Unstable Tricky Table by Pomo

A Tricky Towers inspired game where you build as high as you can while trying to not let anything fall off the table!
Spoiler free link for Windows and Linux:
https://arthurds.itch.io/unstable-tricky-table
There is "how to play" information inside the game!
The game has an online leaderboard, so do your best!



Here's the controls anyway:
-Use A and D to rotate the camera
-Use W and S to move the camera up and down
-Use I J K L or the arrow keys to move the piece
-Use F G H to rotate the piece
-Press Space to release the piece
-Press Left Control + R to quick reset at anytime!
(This will not send score to the leader board)
| Link | https://arthurds.itch.io/unstable-tricky-table |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/49/unstable-tricky-table |
Ratings
| Overall | 287th | 3.878⭐ | 47🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 229th | 3.9⭐ | 47🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 358th | 3.674⭐ | 48🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 91th | 4.304⭐ | 48🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 880th | 3.467⭐ | 48🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 436th | 3.429⭐ | 44🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 673th | 3.489⭐ | 46🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 34🗳️ | 28🗨️ |
But as I said, love it !
Furthermore the funnily shaped stones aswell as the intuitive controls and the hilarious game over screen sold me completely on this game :D Fine job! Thank you for this unique take on tetris!

(and it kept stable after at least 5 or 6 pieces)
I had to restart the game in the beginning as the controls are only on the menu and I couldn't figure out how to exit the gameplay to go re-read them when I had forgotten everything but WASD after testing out left ctrl+R in the main menu. I really liked the music, might have been nice to have some sound effects for the collisions between blocks so as to have that sort of clunky stacking-things-up vibe, and I enjoyed the memey choice of game over screen. The online leaderboard was a fun touch.
I find not being able to slot my pieces together the way I would in tetris to be a general discourager, as it makes it feel like it's more up to luck whether I get good blocks or bad blocks to do anything with. I mostly just piled up the bad blocks on the side of the table, and I lost after accidentally hitting spacebar twice when dropping on of my pieces.
I think this game would benefit from either looking less like Tetris, or controlling more similarly to Tetris in terms of the ability to soft drop a piece to position it more accurately. Overall, pretty cool game!
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1168514106?t=3h02m05s - here's the vod from when I played, in case you want to see it again.
I'm glad you got a game in even though I'm pretty sure you said you werent gonna do one xD only suggestion I have is some on screen controls (mostly for rotating the blocks I think, but maybe the other controls too)
Something like this, but off to the side, smaller and cleaner :P

The leaderboards are a great addition to the game to add replayability trying to beat high scores and I love the name too!
Apparently I'm too dum to be good at this...
If you’d like to rewatch the playthrough, you can find it here:
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1173664587?t=0h27m40s
Good luck on your ratings, see you next LD! :D
💜 Elysia Griffin AKA Button Feedback Lady
https://www.twitch.tv/elysiagriffin
I finally had the time to come back and rate everything I played so far!
Here is a link to the vod of the review if you wish to see it again: https://www.youtube.be/watch?v=AiVWayIqffU&t=2661s