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Awesome! I played it for a bit and am eager to see what you do with it in the future.

toxa wrote:

bbbbbr wrote:

Standard Head-to-Tail works, so do things like tail-to-tail/head-to-head.

Very nice! I wonder, what's about rings?

Certainly, of any size

toxa wrote:

it might be fun to see the gallery of the most weird pets you have "built" at the end.

That's a fun idea.

toxa wrote:

shouldn't blocks move down somehow, as in tetris? for example, if, after disposing a pet, a complete empty row appears?

I had originally planned for blocks to fall once no longer supported from below, and may still. However, I also realized it could leave many pet blocks inaccessible/less accessible after they shifted down, which could be frustrating in gameplay. On the other hand, allowing blocks to fall could allow for combos if done right (like in Dr. Mario). It's gonna require more thought.

It's been a little while so here's an update. The game is getting fairly close to a released state. There are a couple more things I'd like to tinker with and some extras I'd like to try out, but it's feeling much more complete. I think most of the glitches are fixed too.

You can play it on itch.io, or download the ROM from that page or the github page:
https://bbbbbr.itch.io/petris
https://github.com/bbbbbr/Petris


Here are some of the updates...

There are now four modes which encourage different styles of gameplay:
* Long Pet
* Tail Cleanup
* Level Up
* Marathon

Added five difficulty levels: Easy / Normal / Hard / Expert / Beast

There are three sound track options (courtesy of GB Studio community assets)

A couple high-contrast options for the pet tiles when playing on hardware that hasn't had a backlight mod. (These still need a little tuning to improve the contrast between blue and green I think)

Last edited by bbbbbr (2020-07-19 19:46:11)

Getting closer to finished with Petris

Here are some of the latest changes:

* Added a game play mode: Crunch-up (board shifts up and new pieces appear on bottom every N seconds)

* 2 Player versus over serial link cable (any game mode, synchronized pieces, send crunch-ups to opponent by completing long pets and level-ups)

* Different scenery color schemes every 5 levels and color palette-to-palette fades

* Cartridge sticker art (initial version)











Source:
https://github.com/bbbbbr/Petris

ROM:
https://github.com/bbbbbr/Petris/raw/re … Petris.gbc

Itch.io online version:
https://bbbbbr.itch.io/petris

Loving this, reminds me games like Baku Baku Animal and Wild Snake.
Looking forward to seeing the final version.

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