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Competitive Skyscraper Construction Simulator 2021 by Nick Barrash

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made by Nick Barrash for Ludum Dare 49 (COMPO)

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🏗️🏗️ Play in your browser . . . . . . . . . . . . 🏗️🏗️

🏗️🏗️ https://nickbarrash.github.io/ld49/ 🏗️🏗️

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Goal

Build towers and immortalize yourself on the 🏆🥇ONLINE LEADERBOARD🥇🏆

Rules

  • Place blocks to construct your tower
  • A block is considered stabilized ✅ when it has not moved for a period of time
  • Stabilized ✅ blocks contribute to your tower height and block count scores
  • If two blocks of the same color touch, they will repel each other in a small explosion
  • It's game over if a block falls off the black platform

Leaderboards

The online leaderboards track the 10 tallest towers and the 10 towers with the most blocks across all towers built by everyone who has played my game! Blocks are counted towards your high score when they stabilize ✅. Your tower's height is measured by the highest stabilized ✅ block at any point in time.

Thanks for playing!! 👷🏗️🏢

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Link https://nickbarrash.github.io/ld49/
Link https://github.com/nickbarrash/ld49
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/49/competitive-skyscraper-construction-simulator-2021

Ratings

Overall 28th 4.096⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Fun 26th 4.135⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 88th 3.885⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Theme 36th 4.308⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 332th 3.288⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Audio 47th 3.923⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Humor 132th 3.237⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Mood 91th 3.705⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Given 30🗳️ 25🗨️

Feedback

Peace Of Cake Games
03. Oct 2021 · 23:17 UTC
Chill beats, fitting SFX, and a valid reason to fail five seconds into a game? Yes please! Bonus points for the leaderboard, I can't resist a game with a leaderboard.

I see now why it says not to let blocks with the same color touch.... I did it because my stack was going nowhere (that was before I decided to go for height) and I learned why you shouldn't do it the hard way. The fact that the blocks change color is a genius touch, it really destabilizes things when a block slips!
Guisado
03. Oct 2021 · 23:30 UTC
I didn't read your description and went straight to the game. Thought it would be a simple tower building game but loved the twist you put on it. Sounds are really nice as well!
ixchow
03. Oct 2021 · 23:35 UTC
The opposite-colors-repel really adds something to the "make a stack" formula. I definitely felt the theme when my tower started to popcorn apart in a cascade of color collisions.

Multiple levels also adds a nice structure and prevents things from getting stale.

I expect that I won't be on the leaderboards for very long.
Baturinsky
03. Oct 2021 · 23:37 UTC
Pretty innovative. Love tyhe chain reaction.
z0rly
03. Oct 2021 · 23:38 UTC
Great use of the theme and love the extra instability. Figuring out the best order to stack is fun!
dooleus
03. Oct 2021 · 23:43 UTC
i got lucky with the rng on my best run. loving this game. great job!
fakefirefly
03. Oct 2021 · 23:47 UTC
A fun stacking with a nice twist. The leaderboards were a nice incentive for multiple plays.

A complaint is that, because you cannot see what the next theme is, you can get screwed over because of positioning. The blue blocks theme has ruined pretty every one of my runs.

The audio when same colored blocks touch is punchy and made me wince the first time, which is a good thing.

Overall, I did have fun with the game.
reccy
04. Oct 2021 · 00:27 UTC
Like the other commenters said, the color repellent idea is such a good mechanic to add to this type of game. The leaderboard adds a lot too, I enjoyed my time with this game!
Myles Doupe
04. Oct 2021 · 00:31 UTC
Fantastic game. A bit RNG-centric, but still very challenging and fun to play.
🎤 Nick Barrash
04. Oct 2021 · 00:34 UTC
@myles-doupe yeah good call out on RNG -- agreed. I wanted to make the block color/shape order deterministic but ran out of time.
Shootboots
04. Oct 2021 · 05:46 UTC
fell in love with the chill beat. Amazing game!
theviraldragon
04. Oct 2021 · 07:10 UTC
A fun little physics puzzle. No matter how much i tried i couldn't build more than 110 m
the.jahn
04. Oct 2021 · 08:08 UTC
Good twist, can't believe you managed to add a leaderboard. The world needs more of those.
gogu
04. Oct 2021 · 10:55 UTC
Simple gameplay + clever mechanism + leader board = Crazy addiction!
yodda
04. Oct 2021 · 11:52 UTC
very nice
cool music and mood
and innovative.
Barrier
04. Oct 2021 · 15:09 UTC
Awesome block stacking game! I love how same colors repel and you can get a crazy domino effect that brings down your whole tower!
One thing that slightly bothers me is that rarely you get same color like 5 or more times in a row and it can end your game.
basik kent
04. Oct 2021 · 16:22 UTC
this. is. shit.
Trexxak
04. Oct 2021 · 21:52 UTC
I spent way too much time playing and still only managed to scratch the leaderboards :'D

Fantastic work!
Flightless
17. Oct 2021 · 12:26 UTC
Made it into the leaderboards on the third try :smiley:
The variation of the building blocks added to the fun.
LaineyReid
25. May 2022 · 20:16 UTC
Could this similar be used by real architects working in this field, or is it just a game for amateurs? I am asking that because I have been searching for a good 3D tool where I could design my new house for more than one month. I found an architect, but it will cost me too much. That is why I want to do it by myself. I plan to buy some tools like [screws](https://www.scrooz.com.au/screws/batten-screws/) and other things I will use in the construction process, and I hope everything will be ready in a couple of months.