Talk Block Chronicles

by yokimbo
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.07
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.98
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.04
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.61
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.78
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.22
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.91
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.35
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This is my submission for LD41.

First I wanted to make a game to mash up fishing and dating simulators. After the first day I came to conclusion that I am not good enough to make it in a way thats fun even for me to make.

On second day I thought "What if it was Tetris, but you had to talk to the blocks?". And that's how this thing was born.

This was fun to make. Its very short and makes no sense so I feel like I did good since those two things are what I aim for. I had more stuff planned and unsurprisingly did not have the time to make any of them, so this is what it is now.

If you happen to play it, I hope you at least got a laugh out of it.

Shoutouts to the Unity Fungus plugin. Zero lines of code was written in the process of making this.

Things I learned:

- Take breaks. Breaks are important.
- Plan well before executing and document that plan somehow so when you forget you have a refresher
- Art is important but the need can also be circumvented
- Tetris blocks are fun to draw, even for a person who has never drawn anything
- Remember to have fun, if you laugh at your own idea or while making the thing, that's enough
- Seriously, remember to take breaks and eat. And drink. Water.

Edit: Added a zip file because in my stupidity I only put in a RAR, expecting everyone used winRAR.

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Comments22

JesseyCool24 Apr 2018, 09:48
Strainge to talk to tetris blocks.
Apples_mmmmmmmm
Apples_mmmmmmmm24 Apr 2018, 09:54
Charming game. Pretty short, but humorous and well put together.
Yokimbo
Yokimboauthor24 Apr 2018, 10:20
Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it :D
Toadsword24 Apr 2018, 17:02
I awkwardly liked this D: Good job !
patrickgh3
patrickgh325 Apr 2018, 07:14
Very short for a game, but charming and well put together! Music set the mood perfectly. I laughed out loud multiple times! I agree with your message about LD too.
Azargaz
Azargaz25 Apr 2018, 08:31
This was really fun. Very short but solid.
llq
llq25 Apr 2018, 10:28
As you said, you really wielded me, LOL :D
Roidz
Roidz25 Apr 2018, 11:04
Well done, not a real game but a great accomplishment anyway ! i enjoyed it as long it lasted :)
Hare Software
Hare Software25 Apr 2018, 14:39
Wished I could actually date the blocks.. Great game guys! (Documenting all you ideas and making a schedule give you time for breaks, found that out this jam)
Yokimbo
Yokimboauthor25 Apr 2018, 18:58
@Hare Software Hahah thanks! I originally wanted to make it more dating kind but since I had so little time I just ended up making this short little thing :D
Marcenat
Marcenat25 Apr 2018, 20:52
What a refreshing game !
* Dialogues are very funny, nice meta on the jam :)
* Music sets the mood perfectly
* The concept is cool, but it can be expanded to a real mechanic (a kind of Undertale tetris thing)

Good job, cheers.
cosdots-jr26 Apr 2018, 06:54
wow it seems to talk to my friends. i like Music, good match though. and the concept was impressive
Dovakla
Dovakla26 Apr 2018, 23:02
The UI and music fit perfectly. I only wish it could have been a little more fleshed out. Glad you made it through the jam though!
Kami 86
Kami 8627 Apr 2018, 15:43
PROS
- Charming characters
- Interesting talks
- This really put me in a good mood
- I feel emphaty with block's (Never feel anything for the companion) (I need to play portal)

Improve
- I was thinking if the other side has a cool mecanic like help the block to land in the spot, or something traditional, but when you do a bad move they can complain about it and start a new conversation.

This was really fun, put me in a good mood. Really nice.

PD: I defenitly date with pink. XD
Yokimbo
Yokimboauthor28 Apr 2018, 02:27
@Kami-86 Thanks for playing and thank you for all the feedback! :pray:

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