Shinobi Blocks

Stack falling blocks by leaping between them all nimbly-bimbly

Move the falling blocks by jumping off of them. Wall jump off of their sides to move them away from you horizontally, jump from the top to send them plummeting. Make complete rows across the bottom to clear space for more blocks.

Just enabled high scores!

Updated on Itch.io (jam version is still available): Added grappling hook to pull blocks, press shift to fire
Smaller play area
Row count visible after game over
Player can be crushed

Voting results

Overall
10th
20%
6.923
Graphics
26th
54%
4.846
Gameplay
10th
20%
6.917
Originality
3rd
4%
8.692
Theme
10th
20%
8.000

This game entered in the Solo competition (46 entries).

Comments (11)

Orionintheforest
 • 5 years ago • 

@dwemthy Alright, first of all I absolutely love the consept of this. It's like a creative mix of Ninja Giaden and Tetris. The execution of this Idea i like alot, and had me playing it more than what I thought i would. I wish the player would'nt move in a grid, but that just my personal preference. Overall this is great.

Nanukk Luik
(@NanukkLuik) • 5 years ago • 

Fantastic. The movement controls the difficulty of the game, which I love. Unfortunitely for me I'm the worst at tetris styled games. Your game is nothing short of a great idea and a way to improve on classics.

Kleinzach
 • 5 years ago • 

This is excellent! The graphics weren't really my favorite, but everything else is great! I'm always a sucker for indirect control schemes, and this is one of the coolest I have seen in a while.

Rardo
 • 5 years ago • 

I like itm it is a real challenge to be as proficient as you can be in tetris.
I did manage to corner myself a couple of times tho.

emperor
 • 5 years ago • 

I like the concept of the game and its simplicity. It makes fun to play although in my opinion it is kinda too hard in the beginning. The movement feels good. There is a strange graphics change when you slide down the wall. And you can actually get stuck when a block is falling on you and you stand at the edge of that field.
But overall a nice idea.

DrSkort
 • 5 years ago • 

Really good game idea! The gameplay was good and the controls were really smooth. I found one bug: If you stay under a corner block it locks you and you can't move. Also sometimes my jumps against the blocks didn't work. But it's a really great concept and you executed it properly.

Prabh
 • 5 years ago • 

perfect mashup of tetris and ninja. The physics are really nice.

DayPixelGamer
 • 5 years ago • 

very original

Thrainsa
 • 5 years ago • 

Damned I had pretty good start with 4 rows but the game crash with this error:

SCRIPT ERROR: _fixed_process: Invalid get index 'global_position' (on base: 'null instance').
          At: res://FSM/PullState.gdc:30
ERROR: Node not found: Loop
   At: scene\main\node.cpp:1524
dwemthy
  • 5 years ago • 

@Thrainsa Sorry you got a crash, trying to fix a lot of bugs, going to update the build after the tournament. Think that's one I've managed to wrangle.

toasty
 • 5 years ago • 

I've been playing this for the tournament and it's quite challenging but a lot of fun! I think with a bit of polish and fine-tuning it could be a pretty successful release. Maybe the gameplay would benefit from being sped up slightly, and from the blocks being slightly more sensitive to where and when you push them. Obviously it could also benefit from SFX & music too. But overall this is a great jam game, and the concept is brilliant - nice idea! :)

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