Tetrominions

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.03
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.03
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.00
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.58
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.83
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.83
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.78
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★74%
Tetris meets Black & White.

In a new twist on an old puzzle game your playing field is populated by the little green TETROMINIONS. You are a vengeful god, determined to kill them all. Use the TETROMINO stones as weapons.

Controls: Arrow keys (like Tetris).

Unlike Tetris, you have a real chance to beat this game.

Written by Tilman Geishauser, Robert Pfeiffer & Erik Wittkorn in with C#, Unity, Aserite, sfxr

screenshot
Genres: puzzle
Tools: Aseprite, Unity

Comments20

refreshcreations21 Apr 2015, 21:29
Fun little game, made a line across the grid after I'd squished all the greenies and, yup that worked well :) Perhaps a thinner grid would have been nicer but still a decent cross between tetris and dr mario :)

Will you be expanding on this game post ludum dare though? It has potential.
tikilittle26 Apr 2015, 05:57
Looks cool. I wish there was a Mac or web version.
careless
careless30 Apr 2015, 10:42
A nice idea, lots of fun squishing the little bugs. Easy to beat but the concept is clever. Would be interesting to see some other mechanics added. I did try to score a line Tetris style but nothing happened.

If you are not careful the bugs can get housed in. Music was good and sound effects added to the fun.
blubberquark30 Apr 2015, 11:00
careless: You should be able to score a line in order to uncover housed in minions. That is kinda the point of the game. I'm afraid you found a bug.
GameQuester30 Apr 2015, 11:45
Fun little tetris clone. I liked the music and graphics. Like others said, a thinner board would be nice. I also missed the possibility to move faster to right or left, when holding the respective key. Indeed it was fairly easy, but I liked this game. Good job!
Os_Reboot30 Apr 2015, 13:19
Very fun game, it made me feel kinda bad for the Tetrominions xD
vikpek
vikpek30 Apr 2015, 13:59
Great graphics and fun game play. Good work!
Knowledge30 Apr 2015, 15:01
Cool game, but too easy (and a bit buggy).
SimianLogic
SimianLogic30 Apr 2015, 18:34
Pretty good idea for a game! It needs a lot more balance, though -- with it being so wide, there's really no reason to make lines. Just shoot for the bugs even if the pieces don't fit. I also hard a hard time visually distinguishing between a finished piece that the bugs built vs their random crap that was lying on top of the board.
Jungle
Jungle1 May 2015, 18:39
Funny little game! O like the graphs! Thanks for sharing!
SamH
SamH1 May 2015, 22:33
The concept looks interesting but maybe just not fully visited. I’d love a more challenging version of the game, maybe with more minions or a more narrow playing area?
ermrk
ermrk1 May 2015, 22:36
Poor little green guys :D Nice game! Maybe one small improvement. Allow movement of block to sides by holding arrow, not just pushing it repeatedly.
A Flat Miner Studios3 May 2015, 16:01
Good concept. As mentioned above, a little too easy, but a good idea. Perhaps make the board smaller or allow more guys to spawn later.
steboots3 May 2015, 21:12
Played through really quickly, could elongate the game a little bit to really experience what you made. It was fun, and I felt good about winning, but also felt like I couldn't lose. Good start.
Exeneva
Exeneva5 May 2015, 08:17
An interesting take on Tetris. Overall fun and quite polished.
rburema
rburema7 May 2015, 17:48
thoughts:
- Nice blending of genres.
- Maybe it's just my PC, but I couldn't hold a key.
('Left-left-left' instead of just holding left for a little longer to move a tetra 2 spaces.)
- This could become pretty addictive, but it's a bit too easy as it stands, I think. (Kept hoping there was a second level, so that's a good thing.)
- It somehow made me think of being the invaders of Space Invaders (instead of the earth-defense-thingy). Crush the earthli-... err... tetrominions!
(- Mostly unrelated, but is anyone else experiencing problems with BitDefender (an antivirus package) blocking itch.io games? I had to whitelist 'itch.zone' to download this one (a week ago or so evything worked fine).)
Tselmek
Tselmek9 May 2015, 19:18
Fun game and nice idea, the controls feel a bit stiff but it's not bugging. Maybe have a little longer time of gameplay could have been nice, adding enemies or the "destroy the line" tetris mechanic for example. Good job!
Dining Philosopher10 May 2015, 15:17
Nice concept! The game has potential. :)
Indeed, being able to move faster to the left or the right would be nice. Also, when I make a line (which is indeed quite hard with such a wide screen), the beds and unfinished blocks stay floating in the air.
Oh, and nice music. :)
jcsirron
jcsirron10 May 2015, 16:21
I liked how the tetrominions would take a nap and build stuff, making the inevitable body-smashing take a little longer.

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