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ShapeGrid

By matiasbontempo

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness1100
Overall1643.63
Graphics1653.71
Fun1653.59
Innovation2123.55
Theme3313.56
Mood3753.05

Comments

qikcik 2016-04-17 20:08

Nice :D

carlospidox 2016-04-18 02:51

Beautiful graphics

ougrouk 2016-04-18 03:11

I really like your game. It got potential for a lot of fun features!

micromacro 2016-04-18 03:12

Very nice, however my game ended up crashing due to an unset value error or something like that, the error message was not helpful. Very nice.

bloodjohn 2016-04-18 03:18

beatiful mechanics. swipe is good for mobile game.

nickavv 2016-04-18 03:40

Simple and fun. Basic gameplay, but still tough to get a high score. As XAND noted below, I managed to crash the Windows version several times by pressing keys on the title screen. Clicking the shape to start the game seemed to work more reliably.

johngalt 2016-04-18 03:46

I love this neat and fresh idea. One thing to make it better is giving out an extra chance rather than a sudden death.

cat5casey 2016-04-18 03:47

Nice to see someone else in game maker! :D

This is fantastic.

Noticed a bug, though. It didn't detect a lose case when I was against the level edge.

crare 2016-04-18 06:05

I played it few times. Nice idea! great implementation of theme. I wish there was some music and sound effects though to make it more fun. Nice visuals love it! after the few times I played though, i got this error: http://imgur.com/NejD9ay :( it's either my computer fault to sandboxing it or it's in the game, dunno. I hope this helps!

dwhiffing 2016-04-19 00:21

Great concept, great graphics! Felt very polished, like a premium mobile app minus the audio. I think you could make an awesome finished product out of this, go for it!

srakowski 2016-04-19 00:23

Fun little game, well done :)

ferraware 2016-04-19 01:04

Really cool game, pretty polished and clean for a compo entry. You should upload it to Google Play!

Best score: 45 :P

gurkenlabs 2016-04-19 02:00

Very cool Game. Unfortunately my game crashed sometimes:

___________________________________________
############################################################################################
FATAL ERROR in
action number 1
of Step Event0
for object Move:

Variable <unknown_object>.<unknown variable>(100008, -2147483648) not set before reading it.
at gml_Script_CheckGameOver
############################################################################################
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
stack frame is
gml_Script_CheckGameOver (line 0)
gml_Object_Move_Step_0

monklet80 2016-04-19 07:23

Very nice! Looks good, smooth action, and good gameplay.

jin47 2016-04-19 17:59

Awesome graphic! Very polished and the overall appearance is really pretty. The gameplay is great but maybe a little too easy to avoid being stucked (maybe it get really harder after a few time

blobo 2016-04-19 19:42

This was a lot of fun! Thanks for the game!

dmitrix 2016-04-19 23:51

Looks cool!

matiasbontempo 2016-04-20 00:07

Hey everyone! Thanks for your comments! They are really inspiring. I am aware about those bugs and I'll try to fix them as soon as possible. You could download the game to your phone and the update should be there soon! Also, I'm planning on adding more modes or having some variants.
Cheers!

schizoid2k 2016-04-20 01:19

Very nice! I love the simple, but nice graphics, and the game play makes you think your moves. I scored 42! This game makes you want to keep playing.

ayawaska 2016-04-20 01:27

It's like playing UNO ! Nice visual and gameplay. :)

brinkhousegames 2016-04-20 03:18

Any chance of a web build? Looks really fun!

ryusui 2016-04-20 05:34

Very nice. I do feel it's a little too reliant on random chance, but I love the concept and the amount of effort put into the graphics.

otixa 2016-04-20 18:57

A lot of fun! I enjoyed the game very much, I would love to see some sort of level completion in there as well as some more levels. I think the idea is original and I did play it for at least 15 min, so I liked it. Good Job! :)

bobismijnnaam 2016-04-20 19:40

Fun game! I'm going to keep this around for when I get bored :D The mechanic is fun and addictive, but random enough not to hate it when you lose. It also looks really polished and plays nice. Good job!

jjjanee 2016-04-20 19:44

This is a great, beautiful little game. It interpreted the theme perfectly! The play was just fun and interesting. I love the easiness of the control and the flow was so smooth! The graphics was beautiful. This would be a successful mobile game! great job!

sgtbursk 2016-04-20 19:45

Nice use of fading. Pleasing puzzle experience.

louspirit 2016-04-20 19:50

The game is nice looking. Good! Would have liked a little music.

megabrutal 2016-04-20 20:30

I never had a smartphone until recently, but the point is that now I have one – and believe it or not, this is the VERY FIRST game I EVER installed on it. :D

Nice to see an Android game, though I still miss a Linux port (yeah, Android is Linux too, but I meant Linux for desktop PC, like Ubuntu).

It nicely fits the theme, and I like the gameplay idea. Thanks for giving me a game that I can play on trains! ;)

buzzwerd 2016-04-20 23:42

Really cool concept. Felt good to plan ahead and try to make the longest chain possible.

maysickdev 2016-04-21 01:17

Extremely surprised at how fun this is. Great work!

diebackstudios 2016-04-21 07:48

beautiful pixel artsy style and cool gameplay

gogo199432 2016-04-21 11:26

It looks so nice and clean! Oh and the gameplay is okay too :D

adipson 2016-04-21 15:34

cool game ! thks

rulrite 2016-04-21 21:57

Such a wonderful concept for a tablet/phone game! I'm really impressed; I could easily see this as a fully developed app (though of course, it looks very polished already).

