Ludum Dare #42compo

Dice Builder

by knithguris

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.46

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.50

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.94

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.90

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.36

Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.90

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.24

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.81

:game_die: Dice Builder

Gather dices as many as the spots! Score up as much as you can!

:video_game: Rules

1. If the dices are gathered adjacently exactly as many as (and no more than) the spots, they will be removed and you get score.
(1, 2's will not remove themselves)
2. Placing dice onto another will add their spots.
3. If the spots exceed 12, the dice will become a boulder.
4. You cannot move across the boulder.
5. If you stuck among the boulders (or run out of space :smirk:), the game ends.
6. You don't have much time to think because the dices will place themselves in 5~15 seconds depending of the difficulty.
(Indicated by red, fast moving cursors)

:keyboard: Control

* W/A/S/D: Move dices
* Q/R: Rotate dices counter-/clockwise.
* R: Flip dices upside down.
* F: Mirror dices.
* Spacebar, Return: Place dices.
* Esc: Exit the game.

:camera: Screenshots

See more screenshots on itch.io page!

:movie_camera: Video

Thanks to GameJamCurator who created this gameplay video.

Genres: puzzle

Comments36

Hak213 Aug 2018, 06:07

It was so funny, but I think this game is a little difficult the first time. Despite the difficulty, It was very funny and nice to kill time.

hwpark13 Aug 2018, 06:09

great game. if there r anyone to burn your brain, just try it. you will satisfy at all.

deformhead13 Aug 2018, 10:47

Great mechanics, I always get a score of 0 though. Very excellent work !

r3c0d3r13 Aug 2018, 15:20

Nice mechanics, and some brain-twisting! Had fun time playing with it.

ZAINMAN15 Aug 2018, 07:05

Mind Blown!!!!

Arkadynn15 Aug 2018, 11:08

great mechanics, and an excellent way to blow your mind.
the fact that you don't see the timer of the forced placed down is really stressing, and add a lot to the fun

o2o15 Aug 2018, 11:11

WOW!I like this game type.I hope it will have a mobile version.
I think you can cancel time limit.It can make us think about the best action.

Jajo15 Aug 2018, 11:13

That's a take on the theme I didn't expect. Great job :)

Bungalow15 Aug 2018, 11:14

This game is really nice and the graphics are pretty good

KnithGurisauthor15 Aug 2018, 11:15

@arkadynn At first, I thought making cursor red and fast is enough to be noticeable. However, it is really not. :cry: I hope I added some kind of gauge to indicate it.

oskarOlausson15 Aug 2018, 11:19

1691 for me, really cool concept, very confusing in the beginning

adrian090115 Aug 2018, 11:21

Great mechanics, great graphics, great audio.

Chronodrax15 Aug 2018, 11:24

Nice game, easy to apprehend once you understand that you need the precise number of dice with the same number adjacent (and no more) and that 1's and 2's can't be erased by themselves.
And the game is really hard to master afterwards ! My brain melted mid-game when I had too many 7's and more everywhere.
Some timer for the auto-drop would be great :)
I'd love to have this game on my smartphone or a tablet :p

KnithGurisauthor15 Aug 2018, 11:30

@chronodrax Thanks for your great feedback. I really need to add that description in this page.

Flatgub15 Aug 2018, 11:37

Heck this is a *really good puzzle game*! The rule for clearing dice took me a little while to figure out what it meant but once I got it I had a blast with it! Honestly with a bit more polish this is the kind of game I'd buy for mobile, I absolute loved it!

KnithGurisauthor16 Aug 2018, 11:16

@hak2, @hwpark, @deformhead, @r3c0d3r, @zainman, @o2o, @jajo, @bungalow, @oskarolausson, @adrian0901, @flatgub Thanks for the feedback! :smile:

DarkGuardsman16 Aug 2018, 12:05

Interesting game, couldn't figure out how to get adjacent numbers to vanish. It think some visual guides would help with this.

