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Block Stacker

By smt

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall3.168
Fun3.338
Innovation2.588
Theme3.838
Graphics3.508
Audio2.838
Humor1.907
Mood2.668

Comments

comfy 2021-10-04 06:19

The game feels like something that I would play on my mobile device, which is a good thing. It is simplistic and addicting. The control scheme could feel a tad more responsive but that's just my opinion. I like the simplistic graphics.

Great job and keep it up <3

arash-ghorban 2021-10-04 13:00

The game is a bit laggy and considering the art I think it shouldn't be... but maybe that's just my computer... I like these kinda simplistic and addictive games and I liked your game... but the tower takes a long time to realize I want to move left or right and the falling pieces take a long time to reach the tower... with these improvements your game would be a very fun little project

barrier 2021-10-04 13:07

Nice block stacking game! I kinda wish it would just give you game over and restart after you drop half the tower instead I just went to -2k score :D

slimmerburger 2021-10-04 18:04

Pretty great block stacking game, a bit on the simpler side, but because of that I think it makes a great mobile phone game

wuppos 2021-10-04 18:47

Do you know the game 'stack' for mobile? It reminded me of that game a lot, both in artstyle and in mechanics. At first I thought it was a simple clone, but then I saw that you could lose your shapes as well, and I was intruiged :) At first I also did not really understand what the 'sprint' was for, but once I had a shaky mess of a tower I understood that I could use it as a bit of balance. Those balls that come falling down from time to time are an amazing addition as well, and are really annoying. One time I had a somewhat stable tower, but one shape was sticking out quite a lot. The ball fell on the very edge of that shape and yeeted my entire tower into the void. Really nice moment XD

It was interesting to see that my score went into the negatives. I think I agree with others, that it would be better to be game over at some point. Because after losing half my tower there is no way I would have gotten to 12 meters with only those small shapes coming down.

Others said that the controls are too sluggish/slow, but I think I actually like it this way. It forces you to use the shift key sometimes, at the risk of losing part of your tower. Those kind of choices are exactly what you want in a game.

I really enjoyed this one! Great job :D

mrnannings 2021-10-06 13:02

A bit similar to my game but in 3D. I like it but it feels a bit unresponsive but maybe its only the webgl version.

smt 2021-10-06 14:24

yeah the web version doesn't run great, I think I probably tuned up the physics engine a little too fast without realizing it'd impact the web version a bit too much

thanks everybody for the kind words