Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD49 → Unstable Build in Cyber City
By bea, WetBurritoSupreme and hugelogan
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 3.00 | 10 | ||
| Fun | 2.75 | 10 | ||
| Innovation | 3.00 | 10 | ||
| Theme | 3.31 | 10 | ||
| Graphics | 3.62 | 10 | ||
| Audio | 3.87 | 10 | ||
| Humor | 2.62 | 10 | ||
| Mood | 3.00 | 10 |
I loved the music and the graphics were quite nice, but I couldn't quite figure out what the point was. It seemed like just randomly stacking objects on top of each other as quickly as possible with no consideration of stability was a winning strategy.
The music was a bit loud, but placing the blocks was satisfying! Quite a unique take on Tetris, but once you start building up you can spam before the physics kicks into the buildings, great entry though!
Beautiful art, great music. The gameplay was a little confusing at first - some kind of visual indicator that you don't have enough money when you click a new building would've been helpful. An alarm of buildings that are about to fall apart would be helpful too. Toward the end I had plenty of money and since buildings float in the air until they run down, I could stack whatever I had and reach the sky no problem.
I like the idea, needs some balancing though. I was able to win by just spam-placing anything and everything, and not repairing anymore.
I win!! Love the cyber atmosphere and the background music!
I liked the idea of giving the old Tetris a new twist, but I have to agree withthe previous comment, something definitely lacked in the gameplay. Appart from that, nice graphics and great music :)
You should have made the ending screen literally the moon!!! Anyways, very fun game. I love the atmosphere it creates. The music and art contribute a lot to really bring me into the world. I had lot of fun with dystopian tetris.
Fun idea! but difficult to understand and play, some more legibility next time would be awesome!
Thanks for the reviews everybody! We were pretty stumped by the theme and had some highs and lows during the creative process.
@cromo @baconharemthug @spike-studio @cireneikual222464 Balancing was tough on this one, I think we had too many metrics going on to synthesize properly. Initially we were aiming for a game where there wasn't any incentive to repair stuff, but the curve on that could use some work.
@circle @ha7oes We were planning on some cyber parallax in the background for more moody but didn't get that far.
@anark0b3n @bhughes Definitely learned some about UI and communication, our next jams gonna aim for more concise details!
Nice, love the cyberpunk aesthetic! Just wish there was some more feedback, like others said.
I also had to restart a couple of times in order to get a 100 point building available, that feels like it should be guaranteed on every new game.