Was waiting for something like this! Wanna start out by giving a shoutout to the art, which looks very cute. The gameplay was fun and pretty pleasant! Not without its flaws and bugs I noticed, such as when I dropped a block and my whole tower collapsed and the camera was stuck in the same shot. It only panned down when I placed the next block. Was able to score 350 or so! Great work!
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The Housing Issue's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Style | #228 | 4.353 | 4.353 |
| Enjoyment | #575 | 3.745 | 3.745 |
| Overall | #876 | 3.712 | 3.712 |
| Creativity | #3323 | 3.039 | 3.039 |
Ranked from 51 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?
A cute puzzle game where you strategically place house blocks to increase the number of residents. You literally need to build a house that can fit as many residents as possible
Development Time
96 hours
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Music by Matthew Pablo
Comments
A simple but effective Tetris-like game ^^ (Though I do feel sorry for the cats living there XD). A small piece of feedback: there was a moment when the camera was out of place. My tower collapsed while I was selecting a piece, so I had to place a block in mid-air before the camera repositioned correctly. I scored 271!
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The Housing Issue has the beginnings of an nice, casual puzzle game. It's a fun idea for a Tetris variant and the background music and color palette give it a relaxing feel.
I could see a lot of ways that this could be expanded by adding more block types or having to build around obstacles. I like that you're given an option of three blocks to build from; however I found myself defaulting to the line pieces. Given how high you're building, using the S- and Z-blocks feels a bit unfeasible. I actually found them harder to work with than the ice and bouncy blocks, so I think they should probably be given a higher point value. They could be more usable if you were able to nudge them as they fall or rotate them so that they can fill in gaps more easily.
Those are just some thoughts for the future. Over all, I had a lot of fun with this!
This game is very well polished! I like that I don't lose instantly if I make a single mistake, no matter how large the collapse is (although a large enough collapse can be pretty bad, since it prevents me from reaching any hearts for a while). I also like that it displays a helpful grid to help me line things up (until I mess up and make everything diagonal).
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Jumbo PumboWorst landlord ever, all my cats were living at 45 degree angles, lol 🙀 love how this looks, great solo effort!
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Self-Service AfterlifeSuper impressed by one-person-work!
Played your game for 5-6 rounds, overly cute and addicting!
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Walled City SunsetFun and Pretty artstyle i love the cat theme! This kind of reminds me of tricky towers. Huhuhu i tried my best and only got 209 :')
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Gobba LadderVery clean artwork. Glad that I could build on lower floor even after camera goes up, well done! *ps: are cats living in ice and slime blocks too?
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Built to Snake [GMTK2024]That was a lot more fun than I expected. The physics worked really well. Art style, music, animations, it all seems so polished. You've basically almost got a complete casual mobile game on your hands. It was quite tricky though.
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SerpentineSuper cute and super polished! The music is a perfect match. I do wish I could see my final tower after I lost though. Great work!
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The PizZooriaVery cozy and interesting game! I liked this interpretation of Tetris.
5 meows out of 5 :)
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NOT FEEDING. It scales.Score 355. Love the cute art style. Great concept and reminds me a lot of tricky towers/
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Grandma's Peculiar Shopping listas some comments staded before it's a simple concept but perfectly executed with a great art style and a cool musicin summary nice game
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Medieval Way
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