sirtet

by ahnt
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.50
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.24
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.81
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.61
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.84
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.77
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.74
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.00
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★77%
Ever wondered where the completed lines in Tetris go? What happens with them beneath the surface? Or where do the tiles come from?

Sirtet is showing you what happens beneath the surface of Tetris. Your mission is to take the completed lines or parts of them and turn them back into tetrominos. Connect four tiles of the same color to get a huge bonus, or connect lots of tiles with the same color to free space.

Use <left> and <right> to shift the dropping line around - the left and right wall wrap!
Use <down> to make lines drop faster, or use <up> or <space> to immediately drop a line to the floor.

Enjoy!

Want to read the post mortem? go here: http://alproductions.us/blog/2014/04/30/ludum-dare-29-post-mortem/

Genres: puzzle

Comments31

ahnt
ahntauthor28 Apr 2014, 23:45
Give is a couple of seconds to load on Kongregate!
helloWorldStudios
helloWorldStudios28 Apr 2014, 23:57
I love the idea that there is a person playing a game of reverse Tetris in order for other people to play Tetris.
Great idea.
Zephyr29 Apr 2014, 00:17
A great idea, and an interesting twist on both Tetris and the theme. Awesome idea! I did spend several minutes confused though because I was trying to use WASD instead of the arrow keys.
shuanDang
shuanDang29 Apr 2014, 00:22
That was a really neat idea!
Eirikir
Eirikir29 Apr 2014, 00:39
I loved the idea, and it worked just fine to me. Nice game, grats man!.
manabreak
manabreak29 Apr 2014, 12:06
Awesome, reverse Tetris :) I've played tons of different Tetris clones, but this one brought something new. Good job!
quill18
quill1829 Apr 2014, 12:11
An interesting twist on a familiar game. :)
sandbaydev29 Apr 2014, 19:05
Hehee, awesome entry. I've always pondered the same... Controls were responsive, nice art, nice idea. Well done.
sink_t29 Apr 2014, 19:21
A nice demake, as well as fulfilling the current theme. The only doubts I have are the backgrounds &ndash; the Kremlin, some awfully-scaled gears and a cave?
Jaenis29 Apr 2014, 19:24
Ouch my tetris hand! (similar to tennis elbow)
Great game!
JumbocactuarX27
JumbocactuarX2730 Apr 2014, 00:15
I would love to see a two player variant of this where one player is playing Tetris and the other person is making pieces to send them.
Celt
Celt30 Apr 2014, 11:32
First i was like "ok, how the heck is this meeting the theme"...but then...very clever :D
NeithR
NeithR30 Apr 2014, 11:36
Never thought a reversed tetris before. Awesome! =w=b
mattrified
mattrified30 Apr 2014, 23:56
Awesome spin on a classic game, :)
metkis1 May 2014, 00:00
I enjoyed how well tight the game feels. Interesting take on the theme.
alect
alect1 May 2014, 00:29
Very clever, I liked this one a lot.
renegadeninjanl1 May 2014, 11:50
Brilliant idea. I love the game. Good job.
mcburrobit1 May 2014, 11:53
Easily me favorite game in the jam. The idea is ingenious!
raisedmedia
raisedmedia1 May 2014, 11:53
This is brilliant. I could only think about how the other guy was wondering where is long straight piece was...
SmilingCat1 May 2014, 11:57
Interesting use of the theme, and unique game concept overall. I really liked the idea of reversed Tetris.
SonnyBone
SonnyBone1 May 2014, 21:16
One of the best uses of theme I've seen. Very awesome core idea, tight implementation, and appropriate graphics/audio. You did a great job, and I expect good results from the voting out of this one. :D
Hammervuis2 May 2014, 12:02
Very clever use of the theme. I liked it a lot.
cirpig292 May 2014, 12:06
That's an amazing good idea you guys had!
Dreii
Dreii2 May 2014, 20:00
Very nice :) has a very zen feel to it, I got totally lost playing it for a bit longer than intended haha. It seems odd that sometimes you can make a shape out of certain colors but have extra blocks of that color also disappear, wasn't sure if it was intentional but I loved it either way :)
otato
otato3 May 2014, 00:01
Very interesting idea and a very unique take on the theme. Great job!
ZYXer
ZYXer3 May 2014, 00:27
Reverse tetris! What a great idea!

I like the music too! ;)
Waterman73 May 2014, 21:10
This is great! Love the idea.
Also, congrats on successfully reversing the gameplay while still keeping the feeling of the original game.
Would be interesting to see this connected to actual games of tetris...
joe40001
joe400017 May 2014, 02:53
Brilliant game, you should know right now that as far as I'm concerned you should win best innovation for LD29.
CommanderJ17 May 2014, 18:16
Very original idea. Fun, simple, and a complete game.

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