Tetrift by bradleypollard

made by bradleypollard for LD35 (COMPO)

Tetrift is a game of Tetris where you must race to clear two lines using only one Tetrimino. The trick is that you can Tetrift your piece into another one at any time!

Made in only 7 hours as I could only participate on Saturday, Tetrift is my first creation using PICO-8 by Lexaloffle Games.

Controls:

Left and Right Arrows - Move the Tetrimino left and right.
Up Arrow - Rotate the Tetrimino clockwise.
Down Arrow - Drop the Tetrimino faster (hold).
Z - Tetrift to another piece (shown in the top right)
X - Tetrift to another piece (shown in the top right)

Web	http://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=3221&pid=19815&autoplay=1#pp
Source	https://www.dropbox.com/s/mr87mfjzr7e2pqk/ludumdare35.p8?dl=0
Animated .gif	https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/o5s0nl518jm5279/Tetrift.gif?dl=0
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-35/?action=preview&uid=17874

Ratings

Coolness	24%	1979
Overall	3.43	273

Audio	3.30	198
Fun	3.76	92
Graphics	3.43	294
Innovation	3.10	474
Theme	3.95	99

Feedback

Alphius

16. Apr 2016 · 17:31 UTC

Highscore: 5
I'm bad but I really like the concept of this game :)

joezeng

16. Apr 2016 · 19:20 UTC

22, first try :>

I had practice on this mode as a kid with one of those handheld 9999-in-1 block games.

Dext

16. Apr 2016 · 21:11 UTC

Highscore 7, definitely not my game but kinda cool :)

xhunterko

17. Apr 2016 · 22:27 UTC

Not a bad idea though!

theOnlyGoodDrcz

18. Apr 2016 · 02:17 UTC

at first I hated it, but the magic of falling tetrinos made me spend quite a few minutes. Unfortunately no higher than 19. sometimes it's hard to tell where the row should end, perhaps add some tetrion boundaries? I like the gfx&sfx.

brandann

18. Apr 2016 · 05:34 UTC

Cool twist on Tetris! had fun playing. the controls were a little awkward, otherwise solid play!

GodsBoss

18. Apr 2016 · 07:35 UTC

The concept is simple, yet innovative and fun.

🎤 bradleypollard

18. Apr 2016 · 18:36 UTC

Thank you for all the comments already! I've yet to start checking out some other games but glad to see some nice feedback :)

rcrmn

18. Apr 2016 · 22:17 UTC

13! it's quite addicting!

retrogradeorbit

19. Apr 2016 · 08:15 UTC

Cool take on an old classic.

euske

19. Apr 2016 · 09:21 UTC

I liked the retro visual and audio.

mutonizer

19. Apr 2016 · 11:07 UTC

Can't go wrong with Tetris based concept and nice twist with the theme squeezed in there.

Emerysfire

19. Apr 2016 · 12:08 UTC

loved it.

TheMightyTeam

19. Apr 2016 · 18:58 UTC

Good attempt. Block games always rock.

kopo

19. Apr 2016 · 21:07 UTC

The game feels very good, really like the concept.
I would have liked borders so that don't happen: https://imgur.com/Ugbl0AD

tanjent

19. Apr 2016 · 21:25 UTC

PICO8 games = such nice feels. Dangelidoo, my tetris skills are gettin worse for every year.:( I was really bad at rotating AND flipping shapes but I think that with a bit of training and a warm/good toilet seat I could crank out a few lines after a few hours of training :) Nice and very smart. Like it.

madk

19. Apr 2016 · 22:22 UTC

It's good to see an entry made for PICO-8! I played to a score of 11 and then this happened and I learned the true value of having borders: http://puu.sh/ooB4v/e5111037c1.png

🎤 bradleypollard

22. Apr 2016 · 12:24 UTC

Thank you kopo and madk for the screenshots - that's something I totally overlooked when working on the game!

GuillaumeGwi

23. Apr 2016 · 10:13 UTC

Great twist on tetris. I would have liked a better mix on easy/hard puzzle. A cool thing would be to add a third, and then fourth row after a while, so you can raise the difficulty withouth always raising the speed. Keep up the good work

ekkiiiii

23. Apr 2016 · 11:00 UTC

Great twist to the classic gameplay, instantly addictive.

Freank

24. Apr 2016 · 12:39 UTC

Hi, nice game ! do you like tetris ? XD We're realizing a video with several games of the Ludum Dare #35.
Can you add your game on indiexpo.net ? (it's free)
So we can include also your game in the video ;)
p.s. write #LDJAM in the game's description

Trasevol_Dog

01. May 2016 · 16:00 UTC

Nice arcade-ish game! I love the colorfulness and cute SFX! Very neat entry overall!!