World Tetris by mde

Your small home planet is in danger as giant coloured meteorites are falling from the sky. Save it by stacking the blocks in rings around the planet. And for some reason the blocks can't pass the planet or stack outside the atmosphere or everyone will die!
Controls
- Left/right arrow keys to rotate the planet
- A/D to move the falling blocks
- W to rotate the blocks
- S to make them fall faster
Download
You need Java to run the game.
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/world-tetris |
Ratings
| Overall | 525th | 3.13⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 444th | 3.043⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 233th | 3.435⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 296th | 3.609⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 487th | 3.217⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 431th | 2.45⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 681th | 2.524⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 12🗳️ | 15🗨️ |
The game is really cute, I really like the idea, too bad there is no sound but the gameplay is pretty cool. Its weird that completing a line doesnt remove it like in tetris ?
The blocks do get removed, but you have to make a full ring around the planet. Maybe I should make this more clear in the instructions...
This is the first time looking at the source code -- I've never actually used AWT, so it was pretty interesting to see how you made a game in 10KB. With some work you might have been able to create this game for a 4KB competition.
But anyway thanks for your feedback!
Great work!
|+ The colors/style really complements the bright mix of blocks as they come together.
|+ Easy gameplay to grasp.
|- The size of the screen combined with the speed and difficulty to move blocks made some of the difficulty feel more awkward than engaging.
|- Beyond the idea there wasn't much engagement or desire to keep playing.
I think even just a change of the pace of blocks movement and a larger area to play with could open it up some more as a fun little passtime. A nice take on the theme with a solid idea that could shine with a bit more happening or a smoother play experience/motion with the blocks, still great work for 7 hours :)!
But how can I delete these lines ? x)
Moreover, you make these game with Java, you have all my gratitude !
Keep coding :)
The graphics are fairly simple but look quite nice. Some sound would be good, though.