A Piece of Me by AGausmann

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made by AGausmann for LD33 (JAM)
The theme this time around is "You Are the Monster." Instead of thinking about the traditional monsters that we as humans perceive as "scary," I instead defined the word as "deformed."

The backstory is this: A Tetris game glitches, and a pentomino spawns. He proceeds to make a 5-line combo (hint for first level newbs) and enters the computer's memory. He then invents the game of Pentrix by corrupting the Tetris code.

The tools I used (besides Scratch) are GIMP and Ableton Live.
Background music is adapted from a manuscript found here: http://www.gamemusicthemes.com/sheetmusic/gameboy/tetris/
Everything else was made from absolute scratch with some reference from Wikipedia.

Feedback

NickMakesGames
24. Aug 2015 · 02:38 UTC
I found the movement in this game to be a bit stiff, especially with the transformations. I understand why everything needed to be constricted to a grid, but this execution often feels a bit unwieldy, especially when transforming. It would be handy if a little semi-transparent overlay would pop up when you attempt an invalid transformation that shows you *why* it's invalid.
Also, I really like that you flipped the beveled edges on the pentonimo relative to the tetronimoes. It helped to make the pentonimo feel even more alien and foreign to this world. It was also useful for gameplay purposes, as it makes it easier to tell the pentonimo apart when it's pressed up against tetronimoes of the same color.
Daniel X. Moore
24. Aug 2015 · 04:20 UTC
Neat idea but the controls are brutal! It was really hard to move around.
DR_Humbus
24. Aug 2015 · 04:22 UTC
Really great and charming!
Though the movement was a bit slow and stiff, but otherwise it was great C;
pixzleone
24. Aug 2015 · 13:23 UTC
Cool game, and neat idea! Great effort!
(Also impressive using Scratch)
Lancelot Gao
26. Aug 2015 · 01:34 UTC
good idea!