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Dario DDS by bentglasstube

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made by bentglasstube for LD32 (COMPO)
Dario is a dentist who just opened his own practice to pay off his mountain of student debt. Unfortunately, everyone in town hates the dentist and they won't come see him unless their teeth are really in bad shape.

Dario has an evil idea, he will use candy to destroy everyone's teeth so they have to come see him for expensive (and PROFITABLE) implants. Help Dario match up blocks of colored candies to destroy all the teeth in town.

How to play

Getting four of the same color in a row horizontally or vertically will clear the candies. Any teeth pieces adjacent to a cleared candy piece will be damaged. A tooth gets damaged first and then is destroyed. The darker teeth are already damaged. Clear all the teeth pieces to win.

Update: There was a bug with clearing out the level when you won before moving on to the next one. This was fixed shortly after the compo ended as per the allowance in the rules.


Tools used:
coding: vim
art: aseprite, inkscape
sound: sfxr, lmms, abundant-music.com

Libraries used:
* SDL 2.0.3
* SDL_Mixer 2.0.0
* boost 1.57.0
Source https://github.com/bentglasstube/ld32
Linux http://ludum-dare.eatabrick.org/32/dario-linux.tgz
Windows http://ludum-dare.eatabrick.org/32/dario-windows.zip
OS X http://ludum-dare.eatabrick.org/32/dario-osx.dmg
Time Lapse https://youtu.be/Y4S6H1nj-xw
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-32/?action=preview&uid=50659

Ratings

Coolness 80% 2
Overall 2.86 837
Audio 3.60 116
Fun 3.14 475
Graphics 3.05 554
Innovation 2.29 1007
Theme 2.68 955

Feedback

Super Hamster
20. Apr 2015 · 03:24 UTC
At first I was like "Oh another tetris game woop-dee-doo". And then I was like "WHY ARENT MY COMPLETE ROWS FALLING" and finally I was like "ooooh that's what your supposed to do". Anyways, I liked the twist to tetris. As I told you on irc, the graphics were missing for the windows version. However I could hear the audio which was fitting(I don't know why you won't let me rate it :( ) Cool idea!
vini60
20. Apr 2015 · 05:00 UTC
The idea is nice but it doesn't fit the theme. A very fun tetris like game.
Armanky
20. Apr 2015 · 05:03 UTC
It's basically Dr. Mario, so I can't complain too much about the gameplay. I'm awful at Dr. Mario and that hasn't really changed. The story is pretty fun in a kind of sadistic way.
barkergames
20. Apr 2015 · 05:44 UTC
Very much like Dr Mario, interesting twist.
Nanolotl
20. Apr 2015 · 07:21 UTC
Not the most original mechanics, but very will executed. I enjoyed the music too.
DKoding
20. Apr 2015 · 14:10 UTC
Why isn't this game called Teethris? :-)
🎤 bentglasstube
20. Apr 2015 · 14:13 UTC
haha, it's more like Dr. Mario than tetris so the name is a play on that.
GameDevExtreme
21. Apr 2015 · 13:25 UTC
I will tweet you with a gameplay and review video soon.
blaster391
21. Apr 2015 · 14:00 UTC
A nice play on tetris, I had to read the readme to find out what on earth was happening, but after that it was fine.
Horsed
21. Apr 2015 · 14:04 UTC
Man, that mouth looks... horrifying. After trying a couple of minutes I still didn't manage to figure out the rules for clearing blocks. The music makes it feel like tetris (which I like).
🎤 bentglasstube
21. Apr 2015 · 15:43 UTC
Sorry about the confusing gameplay, I have added a description of how to play. I also added audio to the categories that can be rated - I'm not sure why it wasn't showing up.
Zeriver
21. Apr 2015 · 18:17 UTC
A nice variation of Tetris. At the beginning rules were a bit ambiguous but player can quickly get them. Pretty fun game to play with ok graphics and decent audio.
Matt Tuttle
22. Apr 2015 · 00:20 UTC
This was an incredibly difficult Dr Mario style game. I wish diagonals would have matched or maybe just 3 in a row. Overall it was a fun game and it kept my interest until I lost. The poor kid choked on a pile of candy...
dvdfu
22. Apr 2015 · 00:25 UTC
Really funny scenario! Catchy music, too.
OnlySlightly
22. Apr 2015 · 00:28 UTC
I loved the setting :) the bizarre visual style really set a fun tone.
Gunzil
22. Apr 2015 · 00:31 UTC
Having the L shaped pills wasn't particularly fun to play with compared to the traditional pills or possibly the Luigi style I haven't tried. Unclear if I'm intentionally destroying their teeth or fixing them also.

Nice audio and graphics, felt suitably gross for doing mouth work.
Bishkip
22. Apr 2015 · 06:47 UTC
I played a bit of Dr Mario when I was younger, wasn't good at it then, still not very good at it now. Nice take on it.
sorlok
22. Apr 2015 · 12:14 UTC
Hah! Very interesting idea, and good mechanics. The candies look a bit visually off (of the grid), which can make them hard to line up at times, but it's not a huge problem. Good game!
goblin
23. Apr 2015 · 23:15 UTC
Reminded me of Dr.Mario, good choice of music great job!
check ours too http://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-32/?action=preview&uid=44367
fragileannihilator
28. Apr 2015 · 17:26 UTC
I really enjoyed the music!
Langouste
29. Apr 2015 · 16:41 UTC
Super Game! I love it ;) Thanks
Snicklodocus
30. Apr 2015 · 02:55 UTC
Cool take on Dr. Mario! Fun art and good music. Connection to the theme could have been better, but it's a good game regardless! Great job!
Jupiter_Hadley
20. May 2015 · 15:59 UTC
Really awesome graphics and concept! I included it in part 12 of my Ludum Dare 32 compilation video series, if you would like to take a look :) https://youtu.be/m_vzNeNUn1c