Spatris by thebmxeur
Tetris in space.
Pick up a tetromino, place it on the board. Making one (or several) lines horizontally or vertically will clear them from the board. Each time something is cleared from the board, the speed will increase slightly. You better try to clear several lines together because it only counts for one clear, so the speed will only be increased once. Don't forget you can make lines VERTICALLY.
If you don't put the tetromino at an empty spot on the board or don't pick a tetromino you'll lose 1 HP.
Try to stay up as long as you can! Share your time in the comments !
= Controls =
Arrows to move.
A, Q to rotate a tetromino counter clockwise.
D, F, SPACE to rotate a tetromino clockwise.
Alt + F4 to quit.

| Windows | https://www.sisyphe.be/ld48/42/spatris_win.zip |
| Source code | https://www.sisyphe.be/ld48/42/spatris_sources.zip |
| macOS | https://www.sisyphe.be/ld48/42/spatris_mac.zip |
| Linux | https://www.sisyphe.be/ld48/42/spatris_lin.zip |
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| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/42/spatris |
Ratings
| Overall | 156th | 3.712⭐ | 35🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 178th | 3.576⭐ | 35🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 64th | 3.848⭐ | 35🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 366th | 3.561⭐ | 35🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 220th | 3.606⭐ | 35🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 243th | 3.203⭐ | 34🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 245th | 3.177⭐ | 33🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 29🗳️ | 33🗨️ |
Best time: 199 (I'm bad at tetris)
The ambiance and music left me feeling really uneasy.
Good job, I liked the simplistic visuals and calm background music.
@firefly4 @hegemege @randdir The game speeds up each time one (or more) line is completed. It starts slow to let you get a hang of the controls and mechanics. After 10 lines, the speed is 1.5 times the start speed (starts at 100 m/s and increase by 5 for each line cleared) and it gets interesting. I probably should have displayed that information somewhere in the game. Since the goal is to last long, you need to try to complete several lines with one tetromino because it will only increase the speed once. If you give it another go, try to complete several lines and see if it's still too slow :)
But it's an interesting way to visualize a tetromino selection and drop.
I am not fan of the music.
I do like the song but it can get a bit repetitive and hearing that it's your first time recording, I think you did a pretty good job! The only thing you need to do is just learn how to mix the sounds well and you got a pretty good track!
I liked how you could get a line cleared both horizontally and vertically, that was a nice touch. Though like @riccardo-sioni said, a tutorial or even an instructions menu would be good. In fact, I think you really need a menu here in general as starting the game and it's like outta the frying pan, into the fire. A Pause button would be good as well. While I do appreciate you putting me right where into the action, some build up would be nice. Like slow down there, buy me dinner first :joy:
Overall, really cool!