Mutatris

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.00
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.10
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.03
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.31
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.72
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.19
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.05
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.55
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★50%
Mutatris - it's Tetris(like)... but a bit different!
I started this Sunday morning 'cos my Saturday project wasn't going anywhere and I thought it'd be interesting to create a Tetris clone.

Every 10 seconds the mutation rate increases unless you take out a line, taking out a line reduces the mutation and resets the timer, but this reprieve is always short lived!

The web version displays a blank dialogue at the end of the game, this is supposed to show 'Game over' and your score, it does on the Java releases so I'm not sure what GWT is doing there! just press space or return to start again.

I used LibGDX, eclipse, Gimp2, SFXR, Launch4j.

source available here:
https://bitbucket.org/CiderPunk/mutatris
and
https://bitbucket.org/CiderPunk/gamebase

screenshot

Comments17

Canobie26 Aug 2013, 23:41
I like how it's a fun game, with a twist. Therefore, although not original, it's fun.
Hitonagashi
Hitonagashi26 Aug 2013, 23:41
Loved it. Great theme....it's a difficult game though. At first, I thought mutations would be no problem, but once you've got one or two of them, it's really hard to fill the rows, meaning spiralling death awaits you. It would be nice to have a way to 'demutate' the pieces (maybe for slagging multiple rows at once?)
Mythalore26 Aug 2013, 23:43
Interesting idea, but still really just Teris, try thinking outside the box and go for something a bit more original next time. +1 for using LibGDX, though! :)
anmorales
anmorales26 Aug 2013, 23:43
Nice game, I like it, I'm not really good at tetris and this makes it a bit harder but it's cool! nice work!
flarb
flarb27 Aug 2013, 18:35
Wow, this is impossible. :) Pretty neat idea! After a few mutations, it's impossible to make any lines though! I wonder what the highest score is.
Neil
Neil27 Aug 2013, 19:25
Very cool twist on Tetris! I found it very difficult, but fun :)
jujule29 Aug 2013, 21:04
Great concept. It is to play this kind of game that I enjoy participating in events like LudumDare. If you could find a way to "tailor" the mutations to make the game less hard, you'd have a great basis for a very successful game.
blackotus29 Aug 2013, 21:08
As a tetris fan, I really like this!

The mutations do kinda make the game impossible after a while, but they're an interesting take on the classic game.

Nice job :)
keyboardmonkey
keyboardmonkey29 Aug 2013, 21:11
Fantastic clone! I have never seen tetronimos -err- manyronimos like these. Once those mutations get out of hand its tickets.
proc
proc29 Aug 2013, 22:06
I like it as a variant of Tetris, a good twist. The gameover sound made up for no actual message. A couple of mutations in and I was a gone.
CiderPunkauthor30 Aug 2013, 09:32
hah yeah every now and then SFXR throws up a classic, thanks guys!
canvapps
canvapps30 Aug 2013, 12:58
hahahahaha it's impossible to hang in there, it really makes it fun. I just would suggest that you maintain the basic tetris pieces in order to try to recover the mess that the mutated pieces create.
Great one!
bitowl
bitowl2 Sep 2013, 11:21
whoa. get's quite hard, when there are more then three mutations. Maybe there would be a way to make "easier" mutations, that fit well with the existing tetris scheme.
motty
motty7 Sep 2013, 02:17
Really great game. Really funny and fun to play. Completely unplayable after a few iterations of mutation - of course - but that's exactly what makes it so great.

I've played a few Tetris-from-hell variants over the years but this one stands out as one of the best. A simple evil idea, nicely implemented.
X-0r10 Sep 2013, 21:47
Oh maaan, even a single mutation thingie is sufficient to totally throw me off. Reminds me of the good old game boy times ^^
matthias_zarzecki16 Sep 2013, 06:38
Ha, lovely idea!

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