Really nice touch on the incompatible genres thing. I couldn't figure out how to steer at first, so I was just placing pieces in the same spot. Needless to say, I lost that round. lol.
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Highway Tetris 64's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| How well did the game follow the theme/constraint | #6 | 3.917 | 3.917 |
| Overall uniqueness of the game concept | #10 | 3.333 | 3.333 |
| How well did game visuals follow the N64 style | #12 | 3.417 | 3.417 |
| Quality and fit of sounds and sound effects to the game | #12 | 3.083 | 3.083 |
| Overall | #12 | 3.194 | 3.194 |
| Cohesiveness of game elements | #14 | 2.750 | 2.750 |
| Unexpected or surprising elements in the game | #14 | 2.667 | 2.667 |
Ranked from 12 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Definitely a unique take on tetris! N64 graphic style was very present as well. I like the idea and after you get the hang of it, it becomes more fun. There were a few times where I would have expected the long straight piece to go in the open slot, but it was stopped at the top of the slot instead, but overall, a fun and unique game.
Though the game is pretty much standard tetris, I enjoyed the odd, surreal graphics and presentation. I gave this game five stars on how well it follows the “incompatible genres” constraint. I think that’s both its greatest strength and its greatest weakness.
It’s a strength in that it shows what’s possible when you combine a falling block puzzle game with a first person racing perspective. But it also highlights the issues that occur when you take a 2D game and replace height with depth. It makes the game much more frustrating to play, because judging depth on a 2D screen is very difficult. I would often misjudge where to put pieces because what I thought was a 1-block deep hole turned out to be 2 or 3 blocks deep.
I’m not saying this to be harsh, in fact I’m glad I played your game. It made me more aware of how important depth perception is, and I will incorporate this experience in any future 3D games I develop.
There were also plenty of physics mishaps, but they’re forgivable considering this was a game jam game.
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Boxing JamI was thinking the same thing once I get the main gameplay loop together! It's often tough to determine how deep the 'holes' are until you get close to the point where you may be unable to recover. I considered either darkening the block colors the deeper they were located or adding a specific texture to the topmost layer of blocks, but ended up not having enough time.
My initial idea for the jam had much more to do with driving, having traffic and various tracks, more interesting car handling, and it would be a race to get to X number of rows cleared before an opponent. Ended up with basic tetris with a change in perspective.
Thanks for the feedback!
Nice concept! I liked the detail of adding instruments to the music as time goes on.
But the collisions are a bit buggy: sometimes, the pieces would get stuck on the walls or other pieces, and others, the pieces are placed in the incorrect position.
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Fireplace WarriorsVery cool concept! It took me a while to get used to it but it's hard to beat Tetris for gameplay.
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Go! Go! Hamster Chef!Can be played in the browser here: https://erikmillergalow.itch.io/highway-tetris
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