Crate-tris

by gamezero

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.72

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.85

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.42

Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.29

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.65

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.56

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.91

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.44

Play here http://0ga.me.uk/ld49

Build milk crates on an unstable platform
Try to reach the target line to complete each level, but watch your balance ~ if the platform tilts too much you'll lose a life!

* 5 levels with original backdrops and ramping challenge
* Hazard blocks and balls fall after a while
* Tricky to master
* Continue / restart options at game over
* Original soundtrack + mute options for music & sfx

Ideas that didn't make it in:
* Skill effect boxes which appear periodically - get a crate to stay in the marker for 3 seconds and it will become fixed to the background as a stable step
* Hearts which appear like the skill effect boxes - hold a crate over for 3 seconds to pick up an extra life

Comments21

J-Star6 Oct 2021, 08:44

Well done! It's really fun to play and the different type of objects make it really challenging as well. Great spin on the theme, putting a classic game in a new way. I love it! Graphics are very fitting and make it look professional. Audio is solid, overall a very fun and enjoyable game!

Daniel Vardimon6 Oct 2021, 08:50

Nice little game, loved the music and sound effects. maybe you could make it a bit more challenging by adding obstacles that prevent you from just putting all crates on the center and make so that you have to put crates on the sides and balance them.

ffernn6 Oct 2021, 08:52

Quite fun, a very unique idea, but physics feels a *tad* janky? Otherwise great and I love the tutorial graphics.

osh.studio6 Oct 2021, 08:58

Such a good little game, found it to be the best tetris-like game I've played so far in LD. Well polished game, good job.

Caladrius6 Oct 2021, 08:59

Very novel concept and a whole lot of fun! One thing that I would say is that I felt like there weren't too many strategies to change up and use between levels as the only thing to change seemed to be height. Maybe randomised boxes with different weights could be a way things to keep more dynamic and tense if you took this game further, but I had a great time!

MrSchlag26 Oct 2021, 09:08

Nice job ! Good use of the theme and execution. Quite addictive. Thanks !

Juanlu6 Oct 2021, 09:13

It was a fun game! Nice graphics, audio and music. I'm not sure if I loved or I hated the way boxes exert more force the higher you drop them. It was an advantage in some moments and a disadvantage in some other moments, so I guess that's a good mechanic! Also I think the boxes have too little grip between them, so they start pushing each other away too easily.

PanWezio6 Oct 2021, 09:50

Hi, interesting game. I like that it is not overcomplicated (beauty in simplicity). Idea about having 3 lifes is a good one since it allows you to make mistakes and learn from it.

Did you make this game by yourself? If not would be cool to list your teammates in a description credits ;)

gamezeroauthor6 Oct 2021, 12:47

@panwezio Yeah just me - design/code/gfx/sfx/music :)
Thanks everyone for all your encouraging comments

Raysi6 Oct 2021, 13:01

This game looks really good. Good job! Fun to play with good graphics and nice music. High quality game

GustavB6 Oct 2021, 13:01

Simple and fun. Thank you for making it :)

as you like 1016 Oct 2021, 13:05

Is interesting game. I enjoy playing it

publicidadeba6 Oct 2021, 13:25

Top10 in my eyes.

Naymsayk7 Oct 2021, 20:49

Tilt! I got through the first few levels by aggressively going just for the middle but that did stop working as it picked up speed. I liked that it was just crates I found that amusing the whole gimmicked worked well enough but I'm not sure how long it can stay interesting without introducing something else to the arena.

kvebox8 Oct 2021, 02:25

Loved how you even included instructional UI!

SaraFilipa8 Oct 2021, 13:16

Great game! Looks and feels very polished, professional, clean looking art and audio, easy to figure out but hard to play (well). Simple concept but super fun and a nice interpretation of the theme as well. :)

lauchsuppe8 Oct 2021, 13:26

Haha, seems like we were both starting out from a similar premise - interesting to see how our games turned out quite differently after all. I like the addition of the tilting platform, and experimenting with different weights for the crates was a smart design choice. Had a lot of fun playing this!

Grigri Games8 Oct 2021, 13:30

nice one ! i played it more than i should :)

rufson8 Oct 2021, 14:36

What a surprise when Big concrete ball came on time while I was in danger tilt :D Great job!

jeremyfa8 Oct 2021, 14:49

That's nice to see similar take on the theme. My own compo entry is based on a pretty similar idea, but different execution ;)
Anyway this is a neat game with good and easy to understand mechanics, well done!

RobinDBois8 Oct 2021, 18:53

simple but tricky, other object are great for the challenge ! GG!

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