Ludum Dare #35compo

Tetrift

by bradleypollard

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.43

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.76

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.10

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.95

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.43

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.30

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★24%

Tetrift is a game of Tetris where you must race to clear two lines using only one Tetrimino. The trick is that you can Tetrift your piece into another one at any time!

Made in only 7 hours as I could only participate on Saturday, Tetrift is my first creation using PICO-8 by Lexaloffle Games.

Controls:

Left and Right Arrows - Move the Tetrimino left and right.
Up Arrow - Rotate the Tetrimino clockwise.
Down Arrow - Drop the Tetrimino faster (hold).
Z - Tetrift to another piece (shown in the top right)
X - Tetrift to another piece (shown in the top right)

Comments22

Alphius16 Apr 2016, 17:36

Highscore: 5
I'm bad but I really like the concept of this game :)

joezeng16 Apr 2016, 19:25

22, first try :>

I had practice on this mode as a kid with one of those handheld 9999-in-1 block games.

Dext16 Apr 2016, 21:16

Highscore 7, definitely not my game but kinda cool :)

xhunterko17 Apr 2016, 22:32

Not a bad idea though!

theOnlyGoodDrcz18 Apr 2016, 02:22

at first I hated it, but the magic of falling tetrinos made me spend quite a few minutes. Unfortunately no higher than 19. sometimes it's hard to tell where the row should end, perhaps add some tetrion boundaries? I like the gfx&sfx.

brandann18 Apr 2016, 05:39

Cool twist on Tetris! had fun playing. the controls were a little awkward, otherwise solid play!

GodsBoss18 Apr 2016, 07:40

The concept is simple, yet innovative and fun.

bradleypollardauthor18 Apr 2016, 18:41

Thank you for all the comments already! I've yet to start checking out some other games but glad to see some nice feedback :)

rcrmn18 Apr 2016, 22:22

13! it's quite addicting!

retrogradeorbit19 Apr 2016, 08:20

Cool take on an old classic.

euske19 Apr 2016, 09:26

I liked the retro visual and audio.

mutonizer19 Apr 2016, 11:12

Can't go wrong with Tetris based concept and nice twist with the theme squeezed in there.

Emerysfire19 Apr 2016, 12:13

loved it.

TheMightyTeam19 Apr 2016, 19:03

Good attempt. Block games always rock.

kopo19 Apr 2016, 21:12

The game feels very good, really like the concept.
I would have liked borders so that don't happen: https://imgur.com/Ugbl0AD

tanjent19 Apr 2016, 21:30

PICO8 games = such nice feels. Dangelidoo, my tetris skills are gettin worse for every year.:( I was really bad at rotating AND flipping shapes but I think that with a bit of training and a warm/good toilet seat I could crank out a few lines after a few hours of training :) Nice and very smart. Like it.

madk19 Apr 2016, 22:27

It's good to see an entry made for PICO-8! I played to a score of 11 and then this happened and I learned the true value of having borders: http://puu.sh/ooB4v/e5111037c1.png

bradleypollardauthor22 Apr 2016, 12:29

Thank you kopo and madk for the screenshots - that's something I totally overlooked when working on the game!

GuillaumeGwi23 Apr 2016, 10:18

Great twist on tetris. I would have liked a better mix on easy/hard puzzle. A cool thing would be to add a third, and then fourth row after a while, so you can raise the difficulty withouth always raising the speed. Keep up the good work

ekkiiiii23 Apr 2016, 11:05

Great twist to the classic gameplay, instantly addictive.

Freank24 Apr 2016, 12:44

Hi, nice game ! do you like tetris ? XD We're realizing a video with several games of the Ludum Dare #35.
Can you add your game on indiexpo.net ? (it's free)
So we can include also your game in the video ;)
p.s. write #LDJAM in the game's description

Trasevol_Dog1 May 2016, 16:05

Nice arcade-ish game! I love the colorfulness and cute SFX! Very neat entry overall!!