Tower Stack
Tower Stack is a puzzle game where you stack bricks. Every 10 seconds the bricks and environment change bringing this challenges to the player.
Developer Notes:
This is my first Game Jam game, so I would love any feedback, so I can continue to get better. This is also my first physics game as well. I have made this playable only for PC. Everything was created by myself (Design, graphics etc) except the Music and SFX which is fully licensed / paid for.
Game File (PC only):
If the Exe below for some reason does not work, this is a backup on dropbox.
Link - https://www.dropbox.com/s/zqwwlnzz3jumo3w/Tower_Stack_v1.63.exe?dl=0
PLEASE USE "Tower_Stack_v1.63" AS THE CRASH ISSUE HAS BEEN FIXED. (The crash is caused by plugging in a joypad, so if you have the older version just make sure you don't have a joypad plugged in when you boot up).
Developer Notes:
This is my first Game Jam game, so I would love any feedback, so I can continue to get better. This is also my first physics game as well. I have made this playable only for PC. Everything was created by myself (Design, graphics etc) except the Music and SFX which is fully licensed / paid for.
Game File (PC only):
If the Exe below for some reason does not work, this is a backup on dropbox.
Link - https://www.dropbox.com/s/zqwwlnzz3jumo3w/Tower_Stack_v1.63.exe?dl=0
PLEASE USE "Tower_Stack_v1.63" AS THE CRASH ISSUE HAS BEEN FIXED. (The crash is caused by plugging in a joypad, so if you have the older version just make sure you don't have a joypad plugged in when you boot up).
Comments2
LDJam user 24533318 Oct 2022, 18:00
I like the visual minimalism and the chill mood the game set into! Now I'm not sure I found any winning strategy (well, one that doesn't involve cheating). Most of the time my stacks were in a precarious balance, and the collapsing blocks would destroy it anyway. So I always ended up with a gigantic pile of stuff. A pile reaching very high since there isn't ledges on the side!
However, as I mentioned, it was very easy to win by cheating. I just had to click on the end box and... voilà. :p At least it makes the game not frustrating. I was able to set up my own rules, like if I was able to reach a platform, I could build from there... Yeah it wasn't super rigorous. In the end though, I enjoyed this sandbox aspect of the game. It's very relaxing, and it was fun to try to build towers as soon as possible before they get crumbled, or just collapse on themselves. The physics is just fair enough to allow to build. Well done!
However, as I mentioned, it was very easy to win by cheating. I just had to click on the end box and... voilà. :p At least it makes the game not frustrating. I was able to set up my own rules, like if I was able to reach a platform, I could build from there... Yeah it wasn't super rigorous. In the end though, I enjoyed this sandbox aspect of the game. It's very relaxing, and it was fun to try to build towers as soon as possible before they get crumbled, or just collapse on themselves. The physics is just fair enough to allow to build. Well done!
That said, I did find that I could cheese levels by clicking onto the "reach here" boxes, as doing that would count as beating the level. I also felt like levels were very slow given how small the spawned blocks and how infrequently you were able to manually spammed blocks. I would have loved to see the game if both of those issues were addressed!