World Tetris by mde

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made by mde for LD 38 (JAM)

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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.

Game

Source

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🗨️

Feedback

aStrkl
24. Apr 2017 · 14:31 UTC
" And for some reason the blocks can’t pass the planet or stack outside the atmosphere or everyone will die!" That gave me a good chuckle :D

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 ?
🎤 mde
24. Apr 2017 · 14:44 UTC
@astrkl thanks for playing my game!

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...
jk5000
24. Apr 2017 · 15:09 UTC
A very fun, but also super hard version of the good old game tetris. Some music and/sound effects and I would have been super happy. Well done.
nbilyk
24. Apr 2017 · 15:36 UTC
The game felt like an allegory to how we take care of our planet ;)

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.
🎤 mde
24. Apr 2017 · 16:37 UTC
@nbilyk Shit! I hoped no one would look at my code because it is on of the worst pieces of code I've ever written. That's what happens if you try to make a game in 7h.

But anyway thanks for your feedback!
jk5000
01. May 2017 · 08:09 UTC
I have now also rated your game.
MaggardJosh
01. May 2017 · 20:24 UTC
This was a cool concept! Took me a second to figure out that you had to do a complete ring around the planet. Having 4 surfaces to cover definitely changed the game quite a bit. Graphics were solid for the game. Sounds & Music would have been nice. Nice work!
AJ Weeks
01. May 2017 · 20:29 UTC
Interesting take on the theme! Difficult but well made. Good job!
redpanda
01. May 2017 · 21:08 UTC
Fun little game! Never seen an idea like that for tetris.
simonhutchinson
01. May 2017 · 23:18 UTC
Neat idea! It was initially a little deceptive for me, as I thought I was just getting into some tetris action, but this actually a nicely thought out puzzler (again, always blown away that people can think up puzzle games in a weekend).

Great work!
SwiftIllusion
02. May 2017 · 15:04 UTC
A really cute premise/twist on Tetris.

|+ 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 :)!
huminaboz
05. May 2017 · 23:02 UTC
Nice and cheeky. Could use a little more forecasting and not have the game speed up so quickly.
Mathiouza
08. May 2017 · 16:02 UTC
Overall cool game :)
But how can I delete these lines ? x)
Moreover, you make these game with Java, you have all my gratitude !
Keep coding :)
SleepyStudios
08. May 2017 · 19:01 UTC
Interesting little idea. Could definitely see this expanded into a bigger, flashier game.
unoion
10. May 2017 · 19:43 UTC
Great little game! It wasn't that easy as I expected, well done!
Veralos
12. May 2017 · 10:26 UTC
The idea is pretty clever and this game seems like it could be pretty cool. However, The blocks move way too slowly (left to right) to give you any chance of placing them where you want, especially considering how far away from the planet they can start and how quickly they speed up. I think if you fixed that once thing the game would be a lot better.

The graphics are fairly simple but look quite nice. Some sound would be good, though.
rwoeltjes
12. May 2017 · 12:24 UTC
If the blocks would drop from a higher distance and add some sound your game would be better. Like the idea you were going for.
Sean S. LeBlanc
15. May 2017 · 06:47 UTC
Very interesting take on the theme + clever twist on a classic mechanic! It could use a bit more polish (the interaction feels a bit clunky, and some sound would go a long way towards generally improving the feel of the game), but overall it's pretty solid! I'd definitely be interested in seeing a version of this made without the LD time constraints.