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-->''That game where you build stuff.''
-->-- '''Badspot''', The creator of the game

As described in the quote, [[http://www.blockland.us/ Blockland]] is first-person building game with online multiplayer, created by Eric "Badspot" Hartman using the [[http://www.garagegames.com/products/1 Torque Engine]]. It is not so much a game in and of itself as it is a powerful tool for creating interactive worlds and mini-games, using the in-game building utilities, eventing systems, and a plethora of user-created add-ons. As of December 2013, it is available [[http://store.steampowered.com/app/250340/ on Steam.]]

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!! This game and its users provide examples of:
* AcceptableBreaksFromReality: Physics is treated more like a suggestion then a law. Bricks tend to only follow this suggestion when coerced with violence. Being clientsided, they can even just be disabled entirely.
* AccidentalAimingSkills: Due to the 'traveling' nature of weaponry, many times a player won't so much shoot their target as their target walks into their bullet. What makes this different from outright 'leading' is many times the victim won't even be in their aggressor's line of sight in the first place, often walking out from behind walls or out of cover to be hit by a stray round.
* ApocalypseHow: Apocalypse servers exist. There's also solar apocalypse that is a class 4.
* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: You can modify your avatar's scale using in-game events to be very big.
* AwesomeButImpractical: The mini-nuke add-on has been known to cause servers to crash, due to it's huge explosion fakekilling many bricks at one time.
* BottomlessMagazines: All of the default weapons, and many of the custom ones, have no need to reload, and no ammo system. Certain mods, such as Tier+Tactical, add an appropriate ammo system.
* BuiltWithLEGO: All the blocks in Blockland are generic LEGO like bricks; the largest difference being that they have square pegs instead of circular pegs. The first, alpha version of Blockland had LEGO bricks.
* BulletDodgesYou: Tier+Tactical's RPG has the uncanny ability to fly AWAY from your target. Experienced players learn to just aim at the ground.
* ConvectionSchmonvection: Lava, in any form, doesn't hurt until you actually touch it.
* {{Crossover}}: Naturally, with a game as community-driven as this one, there are add-ons for content based on other games. One such add-on allows you to play as a [[Platform/{{Roblox}} Robloxian.]]
* DifficultButAwesome: Scripting and modeling add-ons and eventing can be very hard, but can be very fun at times.
* DownloadableContent: The game's a powerful building tool on it's own, but much of the content comes from the add-ons forum.
* DuelingGames: Roblox and Blockland.
** Some Blockland players labor under the delusion that there's a "war" going on between Roblox and Blockland, and occasionally Minecraft as well.
* EveryCarIsAPinto: Most vehicles explode upon reaching zero health.
** [[EveryCarIsAPinto Everything Is A Pinto]]: Shoot anything. Do it. Chances are, it'll explode. Even if it's a player. Some mods take this even further, with them exploding into gibs.
* FloatingContinent: A popular building project. Effectively anything built or loaded on the Skylands map was this, now possible by changing the environment settings to make the floor invisible.
* FloatingLimbs: The avatars have these.
* FollowTheLeader: Most servers nowadays are based off of older servers that have shut down or otherwise closed their doors.
* GoodGunsBadGuns: Tier+Tactical's Classic Assault Rifle and Classic Battle Rifle are, respectively, an M-16 and an AK-47. They were designed with this trope in mind.
* GunPorn: The sheer amount of weaponry on the Blockland Forums would probably blow one's mind.
* GunsAkimbo: One of the default weapons.
* HandCannon: Every other weapon is wielded in one hand. Several are magnums that fire rounds larger then the player's head.
* ImprobableWeaponUser: Many weapon add-ons, including one "hand gun" which makes the player point their finger and shoot bullets from it.
* IncredibleShrinkingMan: Events can shrink the player.
* InterfaceScrew: Possible to different extents depending on how many event mods the server is running. One add-on adds drugs to the game which are mostly interface screws.
* InternetJerk: Many experienced users are ridiculously mean to newer ones.The same thing can happen in reverse, with newer users being immature and ridiculously mean.
* KillItWithFire: Flamethrowers are a common add-on, and there was an add-on to make bricks catch on fire and be destroyed.
* NintendoHard: Challenge servers (Platforming) can be ridiculously hard at times.
* PainfullySlowProjectile: Projectiles have a painfully slow maximum speed. Some weapons avert this with hitscan bullets.
* PressXToDie: The default control for committing suicide is control + K.
%%* ReferenceOverdosed: The New Years' Eve 2020 party might have been the most elaborate (and reference-heavy) one yet, featuring cameos such as ComicBook/ThePenguin, [[WebAnimation/HomestarRunner Bubs and his concession stand,]] a playable ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong'' game, and many more.
* RiseToTheChallenge: The ever-popular "Rising Lava" gamemode.
* SceneryPorn: The game now has dynamic shadows, and real-time [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIJ3ub3Enm0&list=UUe8qaFdzHOKWLMcR3HIKo_A&index=2 time-of-day modification]], making builds look even more realistic.
* ShortRangeLongRangeWeapon: "Sniper Duels" generally consist of fights at point-blank with high powered rifles.
** Inversion: Many stereotypically shorter ranged weapons like pistols, shotguns and [=SMGs=] are usable at long ranges: in many cases they pick up where actual rifles leave off.
* ShoutOut: ''Return To Blockland'' (an addon that allows various features such as downloading addons in game, chatting, etc.) features [[VideoGame/LEGOIsland The Infomaniac]] during loading screens who can give tips.
* StandardFPSGuns: It's become a trend as of recently among modders. The basic game comes with a standard pistol, dual pistols and a rocket launcher.
* StuffBlowingUp: In minigames, almost every brick except baseplates can be fakekilled with high powered weaponry like the Rocket Launcher. When "killed", the blocks gain client-side physics, and will respawn in a few seconds.
* UrbanLegendOfZelda: The "Renderman", an all-black humanoid with a terrified ASCII face that supposedly appears in the dark. Indeed, some dark maps did have the ASCII terror face appear in random places at random intervals, giving rise to the legend.
* VirtualPaperDoll: You can customize your avatar. Some servers use hat mods that give further customization.
* WideOpenSandbox: The game is about building with what are basically virtual Legos.
** This is inverted sometimes, as people who host servers can apply their own restrictions.
* ZombieApocalypse: One of the four default bot types is a zombie. Use as such is not uncommon.
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