Niarkou16 Aug 2018, 12:13

Nice game but very very hard! I think it could use a little balancing :) (maybe give more time to place the dices?)

pepelumen16 Aug 2018, 12:33

Very clever and entertaining. I think the time restriction is a bit unnecessary, as there are so many possibilities, that the good play will depend solely on strategy, which is good.

OadT16 Aug 2018, 14:36

Great gameplay idea. An indicator of when the dices gets automaticly placed would be good. Also the current block of dices is hard to read.

RenD17 Aug 2018, 09:03

That is a clever use of the dominos and I love the depth of the summing dots mechanic. It's really interesting. I just didn't find the timer mechanic really useful because it often breaks your thinking. Really cool puzzle nonetheless!

KnithGurisauthor18 Aug 2018, 16:36

@darkguardsman, @niarkou, @pepelumen, @oadt, @rend // Thanks for your feedback! I should definitely remove, mitigate, or at least indicate the timing constraints and improve the UI, UX things, surely.

folex7018 Aug 2018, 17:43

great job! a good puzzle for play. remenber me a another old dice game. I love dices. congrats for this work.

RyanJavanshir18 Aug 2018, 20:02

Wow! A great little puzzle game with a good length of content for LD. The UI is clean and polished and I love the sound effect on placement. Well done.

mike_inPrinciple18 Aug 2018, 22:33

I had 2s and 3s adjacent several times, yet, they would not get removed? I'm afraid I don't understand your game, so I gave up.

Deaymon19 Aug 2018, 02:28

At first, it was hard, but once I understood the goal, I liked it. And then, there was so much space I got tired of it even before filling the entire board. :sweat_smile: The idea is cool however! I liked it even if it's not my type of game. :slight_smile:

KnithGurisauthor19 Aug 2018, 05:45

@folex70, @ryanjavanshir, @mike-inprinciple, @deaymon // Thanks for playing the game!

@mike-inprinciple // 2s will not remove themselves according to the rule. 3s will remove themselves if there are exactly 3 3s gathered adjacent, not 4 or more. Likewise, 4 4s have to be gathered, not 5 or more.

mike_inPrinciple19 Aug 2018, 07:22

@knithguris My apologies about the 3s, I think I got confused in my explanation. I missed the rule about 2s, however. Thanks for clarifying

Wolfrug19 Aug 2018, 10:36

Oof. That was....yeah. Once you figured out the mechanic it was pretty neat, but before then it was just -really- confusing :D Not my cup of tea -at all-, especially not with the timer mechanic, but undoubtedly cleverly done!

Le Slo19 Aug 2018, 14:06

Cool game! I didn't like the timer (specially since you can rotate and mirror the dices you are playing with, so there are tons of possibilities, more since the edges of the board are connected!) and the size of the board (too big) but the mechanics are simple and that makes the game really elegant. I found aesthetically a little poor but very polished. Congratulations!

johnnwfs20 Aug 2018, 02:31

Took a few times to finally figure out what you meant but once I figured it out, the mechanic made sense. Good game, nicely polished and enjoyable. I'll pick it up again post dare I'm thinking - and thanks for posting your code - much appreciated! Very Very good job.

Papaver20 Aug 2018, 10:06

Interesting, and quite overwhelming. I like the concept, but maybe the board is too big? On my second try I got 2924, and then it just became too much. :wink:

KnithGurisauthor20 Aug 2018, 17:09

@wolfrug, @le-slo, @johnnwfs, @papaver // Thanks for your feedback! :heart_eyes: I'll consider all of your precious opinions about the game. :thumbsup:

Rs11s21n24 Aug 2018, 01:29

this backgroung is terrible! but game is cool!

Zinski25 Aug 2018, 13:35

Great little scoring game! And very good interpretation of the theme! I liked the minimalist graphic style! I think that some additional feedback in the gameplay would make the game even better by allowing to better understand the different actions of the player! Great job! :)

By the way please feel free to leave us some feedbacks on our game!

Bonyok771 Sep 2018, 22:39

i like the game, since this is card dice tetris game, yea it's a good idea