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Calabouço Tétrico (Portuguese)
Calabouço Tétrico (Portuguese)
O Calabouço Tétrico é o primeiro jogo desenvolvido pela Loodo. Uma versão um tanto quanto controversa do tradicional Tetris, desenvolvida no decorrer desta semana que dedicamos ao assunto. Veja aqui todo o processo de desenvolvimento, as inspirações, os arquivos e, é claro, jogue! ...
ATOF Tetris variant comes true
ATOF Tetris variant comes true
raphkoster.com — Those of you who have read Theory of Fun for Game Design may recall this passage: Let’s... picture a game wherein there is a gas chamber shaped like a well. You the player are dropping innocent Jews down into the gas chamber, and they come in ... (more) ATOF Tetris variant comes true
Alexey Pajitnov is Better then Miyamoto
Alexey Pajitnov is Better then Miyamoto
kombo.com — I can bet my car that most of you who are reading this do not know who... Pajitnov is. I don't blame you either, because I just recently found out simply because I'm as curious as your neighborhood cat. He, like Miyamoto, created a very, very good game, ... (more) Alexey Pajitnov is Better then Miyamoto
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ATOF Tetris variant comes true
Raph's Website — ... We don’t need to wonder anymore. A comment in the last thread by the felicitously named Raphael Aleixo (my brother’s name is Alex!) tells us that the Brazilian game design club Loodo has made it, with a slight tweak to the theme: I give you Calabouço Tétrico. Read on for my thoughts! ...

Executioner Tetris
Water Cooler Games — ... , a Brazilian team, inspired by the idea from the book has realized the game as Calabouço Tétrico . The result features a "generic" executioner rather than the image of a concentration camp, but the result is effectively disturbing, as it is intended to be. It might be the sound design that accomplishes much of that effect, but the entire result is worth seeing, not for enjoyment but as a way to understand better the way basic game mechanics can be altered by means of the contexts of their presentation. POST A COMMENT

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