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Game Maker's Toolkit Jam 2018

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A jam submission

PivotrisView game page

Tetris but you can't move
Submitted by notapixelstudio (@notapixelstudio)
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CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Design#3373.2503.250

Ranked from 20 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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kypelloSubmitted6 years ago

Nearly impossible to play with any real competence but very interesting and unique spin on tetris

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Blind Burglary
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notapixelstudioDeveloper6 years ago

Thank you! It is intentionally challenging (it's inspired by the backflip trick in the original tetris), but we believe that we can help the player in many ways to improve the experience. For instance, we can add a few smaller pieces to the classic tetris ones, pieces that would eccessively lower the difficulty of the original game, but that could have a place here.

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notapixelstudioDeveloper6 years ago

Smaller pieces would both lower the difficulty and help the player experiment with the pivot in a simpler situation. Maybe in a future release :)

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marbenxSubmitted6 years ago

Very challenging! It broke my brain at first but once you get into the groove it's pretty slick! Solid effort for under three hours

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HapyFile
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notapixelstudioDeveloper6 years ago

Thank you! It was very challenging trying to finish the prototype on such a tight schedule, but it was a very fun and enriching experience :)

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ItoohSubmitted6 years ago

Wow, pretty challenging! The idea is quite fun though. Nice job!

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Step Out
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notapixelstudioDeveloper6 years ago

Thanks a lot! :) Given our tests and your feedback, we can conclude that the speed is indeed too high. We'll tone it down after the jam enables uploads again.

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casparSubmitted6 years ago

well thats Tetris hard mode right there :) well done

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overstealth
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notapixelstudioDeveloper6 years ago

Thanks! We hope to make it less hard to understand, but still challenging... in a fun way :)

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cazualToastSubmitted6 years ago

I liked it a lot. Really messed with my intuition about playing Tetris. Would be interesting to see someone that's really good play it. Controls were tight, and made sense once I got the hang of it (though the closer I got to failing, the less successful I was). Well done.

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Platform 9.8
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cazualToastSubmitted6 years ago

Would have like to see some score keeping and restart and such.

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notapixelstudioDeveloper6 years ago(+1)

Yep, you are right... We have no game over state as well. We joined the jam too late to even implement the basic stuff.

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notapixelstudioDeveloper6 years ago(+1)

Thank you! :D Maybe the speed should be slightly tweaked... we find it very difficult too. It would be nice to find some time to record a gameplay video...

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wicketlink6 years ago

Clever! I think this would work really well on a touchpad where you press where you want to pivot, and have some external button to decide clockwise or counterclockwise.

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notapixelstudioDeveloper6 years ago (1 edit)

I think that's a very good suggestion! ...maybe we could even use some kind of flick gesture to rotate the piece. Thanks!

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adziboy6 years ago

Great concept, just way too much for my brain!

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notapixelstudioDeveloper6 years ago

Thanks! We would like to add a hint or something to help the player... any ideas? :)

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MosesSubmitted6 years ago

I think it was good but very fiddly to play. It was still satisfying to get line(s) in the same way that tetris is. 

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Box in a Box
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notapixelstudioDeveloper6 years ago

Thank you! :) The pivot mechanic ended up being very frustrating indeed, but we think there's room for improvement. It can be satisfying to complete a line by performing a series of complex maneuvres... but we should help the player feel more in control. And maybe tone down the speed a little :D

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FerousFolly6 years ago

Good concept but it definitely needs polishing.

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notapixelstudioDeveloper6 years ago

Thanks! :) We wanted to show and try out the concept, but we joined the jam very late... It definitely needs polishing, especially on visual feedback and responsiveness in our opinion.

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NwallenSubmitted6 years ago

Difficult game but I found myself trying to get another line. Some pieces are easy to figure out how they move(block,line and 'T') while the others are tricky especially the squiggly. Maybe some visual feedback to show how it would rotate around a pivot. Good work 

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Snake Shooter
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notapixelstudioDeveloper6 years ago(+1)

Nice suggestion, we were thinking about something like that... but we ran out of time. We coded this prototype in about three hours :D

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