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A jam submission

Block SurvivalView game page

Representing the life of a tetris block, face calm at the beginning and survive the block storm!
Submitted by Hnix — 1 minute, 17 seconds before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Innovation#283.9073.907
Game Design#2263.5003.500
Fun#3253.3333.333
Overall#4383.1793.179
Audio#4713.0743.074
Graphics#6653.0003.000
Theme#9802.2592.259

Ranked from 54 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does your game fit the theme?
Its an inverse tetris game where the game gets harder as you play, fulfilling the life of a tetris block and its path to accomplish its purpose

Did you write all the code and made all the assets from scratch?
Yes

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Submitted(+1)

Fun game, nice work!

Developer

Thank you!

Submitted

Slightly annoyed by 2x2 tiles being shaded differently due to rotation, very distracting. Othewise - nice game.

Developer

Yes! I noticed that on the last day, I didnt have time to create different shades depending on the rotation of the block, will try to fix it. Thank you!

Submitted(+1)

Nice work, this is a cool spin on tetris! Some things Id like to see in a full release

  1. Ability to rotate my character, or maybe be able to rotate the pieces somehow coming up. A way to do this would be to assume that your character is (0,0), on an axis, and by swapping the x and y coordinates / negating them you can perform the different rotations
  2. Some option to restart the game, and maybe a pause button
  3. When the timer ran out nothing really happened, at least not that I noticed
  4. Not sure i fully understood how the scoring worked, it turned to weird number symbols and didnt seem to update after that. A leaderboard would be a cool addition for a score based game like this. We implemented one using a service called LootLocker, where you just need an access key and call their api with scores and a name/id

Also nice reference to dont fear the reaper in the music ;)

Developer (1 edit)

Hi MrShut! Really appreciate the feedback and glad you noticed the music.

1. I thought about it, the thing it that rotating the whole attached blocks when its too big could be a bit of trouble, but I didnt have time to test it so I will.

2. I've already added a restart, the menues were all bugged on my submission and fixed on the final release, about the pause button, the original tetris doesnt have a pause, that would be kinda " easier" since you can pause to think for a bit and unpause to do the strategy.

3. Indeed I didnt have time to add a final and its just restarts for some reason, now it shows the total score on the ending. The idea was to end the life of the player as falling into a tetris game and completing some rows.

4. Yes, it seems that I added a weird font that its not supported here on the page and it ended up that, the idea is that once you make a 4x4, all color blocks attached dissapear and score 40 points. On the current state the games gets way harder, if you want to play it I uploaded the last release on my dashboard. And thanks a lot about the score board, I though about that too but I didnt do the proper research

much appreciate the feedback, since this is my first jam that I ever participated on.

Developer

hello again! So, i wanted to thank you for recommending LootLocker for the leaderboard, i've added on my last release and it works awesome
here is the link if you want to try it out 
https://h-nix.itch.io/blocksurvival-20

Submitted(+1)

Nice job! The idea is awesome. The moving aspect really puts on the pressure and makes it fun. Some FX would've been cool as well as some sort of game mechanic that allows you more flexibility/ability to come back from mistakes.

Developer(+1)

Thank you! hoping to implement that on my last version

Submitted(+1)

Hee-ho. Cool idea. Thanks for good experience

Developer

Thank you!

Submitted(+1)

interesting concept, was there a way to rotate the block?

Developer

Thank you! the idea of an inverted tetris is that blocks spawn with random rotations too (90, 180, 270 degrees)

Submitted(+1)

Very nice little game! Liked the twist of tetris but with cubes moving the opposite direction!

Developer

Thank you!

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

Excellent game. It's fresh twist on a familiar game, and it was pretty fun. Love the Don't Fear the Reaper cover. It went well with the gameplay.

Developer

Thank you! and +10 for noticing the cover

(+1)

Great Job! Interesting concept.

keep going forward!

Developer

Thank you!

(+1)

This game made me realize almost too late that my strategy on how to proceed or win, was completly wrong! great way to make people think outside of the box!

Developer

Thank you! glad that you like it

Submitted(+1)

nice concept and surprisingly hard. love slightly fast paced puzzle games like this. With some more time and more mechanics could be a really decent game!

Developer(+1)

Thank you for playing! hope you play the latest version after the rating period is over!

Submitted(+1)

Amazing idea.

Developer

Thank you for playing! hope you play the latest version after the rating period is over!

Submitted(+1)

Pretty cool trying to slot the blocks on just right!  Good job!

Developer

Thank you for playing! hope you play the latest version after the rating period is over!

Submitted(+1)

simple but fun! it could have a slightly faster start but quickly got me thinking about how to pick up pieces so I don't hinder my movement :)

Developer

Thank you for playing! Noted! would love to play the latest version with all the balances after the rating period is over

Submitted(+1)

It was hard for me to figure out how to play this game , i thought it was tetris , but the game was so creative , and challenging to play , the art is good .

Developer

Thank you for playing! hope you play the latest version after the rating period is over!

Submitted(+1)

Interesting  idea :). I don't know if it's just me, but when i die, I kinda get stuck

Developer(+1)

Thank you! Yes I ran into issues and spent time pollishing the main mechanic and didnt have time to exhaust dead scenarios whopefully this will get fixed after the rate ends

Submitted(+1)

Really creative twist on the Tetris type of games, fully score on innovation! I was a little confused about what the timer did and the exact specification for a 4x4 square, since I definitely had a 4x4 square that didn't get cleared. Would have loved to see some cool polish and juice to up the satisfaction of gathering blocks and clearing a 4x4 square. Overall, nicely done!

Developer

Thank you! I run out of time to add a pretty ending and spent a lot of time pollishing the main mechanic, encounter some issues on the scoring system. Hope you would try the release when rating is over.

(+1)

Goat joe!

"Tetris?"

This game is almost as impressive as my friend, who holds a world record in real-life Tetris. Yeah, he’s that good. The graphics here are pretty solid, but I mean, they’re nothing compared to watching my friend dominate Tetris in record time. The gameplay? It’s fun, though I couldn’t help but think how my Tetris-champion friend would breeze through it. The puzzles are challenging, but not quite "world-record-Tetris" challenging, if you know what I mean. Still, the mechanics are smooth, and the fun factor is high. But seriously, my friend? World record in Tetris. No big deal or anything.

Bro good game my friend will try to have the record in your game. :)

Developer(+1)

Thank you! I run out of time to add a pretty ending and spent a lot of time pollishing the main mechanic. Hope you would try the release when rating is over.

Submitted(+1)

Fun twist on Tetris

Developer(+1)

Thank you! I run out of time to add a pretty ending and spent a lot of time pollishing the main mechanic. Hope you would try the release when rating is over.

Submitted(+1)

Oh wierd! I like this one, it's a pretty unique way to make a tetris game. Good stuff!

Developer

Thank you! I run out of time to add a pretty ending and spent a lot of time pollishing the main mechanic. Hope you would try the release when rating is over.

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