Dog Science by pockyonastick

You're a dog who's gone off to college to become a Dog Scientist. In order to get your PhD, you'll need to cram your brain full of mathscience, however, don't forget how to live!
Use A and S to move blocks left and right, D to move blocks down, and W to rotate blocks.
This game is like tetris, but don't clear too many rows or overfill your columns.
Best played on the latest version of Chrome.
| HTML5 (web) | https://cixzhang.github.io/ld42/ |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/42/dog-science |
Ratings
| Overall | 950th | 3.053⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 1026th | 2.75⭐ | 20🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 719th | 3.056⭐ | 20🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 841th | 3.194⭐ | 20🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 416th | 3.694⭐ | 20🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 248th | 3.306⭐ | 20🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 777th | 2.917⭐ | 20🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 22🗳️ | 2🗨️ |
Well done!
There are some inconsistencies in gameplay, like single tile blocks not being movable, 'gravity' of collapsing blocks being unclear at times and the timer running independently of whether you accelerate your current block down or let it fall with regular speed, but that's just polish.
Very adorable game, well done. :heart:
There were also a few minor bugs, like not being able to move the single dialogue square, and the disconnected blocks behaving weirdly when they fell (looks like @psychead already mentioned these above). It didn't take away from the experience that much but it did make the game feel less polished. Also in terms of polish, it would have been great to have some sound effects.
I loved the graphics and the events/story!
So, perhaps it's me just not getting it, but I suppose a little bit more clarity about how the overall game actually works would get me more engaged as well. I couldn't quite figure out how to place things to extend my game.
I wouldn't mind being able to insta-drop the single blocks (unless I could and just didn't know what to do). And I wasn't really sure why the single blocks were completely unmovable in any direction, left to fall on their own.
Overall, great stuff, and I would play this again with some tweaks. :) Have a great LD!