Show HN: Angularis – like Tetris, but based on triangles (angularis.mondaybits.com)

My brain really wants/expects 45 degree rotation. Not saying you should add that though, it might make the game too easy.

edit: and playing some more I see 45 degrees wouldn't even really work.

Oh man, this hurts my brain! I still haven't managed to clear a row, but I'm trying!

Just a small quality of life request: could you add a little more delay when the block touches the bottom? I feel like when I try to fast drop the block it finishes dropping a little too quickly and I can't slot it into place easily without gently tapping the down arrow to adjust the speed.

Fun, but definitely hard! Love that fact it has touch friendly controls, of note though, I needed to two finger tap to rotate which wasn't clear to me from the help text!

Cool game! Super simple and I like the added challenge.

Feels a bit too hard, I've only managed to clear one line. Building straight lines out of triangles seems hard, there are so many overhang pieces. Not saying it needs to be easier but I might need some help to get started.

Uff.. I'm struggling over here. This feels like knots in my brain. Fun!

Because it's so different, and takes some time to get used to the different ways that you can move pieces and slot them together, I think that it would be helpful if there were a practice mode that disabled the auto-falling, to remove the time pressure element.

Couldnt clear one row but am loving it!!

In my browser (Firefox on macOS), the buttons to the left of the game (pause, music, etc) don't work when I click on them directly--it just makes pieces rotate. It seems that I have to click just to their left in order to use them.

Like the idea. Can’t get even one row to complete after playing for far too long.

Nice concept but there’s a few areas this can be refined to keep the difficulty the same while making the game much more charitable to players.

1. Given you have triangular blocks and diagonal movements, the board should probably be angled too instead of rectangular. Maybe experiment with having a tapered bottom to the screen.

2. In Tetris ever piece can connect with every other piece to form a new block. This isn’t true here. You have some blocks that are squares (orientated with a flat bottom). Some that are squares by diamond orientated (ie rotates 45 degrees). Some that are entirely diagonal. This means that a lot of the pieces do not work together. You’re also effectively creating 8 different orientations to match rather than 4 while still only allowing shapes to rotate in 4 different orientations. So you need to spend a lot more time deciding upon what pieces are available. I don’t think having more pieces is the solution here either because you just reduce the likelihood of a piece you need from dropping.

The controls work surprisingly well on mobile though the drop button is a little too Easy to accidentally hit. But that’s nit picking because it’s a pretty decent experience otherwise.

It would be cool if you rendered the (triangular) grid, and showed a drop preview. In its current state, I never have enough confidence to hard drop.

controls unintuitive

Very cool, very hard. In fact I'm wondering if the shapes (when randomly chosen?) don't make it impossible for the player to keep the game going indefinitely (as you clearly can in Tetris). I wish I had the proof chops to examine this claim.

(I only managed to clear one row.)

Fantastic! You should be very proud.

Took a while to get used to it, but I was very satisfied to clear a few lines.

I was curious what effect it would have to change or add to the concept of "row" to be not horizontal, but instead a "strip of contiguous triangles from the bottom to one of the sides." I might also try instead of a flat bottom, one shaped like an inverted triangle.

Very fun, but could use some polish. Controls need improvement. A single key for rotating would work better (arrow up is the most intuitive and indeed I keep hitting it and accidentally "storing" a piece for later, which is a great concept but should be bound to a different key since the arrow keys convey movement). Should show instructions in the same page as the actual game. In fact, the home page should be the game, with the other stuff tucked away (see e.g. the Wordle page for one potential UI/UX approach). Graphics could use some polish, typography / CSS too

I guess I’m not a shape rotator after all.

good company!

https://www.hextris.com/

I love it and hate it at the same time, I couldn't clear a single line :) Those green blocks are evil.

I like your sound design choices to use drum machine samples.

I played it a little bit and I felt like murdering someone ;) Simple reason. I am very decent Tetris player as to me it is a form of meditation. And hot key to rotate that shape is hardwired by now. So to me this has completely spoiled what could be a decent game.

Fun game. Cleared two lines! Green blocks are evil indeed.

An annoying thing is that the apparent buttons on the left don't work since a mouse click rotates the block instead. I needed to mute the browser tab because I couldn't click on the sound button.

Nice idea! Only two annoyances are the vertical scroll that up-down keys mess with and that the up key doesn't the thing like it does on normal tetris.

Nice, looking forward to the NYT acquisition.

Surely "Tritris," by analogy with "Tetris."