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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Gameboy Soul | #24 | 4.370 | 4.370 |
| Gameplay | #37 | 3.978 | 3.978 |
| Overall | #59 | 3.839 | 3.839 |
| Soundtrack/SFX | #79 | 3.674 | 3.674 |
| Graphics | #157 | 3.565 | 3.565 |
| Interpretation of the Secondary Theme | #170 | 3.609 | 3.609 |
Ranked from 46 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game match the theme?
This is a puzzle game which tries to capture the theme of tetris, since both are based on managing space to fit tile based shapes on a grid.
You should manage the space to match pentominoes to form larger squares. With strategy you can make 5x5 squares to gain maximum score.
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A really well thought tetris rework :) I wish the grid was maybe a bit smaller to add to the challenge. Really love how inputs plays a song!
Congrats
Thank you for playing!
I will update the game to contain varying grid size and timer, but i don't know when! :P
Nice design work, I enjoyed the retro look to this and the sound effects was a nice touch. I also appreciate that there's a relaxation mode :D
Thanks for playing!
I'm glad you liked it!
Lovely game, I enjoyed it a lot. Somehow for the first few minutes I didn't realise you can rotate shapes! I thought that's to make it more difficult! :)
Thanks for playing! Not letting the player to rotate pieces wouldn't just make the game difficult, it'd be bullying! :D
I'm glad you found out about the rotation! I thought the control scheme below the game was clear enough. my bad!
That's just me being lazy and not looking at the description. Just assumed it's Z/X, and well... X worked! ^^
Haha! I always use X and C. Because on some keyboards, Z button is on the left side of Shift. and that makes it difficult for the player.
I didnt realise you can rotate the pieces too. haha
Really enjoyed this - super simple to play but fun. The inclusion of a "relaxed" mode is inspired and I wish more jam games offered something like this as an alternative to a tutorial.
The use of the limited blue colour palette is a nice alternative to the usual monochrome green in this jam and suits the game.
Question - are the notes played when you move your cursor in the same key as the music?
Thanks for playing! I'm glad you liked it!
And yes they are in the same key, plus some code that makes sure they play in a nice order, not just randomly.
While I enjoy games like Tetris, this game falls short in fun department, still the polish on this game is great so I can't really complain. 7/10 would play on an airplane.
Thanks for playing!
Could you tell me what would make it more fun? (i mean what would you like to see in a game like this, which was absent here)
A fun entry. I always liked Tetris and all the spinoffs that it led to (not that I was particularly good at it, mind).
Graphics are simple but clean. The sound effects somehow sound ethereal... I never got tired of listening to that lovely chime.
Although there is a clock, I never felt the same urgency as I do when playing Tetris. Not sure what can be done to ratchet up that tension. A shorter clock, which can only be satisfied by making 3x3 blocks faster?
Thanks for the comment!
I actually tweaked the time a lot. And because the main goal of the game is to make 5x5 blocks (like clearing 4lines in tetris). My friends which tested the game didn't like shorter time, so i stuck with 5mins. But later if i do a full game out of this i would give the option to choose the time.
P.S. Sure it's like tetris but i doesn't try to mimick it's sense of urgency, instead i'm encouraging players to move in a rhythmic pace, so urgency won't help that!
I couldn't tell if the movement sound synched to the music, or was just in the same key, but either way, it sounded great and immersive
Thanks for playing! They are in the same key, But it is encouraged to pace your movements by the rhythm to sound better!
I'd glad you find it interesting!
Love puzzle games like this! The art is simple and effective and I enjoy the gameplay a lot.
I'm happy you liked it!
very polished entry and interesting concept! definitely seems like something you could release commercially without a lot of extra work. graphics are plain, but solid. soundtrack is minimal, but what i like most about it is the sound effects are in the same key as the soundtrack so if you time your movements to the beat it adds to the soundtrack. i honestly had more fun with that (and humming along my own additions) than clearing blocks lol. would be really neat if you added a mode that combined rhythm into the gameplay. otherwise, the sound effects got a little chaotic/discordant if i tried to play faster, so it was nice that you added the mute features.
Really glad that you liked it!
I'm actually trying to find a better play mode to incorporate the musical side of the game better, But for now this is the best that i can think of!
Also if you play fast you can't make large blocks and your score will be low! ;P
yeah, i’m not smart enough to get 5x5 blocks. i mostly got 3x3s. but there were a couple times i got 2 adjacent 3x3s at the same time. not sure if that gives any kind of combo score. i played a couple rounds and my best score was 465. :D
Making anything more than 3x3 (2 blocks at the same time included) gives bonus time.
Very balanced gameplay, simple but neat visuals. Definitely a game, which would appear next to tetris if was developed in 90's!
That's very flattering! Getting compared to Tetris! Happy you enjoyed it!
Very solid and well thought out. Good QOL features (the matching preview highlight is great). It took a bit to get comfortable with the control scheme, but really nice when I got used to it.
Good stuff!
I designed the game in 2 days and spent the remaining days polishing. I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Nice to see an appearance from the pimientos. Game play is great and a unique take on the clearing lines formula.
I'm not sure what you mean by pimientos! But i guess you liked the game and that makes me happy!
sorry "Pentominos"
Haha! pimientos are something like jalapinos! :))
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Just different enough from tetris to be a refreshing take. This one was pretty fun
I'm glad you liked it!
It's intense brain usage in this one, nice game.
Thank you for playing! I hope you liked it!
Would have liked another song, but the main mechanic is pretty fun. Great art and juice as well
Thanks for playing!
it was Perfect , PERFECT
Art , color palate , gameplay and best of all MUSIC & SOUND DESIGN
you really know what are you doing . Keep it Up ;D
(also plz check my game)
It always feels great to hear these kinds of feedback! Thank you!
Very minimal and meditative. I've thought of a concept similar to this before but wasn't sure if it would be fun. Well, its fun!! Good job, and nice level of polish for a jam
Thanks! I'm happy you had fun!
That's fun...and almost hypnotic! Some really nice polish here.
Thanks! I'm glad you liked it!
Very well done game! I could belive it really was on the system, it would look nice laying alongside tetris. It's polished to the maximum in its simplicity.
Thanks! I'm really flattered!
Very nice soundtrack/SFX, almost a walk on piano vibe.