Concept — Gameplay
Summary
Block Party is a modification to Half-Life 2 using LEGO bricks and elements as the world and LEGO minifigures as the playable characters. Block Party emphasizes the best part about playing with LEGO pieces: building things.
Details
Team-Oriented Objectives
In Block Party, each team must build a specific structure before the other team builds theirs. The pieces necessary to build your team's structure are scattered throughout the level. Pieces can be picked up from the ground, they can be stolen from the other team, and the structures can be attacked to knock pieces off. In addition, vehicles, weapons, and defensive structures can also be constructed by players to help their team's cause. Some vehicles will aid in gathering pieces, while others will take an offensive role in the race to finish. Larger weapons can be used to attack the enemy players or blast holes in their defenses. Defensive buildings like walls and turrets will aid your team in holding back the enemy.
Other variations of this theme will be included, but the main focus of any Block Party map will always be to build something interesting.
Localized Player Damage — with a Twist
A LEGO minifig is composed of several smaller pieces. Assuming it isn't wearing or holding any accessories, it has at least the following: a head, a torso, two arms, two hands, two legs, and a waist. Because of this, LEGO minifigs never really "die"; they simply fall — or get blown — apart. As your minifig takes damage, its various body pieces will begin to weaken and eventually detach. A large explosion would, of course, accelerate this process. With only one leg to hop on, your movement will be slowed, and if you only have one arm or one hand, your accuracy will be limited.
At any time, you can reattach whatever body piece[s] you're missing, and they don't necessarily have to be yours originally. You can find someone else's parts on the ground and use them, or you can get new ones at your team's base. If you have become so incapacitated that you're just a head rolling around (or if you're too impatient to find replacement parts), you have the option of respawning at your base. However, this will come with a significant penalty of "limbo" time.
Personalized Characters
Because minifig pieces are interchangeable, you will be able to customize your character to a large degree. You can be a pirate with two peg legs, a spaceman in medieval armor, a lightsaber-wielding ninja-wizard, and countless other characters. Customization and creativity are a core part of the LEGO system.