Mad Desert

by djosef
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.55
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.40
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.90
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.77
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.95
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.36
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.81
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.07
Another jam that we can successfully finish the game, this time simple ideas have been implemented with an easy mechanics to master, about the difficulty level will be improved in the future, as well as adding new features, I hope you have fun too.

developed by Djosef Wytemalhos (instagram: @ jofih.nho) and Sabrina Lacerda (instagram: @sachiartist).
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Controls: :
you can play with keyboard or joystick.

MENU:
* Spacebar (keyboard) to Start the Game.
* A or B (joystick) to start the Game.
* ESC to Quit the Game at any time.

GAMEPLAY:
* Directional arrows to Move.
* Z or spacebar (keyboard) to push a Block.
* A or B (joystick) to push a Block.

Make as many points as possible, have fun. :v:

screenshot

Comments20

Antsa
Antsa13 Aug 2018, 20:47
There were some graphical glitches while running against the blocks. Also it's quite hard to find a block you can push in time :P. Still a nice entry
mrsylar59
mrsylar5913 Aug 2018, 20:49
Simple but fun game. Would be nice if we could also pull blocks, sometime I was blocked and had to wait for the game to create more blocks in order to leave a zone were there is no pushable block. Overall it's a good game :)
Ch33s3_2213 Aug 2018, 20:49
I like the tetris aspect of it, how you can clear lines. The audio fits nicely with the game.
meltobis
meltobis13 Aug 2018, 20:49
I think the art looks amazing and it is a great idea, I thought it was really fun! Congrats :)
Van Long13 Aug 2018, 20:53
There are some bugs here. I notice the random algorithm always leave a slot empty (4 or 5th from the left). I just standing there and get high score until a box fill that hole.
Hare Software
Hare Software13 Aug 2018, 21:00
The art is beautiful, the physics seems very smooth and the gameplay is fun, great job!
Austino Bobino
Austino Bobino13 Aug 2018, 21:01
Awesome game! I love the art and the music, very fitting. Although there are a few odd bugs like the ones detailed above, it's a fun little game. I enjoyed playing it, great job!
otmani yacer
otmani yacer13 Aug 2018, 21:04
you can Double jump when you jump on edge of the box but its good game and fun to play it
Monstr
Monstr13 Aug 2018, 21:12
Really liked the game. The graphics were great and the sounds were good too.

The concept was good and for the most part it worked well but I found myself being a victim of randomness a bit too often and I'd end up caught between blocks or a block would fall on top of a block I was about to push which would mean I couldn't push it.
I would have liked a bit more control over the blocks since having 2 blocks fall next to each other felt really unlucky. Maybe pulling blocks would be a nice idea.

The game was fun though. I definitely enjoyed it!
Matank
Matank13 Aug 2018, 21:14
A few things I'd improve:

1) In my first playthrough I didn't really understand what was going on. Would be nice if there was a clear indication for which blocks on the screen are pushable - my first time around I just tried to push a bunch of boxes that were at the bottom of the stack and thought the push button doesn't work
2) You can jump higher than 1 box by landing on the edge of the bottom box. I think it's a bug but not sure. If it's not a bug, it seems to be working pretty inconsistently.

Other than that, I had fun playing the game! My best time was around 2.5 minutes. Graphics were really nice and music was fun.
Diego Goncalves14 Aug 2018, 00:45
Nice art and gameplay. I was surprised it worked like a Tetris, maybe you should make it clearer about this feature.
ZenriS
ZenriS14 Aug 2018, 14:24
Cool little game, nice take on Tetris. The art was also very nice.
MateusBoga
MateusBoga14 Aug 2018, 14:35
I enjoyed this game! I liked the TNT blocks, but it was easy to get stuck. I was also able to sometimes abuse the game's phisics anc climb out of holes by getting stuck to the wall. I also think the game's framerate could be optimized.
Nicso
Nicso14 Aug 2018, 14:37
is that a stardew valley sound ?
nice little game 😉
randdir
randdir14 Aug 2018, 14:40
Really nice graphics pal. Really appreciate the ambiance and theme choose for a tetris like. Unfortunatle i guess it miss some speed (for me). Suggest to move a lil faster with the character. But animation is very nice. Good job keep it up !
r3nrohan14 Aug 2018, 14:59
I had no idea why was I pushing blocks until I realized its a tetris game. Its a solid gameplay.
Flower14 Aug 2018, 15:19
Concept is really good,
Nice work)
IndieManiaC14 Aug 2018, 16:20
Average game, art is good.
There should be a way to deal with big stacks of boxes, you cant get over them or just destroy them somehow.
LoneHearts
LoneHearts14 Aug 2018, 16:38
Time : 168 Score : 1710, it's a good game, art is cute and music fits well but it has some bug when moving
fractalsunrise
fractalsunrise14 Aug 2018, 17:53
I really liked this game! The art and audio work very well together, and I really enjoyed the effects like the sand blowing that helped sell the desert world. It looked gorgeous fullscreen.

I was initially confused about what I was supposed to do, but once I realized that the bottom rows disappear for points like Tetris it was much better. The box physics were a bit odd at times when they didn't quite align to a grid; once I even ended up in this peculiar situation after some TNT blasted a hole on the left:

Perhaps the game could be improved with a custom grid-based physics system for the blocks to prevent the edges causing odd behaviors, although I really did like being able to jump on the very edge of some of the boxes and it was still very fun to play as is. Thanks for a really fun and well-polished game!

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