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Show HN: Invertris (made by a friend of mine)

41 points by ltamake 15y ago

angrycoder 15y ago
You should tell your friend to remove any mention of tetris from the game description. The Tetris Holding Company is very aggressive with this kind of stuff.
pud 15y ago
This is brilliant. I guess it would be almost impossible to complete an entire row. It would be cool if you got points for going "deeper" into the other side's area.
Mizza 15y ago
This is a really cool concept! Seems frustrating though.
GavinB 15y ago
This is extremely clever. Well done! Your friend needs to explain what the goal of this game is up front! As soon as I saw the video I got the mechanic immediately--but had no idea what sort of scoring system was involved. Normal tetris scoring doesn't seem to apply, because you can't clear lines. It looks to me like this is a co-op game, which was not immediately clear. If I'm correct, you want to last as many bricks/as long a time as possible. You need to state very clearly that it's co-op and the goal is to stay alive for as many blocks as possible.
- dmoney 15y ago
  I disagree. Curiosity about how the game is played made the video more interesting than if he just explained the rules up front.
- feral 15y ago
  >You need to state very clearly that it's co-op and the goal is to stay alive for as many blocks as possible. I'm pretty sure its non-cooperative. If you look at 1:00, you see an instance where one player is told 'you lose' and the other 'you win'; so it seems to be zero sum. The object seems to be that the player controlling the white blocks must prevent the white blocks reaching their side of the screen; and vicea-versa. I find it hard to think through the strategic implications, without an android handset to play on, but it seems pretty elegant - you'd want to fill in enemy space where it is least likely to help your enemy. So, if your enemy had almost reached the top of their screen, with one 'tower', you'd put blocks anywhere but into that tower. But that 'tower' is a large volume of empty space for you, crying out for you to put your tetrominoes into. Game looks like its got some pretty interesting tensions.
sumukh1 15y ago
That's really cool. A unique twist on the concept, kind of like a battle. Anything similar for iOS?
NeekGerd 15y ago
It's a really clever concept... and simple too. Though, it's hard to figure out what the goal is, if it's coop or battle or other? It's really interesting to see what people are doing with it. Congrats anyway, impressive concept, love it. Buy me an Android phone, and I'll buy the game.
redthrowaway 15y ago
This looks incredibly cool. I love these "new take on an old concept" games that actually introduce a new gameplay dynamic, rather than simply reskinning. Pass on my congratulations to your friend.
Raphael 15y ago
What is the object of the game?
tled 15y ago
Brilliant! You should do an iOS version and sell it.
trusko 15y ago
Very nice. Good idea. Good luck, try to sell it.
smoyer 15y ago
Wow ... that's the best way I've seen of making Tetris truly multi-player. It's not just competing against each other but actually requires changing strategies. Bonus points for the fact that the board is almost Escher-esque (http://www.mcescher.com/Gallery/switz-bmp/LW306.jpg http://www.mcescher.com/Gallery/switz-bmp/LW306.jpg)

41 points by ltamake 15y ago

You should tell your friend to remove any mention of tetris from the game description. The Tetris Holding Company is very aggressive with this kind of stuff.

pud 15y ago

This is brilliant. I guess it would be almost impossible to complete an entire row. It would be cool if you got points for going "deeper" into the other side's area.

Mizza 15y ago

This is a really cool concept! Seems frustrating though.

GavinB 15y ago

This is extremely clever. Well done! Your friend needs to explain what the goal of this game is up front! As soon as I saw the video I got the mechanic immediately--but had no idea what sort of scoring system was involved. Normal tetris scoring doesn't seem to apply, because you can't clear lines. It looks to me like this is a co-op game, which was not immediately clear. If I'm correct, you want to last as many bricks/as long a time as possible. You need to state very clearly that it's co-op and the goal is to stay alive for as many blocks as possible.

dmoney 15y ago
I disagree. Curiosity about how the game is played made the video more interesting than if he just explained the rules up front.
feral 15y ago
>You need to state very clearly that it's co-op and the goal is to stay alive for as many blocks as possible. I'm pretty sure its non-cooperative. If you look at 1:00, you see an instance where one player is told 'you lose' and the other 'you win'; so it seems to be zero sum. The object seems to be that the player controlling the white blocks must prevent the white blocks reaching their side of the screen; and vicea-versa. I find it hard to think through the strategic implications, without an android handset to play on, but it seems pretty elegant - you'd want to fill in enemy space where it is least likely to help your enemy. So, if your enemy had almost reached the top of their screen, with one 'tower', you'd put blocks anywhere but into that tower. But that 'tower' is a large volume of empty space for you, crying out for you to put your tetrominoes into. Game looks like its got some pretty interesting tensions.

sumukh1 15y ago

That's really cool. A unique twist on the concept, kind of like a battle. Anything similar for iOS?

NeekGerd 15y ago

It's a really clever concept... and simple too. Though, it's hard to figure out what the goal is, if it's coop or battle or other? It's really interesting to see what people are doing with it. Congrats anyway, impressive concept, love it. Buy me an Android phone, and I'll buy the game.

redthrowaway 15y ago

This looks incredibly cool. I love these "new take on an old concept" games that actually introduce a new gameplay dynamic, rather than simply reskinning. Pass on my congratulations to your friend.

Raphael 15y ago

What is the object of the game?

tled 15y ago

Brilliant! You should do an iOS version and sell it.

trusko 15y ago

Very nice. Good idea. Good luck, try to sell it.

smoyer 15y ago

Wow ... that's the best way I've seen of making Tetris truly multi-player. It's not just competing against each other but actually requires changing strategies. Bonus points for the fact that the board is almost Escher-esque (http://www.mcescher.com/Gallery/switz-bmp/LW306.jpg http://www.mcescher.com/Gallery/switz-bmp/LW306.jpg)