This is definitely not my type of game. I have never got on with Tetris-type games. So when I say that I really loved playing this, you should really know how much that means. I loved the music and joining things together at the beat. It was very relaxing to play, and I spent way too much time playing it. I would suggest having it more obvious when I was hitting the beat, as I was never really sure, and I'd consider refilling all empty slots even if you haven't depleted your shapes, but these are minor issues in a game that was very fun despite all the odds against it.

Sorry for not getting a chance to play your game during a stream but I am running out of time and had a hefty amount of games to get through so I am just playing and rating at this point! Thank you for your understanding :D

Well this was definitely an interesting concept for a game, unfortunately I'm not generally very good at rhythm games, especially ones like this so I didn't really manage to do to well.  But it was definitely interesting, there was a nice bit of feedback on the tetris style top to bottoms, though I wish there was a bit more?  It felt a little underwhelming, especially considering this is a music game, I was sorta expecting some sort of sound queue.

Overall though an interesting game and the only real critique I had was the fact that I couldn't get new blocks without being out of the old ones which encouraged a lot of random block placement.  Which isn't terrible but it meant I couldn't really plan anything.

This is a really interesting concept. I think that it would benefit from smaller, more interesting patterns to match than the whole row or a match-3 type thing to speed it up a bit, and encourage the player to keep pace with the music. 

Really liked the song, and placing pieces to the beat was very relaxing. Not sure I ever got a great feel for how to lay out the grid aside from just guessing and hoping it matched, but still had a good experience.

Gotta say, I would have NEVER thought of combining a puzzle game with a rhythm game. It's such a unique idea and I'm all for it!! Also, that music has one heck of a groove! Had me bobbin my head the whole time! I love it. The art, which simple, has a very pleasing aesthetic too :)

In terms of this idea of combining puzzles with beats, at the moment, I feel like it's not quite coming together the way you intended. I get what you were going for, with placing shapes on the beat for the multiplier. But I feel like... since the controls are click + drag, which tends to be a slower motion, it's really hard to sync that up with fast paced music.  On the other hand, a tapping mechanic is much easier to sync up to a steady beat. That's why I found myself tapping the space bar over and over (way more than necessary), to get that multiplier up, and to jam out to the music. Perhaps a tap based control, or slower music, or maybe osu-like motion paths for the dragging could help tie that puzzle/rhythm aspect a little more!

Also in terms of board size, I think a more vertical board would be better suited for this game. Or perhaps a square. Something with shorter rows. I tried to play long enough to get a tetris effect to see what that looked like, but I found that the shape algorithm kept giving me way too many corners for this to be possible. I think letting players have that tetris effect more often could really increase the satisfaction factor and have people playing for even longer.

But of course, all these are just lil suggestions that crossed my mind on how to make this great game even better! :D Well done with the creative ideas and polished gameplay. Best of luck in the jam!

-Sasha

Cool idea! Music and general aesthetic is nice. Very relaxing to place pieces