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A jam submission

Soviet Block GameView game page

Submitted by SashaMogus — 2 days, 16 hours before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Overall#214.3334.333
Gameplay#264.2314.231
Presentation#484.5384.538
Originality#714.2314.231

Ranked from 13 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

What do you like about your game?
the surprising way of rotation

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Submitted

wow, this was awesome! love this fresh spin (pun intended) on tetris' game design! its kind of a mix of tetris, puyo puyo, and dr. mario in a sense, which already sounds fun but the added addition of full level rotation alongside the puyo-puyo gravity casues for a lot of chaos to ensue, adding an extra layer of fun to it! i also did encounter losing lives without knowing exactly why like what some of the earlier comments were saying, but other than that i think that game is pretty fair in how it treats the player! im too dumb to understand how i can plan out my pieces to use the rotation to my advantage, but i do like the idea of extra blocks after level completion removing score, it really incentivizes the player to make sure to use all their remaining time to clean up before completing the level, which is nice for a score competition game!

the visuals are very fun with soviet iconography for the blocks and even using the flag's colors for the general color palette of the game, its very playful! the rotation of everything, including the UI, is also a very nice and fun idea, really sells the idea of flipping gravity rather alongside the orientation rather than just rotating the level! the BGM and sounds also give that classic retro feeling too!

this was really fun, could see this being a cool game to play on my phone! great work!

Submitted

Fun little puzzle game! I also struggled to figure out what was causing my deaths (was it because a rotation would put at least one of the new blocks in an already filled position?), but the rotation mechanic was really interesting. The first time I did it and realized it rotate the whole screen, I laughed out loud -- I *really* like how the UI rotates as well. Music and sfx were spot on too, very nice job :)

Submitted

In Soviet Union, games play you!

Submitted

This was such a cool game, and I genuinely had fun playing; the music and art come together really nicely as well!

Submitted(+1)

This was a cool idea... Communist Crackhead tetris is wild.

I second the previous comment, I randomly died occasionally or would get in ruts where all my blocks get wiped out every 30 seconds, and it felt a bit frustrating.

The puzzles are really fun to solve and I love how the spin mechanic + the falling blocks and different map shapes spin things up.

Submitted (1 edit) (+2)

Привет, товарищ

I have no idea what's happening, but this is amazing. Well done.

After playing a bit more, I feel like I want the rotate buttons to rotate the stage the other way.

It's a fun challenge, but you it does feel like you die randomly sometimes if the middle is built up to high, especially in the third stage.

Submitted(+1)

Nice mash-up of Tetris, Puyo Puyo and 2048.

That rotation mechanics blew my mind at first, but since it is so hard to properly plan all the movement I didn't use it ever again, playing it as just a simplified Puyo Puyo.

Good job, tovarisch.

Submitted(+1)

I love idea of  Kytyusha soundtrack

Submitted(+1)

amazing game! love it!

Submitted(+1)

Amazing idea and execution! The rotation mechanics was a bit confusing at first, but the whole game is a lot of fun.

And 8-bit Katyusha playing in the background is the icing on the cake! ☭