Tetrawall
A mashup of Tetris and Arkanoid with a hint of tower defense, completed in one week for OLC CodeJam 2019.
(Solo project)
Following the success of a previous game jam, I decided to try again. This time I chose the OneLoneCoder’s game jam, as I was a subscriber of his YouTube channel. The theme “Destruction” was rather general and I wanted additional creative constraints. Around that time I discovered virtual consoles and decided to use TIC-80 as my platform for the jam.
Gameplay
The biggest challenge was coming up with an idea that fit the theme yet was simple enough to implement in one week on an unfamiliar platform and programming language. Arkanoid was certainly destructive enough, but I wanted something fresh. When I flipped Arkanoid’s mechanic (building bricks instead of controlling the ball), the classic Tetris shapes came to mind almost immediately.
