Blocks That Matter

Cute 2D puzzle platformer. Not for me, but played well.

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Everything is a tribute in Blocks That Matter, but it’s by no means derivative; on the contrary, it spins the “Minecraftris” premise to a carefully tailored experience—and level/puzzles design here make it well worth its salt as heir of the giants whose shoulders it tactilely bounces from. The floaty jump is a problem though, one that pitifully shouldn’t be hard to solve. Unnecessarily “fixed” (its arc, that is) as every other (rightfully, on the puzzle side) aspect of the game, it surely pumps some involuntary replays into many platforming levels—especially where time is an issue, like those “running from Mama” boss ones. A lack of “undos” hurts the game more, but checkpoints wouldn’t be feasible with all the material management going around; implementing rewind mechanics in the gimmick’s infancy (moreso among indies) was prohibitively out of question in 2011. A solid puzzler as is, Blocks That Matter’s biggest value is the one of an artifact. It’s built upon previous gamedev history while acknowledging the names of those who came before—a particularly important of a role for a medium that’s prone to erase its own ways as it threads on (as easily attested upon realizing many of the honoured names aren’t promptly available around anymore). @Substack: https://themagnificent7s.substack.com/p/blocks-that-matter

Always wanted to play this game as a kid because it was the first time I'd ever saw a level editor and it blew my mind. Here I am, about a decade later, finally playing it, and it sucks. Ok, well, it isn't terrible, but not good either. Pretty bland and overly punishing, with many contrived gameplay mechanics. Level editor was kinda fun, although clearly unfinished as stated by the game itself. The interface of the editor is primitive and the text has constant spelling and grammatical errors. All in all, can't help but feel disappointed that a game I've wanted to play for so long ended up being so, well, disappointing.

Kinda fun but gets annoying when you have to restart the level

Tetrobot drills deep Blocks recycle into form Creators wait, trapped