Die Block by patricklorio
Mechanics & Background:
You are the villan and have the ability to malform the world. Every level has at least one moving block. This block with go in one direction till it hits an obstacle taller than it, in which case it changes direction. You are trying to lead the blocks to their death in a block of opposing color (red <> blue).
Controls:
Shift + Mouse Down: pickup grey blocks
Mouse Down: put down grey blocks
Page Refresh: reload level
Notice:
You can only remove blocks if there is not a removable block above. You can only add blocks if there is a non moving block bellow.
Hope you enjoy.
P.S. You can click the screen to skip the title.
If you get stuck, here is a gameplay video with the solutions. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJ5Iw2uHfBk.
You are the villan and have the ability to malform the world. Every level has at least one moving block. This block with go in one direction till it hits an obstacle taller than it, in which case it changes direction. You are trying to lead the blocks to their death in a block of opposing color (red <> blue).
Controls:
Shift + Mouse Down: pickup grey blocks
Mouse Down: put down grey blocks
Page Refresh: reload level
Notice:
You can only remove blocks if there is not a removable block above. You can only add blocks if there is a non moving block bellow.
Hope you enjoy.
P.S. You can click the screen to skip the title.
If you get stuck, here is a gameplay video with the solutions. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJ5Iw2uHfBk.
Ratings
| Coolness | 51% | 3 |
| Overall | 3.22 | 242 |
| Audio | 2.20 | 430 |
| Fun | 3.06 | 266 |
| Graphics | 2.41 | 558 |
| Humor | 2.17 | 490 |
| Innovation | 3.56 | 101 |
| Mood | 2.65 | 435 |
| Theme | 1.84 | 742 |
Game starts with the blue box bouncing around in its space on the left and I can't interact with any thing.
Tried clicking on dark gray, light gray, blue and red blocks with and without shift held. Nothing
Tried dragging the blocks with and without shift held. Nothing. :/
My only nit-picks are that it could have done with more audio and that any level where you can fail within the first few seconds without action is rather unfair.
And that it doesn't have much to do with the theme - but who cares! Great little puzzle game.
1. does not work in FF for me, shift+click does nothing (used chrome instead)
2. mouseup is sometimes not detected, which gets very annoying
3. why the heck do I loose, if two moving blocks of different colors meet?
4. at least tell the player the boxes represent opposing factions that are going to kill each other, imagination will do the rest
5. show the player, how many blocks he has picked up (e.g a little number in corner)
6. solve the case of placing a block, where a moving one is, currently it just hides the moving one, which can lead to exploits (wanted? - say so ingame)
The mechanics is really fun and levels are entertaining (when it ends the first reactions is: MORE !).
Maybe the interpretation of the theme is too subtle.
Also, it only works correctly on chrome.