Indie Power-Up Supply Co. by marekkpie

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made by marekkpie for LD 39 (COMPO)

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You are the world's biggest supplier for power-ups for the video game industry, and demand is high! Complete orders in order to keep player's happy and the industry knocking on your door.

Gameplay

The object is to fill packages based on the invoice for the order with power-up. The power-ups correspond to Tetris pieces. When on the play screen, from left to right, the pieces are (power-up name: Tetris letter):

  • Shield: I
  • Super Jump: J
  • Health-Up: L
  • 1-Up: O
  • Dual Lasers: S
  • Rocket Launcher: T
  • Speed Boost: Z

Controls

  • Right-click: select
  • Left-click: rotate
  • Space: open invoice

Ratings

Overall 394th 3.211⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Fun 337th 3.158⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 128th 3.579⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Theme 286th 3.579⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 312th 3.316⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Audio 440th 2.368⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Humor 124th 3.167⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Mood 513th 2.5⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Given 12🗳️ 14🗨️

Feedback

stevenjmiller
31. Jul 2017 · 20:33 UTC
Great game, this is one of my favorite interpretations of the theme so far. The graphics are also good, though I think a light outline showing the shape of the pieces would be beneficial. The only issue I had was with dragging the pieces, as it seemed the pieces jumped over a bit after releasing the mouse, making it difficult to place pieces properly at times.
Max Amaden
31. Jul 2017 · 20:41 UTC
The game uses a simple yet time-tested puzzle that's both interesting and entertaining to solve. The little back-story and theme you've got going on is the icing on the cake -- it's really quite funny and unique, I love it!

Overall, the only improvement I can think of is fixing the wonky click-to-place interface.

Good job, and keep up the good work! :)
TolMera
31. Jul 2017 · 20:50 UTC
Pretty cool, puzzle packing! :) I like
SenileLines
31. Jul 2017 · 21:30 UTC
I was never good at tetris so this was hard ^^ but fun concept and execution.!

Got this error when pressing space followed by "return to level select screen"

![err.PNG](///raw/2bd/7/z/6ecb.png)
drtizzle
31. Jul 2017 · 22:19 UTC
First of all thanks for playing my game on stream! I really appreciate it.

Your entry has a really original backstory, which made me get into it immediately. The graphics remind me of a happy version of Papers Please for some reason. Maybe because of the arranging of objects on a surface.

Also, it is really hard! The second level took me forever, so I didn't dare to try the other two haha.

It would be nice if the background had a grid that would light up where the item is going to be dropped when clicking. Almost every time the object ended up in a place where I didn't expect it.

Well done!
joemag
01. Aug 2017 · 08:23 UTC
Neat sorta tetris-like spacing puzzle. I like the vibe. Not really clear what belongs and what doesn't. Wasn't sure how to swap between puzzles or how that affected things. Also the objects often don't go where you're expecting them to which is clutch for a game like this.
hungare
03. Aug 2017 · 15:23 UTC
@marekkpie Your game is really cool!

Things I liked:

The Idea: It was like a Tetris Puzzle Papers Please sort of mix game, and I really like the idea. The way you incorporated it with the indie theme was brilliant as well

The Art: For a short amount of time, you made a bunch of good lucking pixel art. I can tell from each icon what they are, and the pixel theme is consistent throughout the game.

Things I didn't like:

The tiling: Although I liked your art, with some of the models it's pretty hard to tell if there is an open space on the game board or not, which made solving puzzles a bit confusing. I would have maybe added a slight semi-transparent border around each object so you can tell exactly how many spots they take up.

Lack of Music: Once I got all of my pieces onto the board and I started putting them in place, it was silent only until I completed the level. Even a little background music loop would have completed the feel of the game.

Great work! Best of luck.
Jimbly
06. Aug 2017 · 23:33 UTC
Fun game, reminds me a lot of Carpentry in Puzzle Pirates, though I enjoyed being constrained to use a specific set of pieces. Was really hard to click to get pieces down in the right place though, a shadow previewing where they'd go would have been great.
TheFlyingKeyboard
15. Aug 2017 · 20:45 UTC
Really fun game, nothing to say more, everything was said in the comments before. Good Job!
DerpyJish
18. Aug 2017 · 02:31 UTC
Definitely a great interpretation of the theme and a fun game concept :grin:. I found the controls a bit clunky and the power ups a bit difficult to figure out the shape of, but that didn't detract too much from the overall experience. Bonus points for using Love2D, I've got a special place in my heart for Lua! I bet if you were to polish it up a bit an add some more levels the game would be great for mobile! I know I'd play it! Good show!
Roka Josh
19. Aug 2017 · 10:19 UTC
Amazing take on the theme, and a pretty fun game, really well done and best of luck!
jondalnas
19. Aug 2017 · 11:59 UTC
Some of the graphics were a little off and the mouse disappearing were frustrating at times, because you couldn't see where you would drop the peace. Other then that, it's a good game!
GalaxStudios
19. Aug 2017 · 12:47 UTC
Great game but the graphics are a bit off and the mouse disappearing was annoying. Other than that it is great!
Jupiter_Hadley
03. Sep 2017 · 17:16 UTC
Neat game! I included it in my Ludum Dare 39 compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMCKWv94MN0