Great work! You should be very pleased with yourself.

thecain 2016-04-21 22:11

This is a great puzzle game.
It would be even better if it had some sort of goal.

minibobbo 2016-04-22 02:26

This was fun and looks great. My highest score was 45.

marjie62 2016-04-22 05:21

WOW.

Simple. Fun. Surprisingly deep. I kept thinking I'd figured out what I needed to be optimizing for and threw myself a curveball (trapped myself in corners of increasing complexity) over and over. I'd love to write an AI for this game :)

The game's really nicely polished, I particularly love the way that things fade into view when you start a new game.

Having a big-but-not-infinite world felt kind of weird. I found myself wondering how the game would play as more of a pure puzzler, with just a few tiles in the level, and you need to get all of them.

Final random thought - I love how much room there is for elaboration on top of this base. There could be some statefulness to your shape (e.g. some tile that changes your color but not your shape when you enter it, or vice versa) to throw a wrench in any strategy that's based on simply finding the longest path in a partially visible graph.

Awesome! Wonderful!

maekeruu 2016-04-22 05:53

SHAPESSSSSSSS... appealing graphics, man! I like the simplicity (i know it really is not simple) ... and it allures me how it makes me wanna try again... VERY NICE PRESENTATION ... fantastic..

encountered a bug somewhere (Code Error, it says) but it's no biggie... i dont know how to reproduce it anyways...

this is one of my faves so far :)) simple graphics really is my thing

namrog84 2016-04-22 06:17

great concept. beautiful game!

merzlot 2016-04-22 11:25

Nice! Clever mechanics and neat visuals. Good game!

fabraz 2016-04-22 14:11

Fun mind-bender to work with colors and shapes to mix-match them.

naca 2016-04-22 18:11

Really fun and addicting game! Congratulations for you first compo, it's an excellent result. I liked the clean graphics and I'm trying to beat your highscore :D It's my favourite one on the geometric-shaped approach.

naca 2016-04-23 20:47

I'm surprised by how much I like this game :D You forgot to add "current score" info when the game finishes. I can only see my highscore, but not how close I get to it! Keep working on it, it's a good one! Btw, my highscore is 100, not bad but I don't think I'll reach 223 :D

togimaro 2016-04-24 12:55

Cool idea and efficient gameplay!
The game has crashed several times like said before in the comments.
Despite this it's really cool! Good job :)
PS : currently my best score was 73 but I'll try to improve him ^^

dreschler 2016-04-24 18:47

Very interesting game, cool idea and mechanics. Keep working on it, congrats!

mementogames 2016-04-24 19:17

Very simple and pretty graphics.
It's very fun to play!
I think the grid should be infinite (or a different game mode). I got stuck at the borders many times. hehe
Some multipliers for matching the shape and the color would be nice too.
Awesome entry!

llucile 2016-04-25 11:56

Really nice smartphone game ! Everything is working flawlessly and the gameplay is fun.
The rules are not really clear though.

cynicalmonkey 2016-04-25 18:44

nice idea, but really needed some music or sound effects. while the mechanics are easy to work out for yourself the size of the level and the lose condition aren't so some explaining would be nice. its got a lot of potential for a mobile game but personally would of liked some way pf predicting what the next shape might be, it just felt random so it was hard to make informed choices when presented with multiple directions to go

sharrackor 2016-04-25 18:49

Really good idea and good graphics!

humble_ray 2016-04-26 04:34

Beautiful game!

frederika 2016-04-27 00:30

This is a really fun game, very innovative. I wanted to keep playing it.

anaguilefdez 2016-04-27 11:47

Nice mechanic, and very polished game. It is addictive.

ryannielson 2016-04-28 21:54

Fantastic game. It's very polished and is a great idea. It's quite simple, but it does what it's designed to do very well. Some audio would have added greatly to the feeling of the game. Nice work!

guoboism 2016-04-29 11:50

Simple but fun!

dat_not_my_game 2016-04-30 15:55

Good one!

puppetmaster 2016-04-30 21:50

Very clever game! It seams so easy :-)! Keep up the good work!

sunflower 2016-04-30 22:05

Pretty neat entry, though it could use more audio. An indication about the current score in the game wouldn't hurt, either. Also, you might consider making different distinction between various colours, so that colour-blind people can enjoy your game, too. ^^'

aaranos 2016-04-30 22:16

Site appears to be down, can't download.

xanjos 2016-05-01 21:15

Pretty simple concept but absolutely fun and addictive to play. Definitely one of those games that would translate very well to mobile.

emmelineprufrock 2016-05-02 02:58

Lovely and simple. Lots of potential there, and I love a good mobile game.

onlyslightly 2016-05-02 03:00

Super cool concept and very well polished game.It really felt like a complete game. this was a very addicting game. This is something I could definitely see myself playing quite a bit on my phone. Really great aesthetic too. I especially liked the simple shadows.

3technologies3arts 2016-05-02 16:33

I can't acces the game from pc for some reason. I'll play the android version in some hours

santiandrade 2016-05-03 18:15

Simple and fine mechanic! I liked it. Good work!