is boring. Bloxorz is fun. ---
**Author:** ![Nic2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4491bb/32.png) [@Nic2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nic2004)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2007, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-case-youre-tired-of-jelly-blocks/419624/8 "2007-09-18T19:46:26Z")
Thanks a lot! I hadn’t see this one yet. ---
**Author:** ![Shryn\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Shryn\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shryn_King)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2007, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-case-youre-tired-of-jelly-blocks/419624/9 "2007-09-20T01:28:11Z")
So, how many of these addictive little stages are there?? I’m on 27 and I’m getting my butt whooped. Not in a good way! There is no pleasure here! ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2007, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-case-youre-tired-of-jelly-blocks/419624/10 "2007-09-20T01:39:28Z")
I can’t possibly start this one until I’m done with jelly blocks. How do solve level 100? Clueless here. ---
**Author:** ![H3Knuckles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ba8739/32.png) [@H3Knuckles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/H3Knuckles)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2007, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-case-youre-tired-of-jelly-blocks/419624/11 "2007-09-20T02:00:50Z")
Does anyone else find the high-quality authentic sound effects for the block hitting different surfaces appealing? For me, there’s something calming, or pleasant about it, that makes me crave the game. I know that probably sounds really weird, but the whole presentation of the Bloxorz game has a distinctly tactile (for lack of a better word) feel to it that I really love. And yeah, I found it when someone tried to use it to distract people in order to win the “Call me threadkiller™” thread. ---
**Author:** ![Shryn\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Shryn\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shryn_King)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2007, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-case-youre-tired-of-jelly-blocks/419624/12 "2007-09-20T02:12:23Z")
[QUOTE=eleanorigby] I can’t possibly start this one until I’m done with jelly blocks. How do solve level 100? Clueless here. [/QUOTE] Have you gotten it yet??? I’m going to post on the [other thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=435041&page=2&pp=50) how I completed it. I did it a little differently from the others. ---
**Author:** ![Phantom\_Dennis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/51bf81/32.png) [@Phantom\_Dennis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phantom_Dennis)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2007, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-case-youre-tired-of-jelly-blocks/419624/13 "2007-09-20T02:32:56Z")
[QUOTE=H3Knuckles] For me, there’s something calming, or pleasant about it, that makes me crave the game. I know that probably sounds really weird, but the whole presentation of the Bloxorz game has a distinctly tactile (for lack of a better word) feel to it that I really love. [/QUOTE] There’s even some small variation built into the sound effects, so even when the block stays on the same kind of surface, the program won’t play exactly the same sound file every time you move. I admire that kind of fanatical attention to detail. 😉 Here are a few other games to try, for when you get tired of Bloxxorz and Jelly Blocks: > **[Ebil Games - Moglin Punting!](http://ebilgames.com/games/moglinpunter/play.asp)** > > Zorbak's ebil games is where he sticks his horde of free web games. > **[Gaming News, Reviews, and Interviews G7R.com](https://www.g7r.com)** > > Games Lego Marvel and Disney Advent Calendars on Sale for $20 at WalmartG7RNovember 29, 2024 Dragon Age: Inquisition Cassandra was the character most admired for her charm in Dragon Age: Inquisition by a considerable margin.G7RNovember 29, 2024 Games... [http://www.gamemasterforums.com/full.php?id=134](http://www.gamemasterforums.com/full.php?id=134) ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2007, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-case-youre-tired-of-jelly-blocks/419624/14 "2007-09-20T06:53:36Z")
Why did I open this thread? Why did I open this thread? I’m doomed. My business will go down the tubes, my family will be wearing dirty laundry, and my cats will starve if I keep getting side-tracked by these addictive time-wasters. Oh that’s right, the cats won’t starve. They’ll just walk across the keyboard demanding to be fed. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2007, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-case-youre-tired-of-jelly-blocks/419624/15 "2007-09-20T12:06:40Z")
Ugh-don’t like Bloxorz. but I finished the other game (jelly blocks). Yay! ---
**Author:** ![adhemar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@adhemar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhemar)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2007, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-case-youre-tired-of-jelly-blocks/419624/16 "2007-09-20T23:58:48Z")
ok so when I have the split blocks, I am supsedto hit the space bar to toggle to the other block? It doesn’t work. Is there something I am missing? ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-case-youre-tired-of-jelly-blocks/419624/17 "2007-09-21T00:02:53Z")
[QUOTE=adhemar] ok so when I have the split blocks, I am supsedto hit the space bar to toggle to the other block? It doesn’t work. Is there something I am missing? [/QUOTE] No, that should do it. When you hit the space bar, does a white bracket appear around one block? ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-case-youre-tired-of-jelly-blocks/419624/18 "2007-09-21T00:23:19Z")
I think Bloxorz is better designed than Jelly Blocks. In JB, too often you can solve a level just by randomly trying stuff, with no real idea of what you’re doing. Other times, the basic strategy of uniting blocks colour by colour will work. But with Bloxorz more thought, and more pruning, seems to have gone into the level design. The levels get harder more progressively, and even though there are fewer levels you get more of the satisfying feeling that you are learning and applying new techniques. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-case-youre-tired-of-jelly-blocks/419624/19 "2007-09-21T02:30:12Z")
Finished! Can I go back to my life now? ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-case-youre-tired-of-jelly-blocks/419624/20 "2007-09-21T02:50:20Z")
Blargh! This is much harder than Jellyblocks! StG [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-case-youre-tired-of-jelly-blocks/419624.md?page=2)