<s>
Blockland	B-Application
is	O
a	O
sandbox	O
game	O
in	O
which	O
players	O
build	O
and	O
play	O
using	O
Lego-like	O
building	O
blocks	O
in	O
singleplayer	O
and	O
multiplayer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
created	O
by	O
American	O
developer	O
Eric	O
"	O
Badspot	O
"	O
Hartman	O
,	O
using	O
the	O
Torque	B-Application
Game	I-Application
Engine	I-Application
,	O
and	O
was	O
originally	O
released	O
as	O
freeware	B-License
on	O
November	O
15	O
,	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
not	O
endorsed	O
by	O
,	O
or	O
affiliated	O
with	O
,	O
the	O
Lego	B-Language
brand	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
at	O
one	O
point	O
,	O
Lego	B-Language
was	O
in	O
talks	O
with	O
Hartman	O
about	O
purchasing	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blockland	B-Application
was	O
spotlighted	O
on	O
The	O
Screen	O
Savers	O
on	O
February	O
11	O
,	O
2005	O
,	O
drastically	O
increasing	O
the	O
user	O
base	O
overnight	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blockland	B-Application
was	O
officially	O
released	O
on	O
February	O
24	O
,	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
16	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
Blockland	B-Application
was	O
released	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
after	O
spending	O
nearly	O
a	O
year	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
Greenlight	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blockland	B-Application
is	O
an	O
open-ended	O
sandbox	O
game	O
,	O
giving	O
players	O
the	O
freedom	O
to	O
design	O
and	O
construct	O
elaborate	O
structures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Styled	O
as	O
a	O
minifigure	O
,	O
players	O
build	O
inside	O
of	O
the	O
virtual	B-Application
world	I-Application
using	O
bricks	O
reminiscent	O
of	O
toy	O
blocks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blockland	B-Application
features	O
non-player	O
characters	O
,	O
weapons	O
,	O
destructible	O
vehicles	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
minigame	O
system	O
,	O
enabling	O
users	O
to	O
create	O
new	O
self-contained	O
gameplay	O
modes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blockland	B-Application
features	O
a	O
trigger	O
and	O
event-based	O
system	O
to	O
create	O
basic	O
interactive	O
objects	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
operable	O
light	O
switches	O
,	O
missile	O
launchers	O
,	O
collapsing	O
structures	O
,	O
or	O
arcade	O
games	O
such	O
as	O
Pong	B-Application
or	O
Breakout	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blockland	B-Application
has	O
a	O
large	O
community	O
of	O
player-created	O
add-on	B-Protocol
content	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
gamemodes	O
,	O
vehicles	O
,	O
and	O
specialty	O
bricks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
prototype	O
version	O
of	O
Blockland	B-Application
known	O
as	O
'	O
Vanilla	B-Application
Blockland	I-Application
 '	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
November	O
15	O
,	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Canadian	O
newspaper	O
The	O
Globe	O
and	O
Mail	O
wrote	O
an	O
article	O
on	O
this	O
early	O
version	O
of	O
Blockland	B-Application
,	O
in	O
which	O
creator	O
Eric	O
"	O
Badspot	O
"	O
Hartman	O
claimed	O
the	O
game	O
had	O
gained	O
20,000	O
users	O
in	O
the	O
ten	O
days	O
since	O
it	O
"	O
became	O
big	O
"	O
,	O
after	O
being	O
featured	O
on	O
The	O
Screen	O
Savers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
retail	O
version	O
of	O
Blockland	B-Application
was	O
completed	O
and	O
released	O
on	O
February	O
24	O
,	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
greenlit	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
Greenlight	O
on	O
August	O
28	O
,	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
16	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
Blockland	B-Application
was	O
released	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
after	O
spending	O
nearly	O
a	O
year	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
Greenlight	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GLSL	B-Language
shadows	O
and	O
shaders	O
were	O
added	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
customizable	O
skyboxes	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
day/night	O
cycle	O
.	O
</s>
