TETRA's Escape Reviews

It was an amazing experience for me. I would like to see more similar games from the author. The game is extremely underrated in the puzzle genre!

I love this game. It's super cute, small, and it's lovely. My only gripe is how the trophies unlock after collecting 3 stars. It's not required, but getting three stars to only then learn that you blocked the trophy was sometimes frustrating. On occasion, it would lead to a more creative solution, but sometimes it felt boring. Overall, very cute game. Solid 9.5/10

This is a nice rellaxed Puzzle game that doesnt rush you to finish it. Plus it reminds me a whole lot of Tetris.

Cool puzzle platformer. The bottom line is that the TETRA’s have to get to the portal to complete the level. To do this, we need to make a path from the figures, similar to the figures from the game Tetris, and use the abilities.

This puzzle platformer is amazing! There is a very helpful guide some saint posted on here. You will probably need it to get all the collectibles. You can actually 100% the game (as far as Steam achievements are concerned) after level 7.7, but will have to make it through 8.8 to finish in-game achievements. Highly recommended!

[b]tetra's escape[/b] starts with a vortex swallowing all the tetras, colored cubes just minding their business, and your task is to save all of them. at its core it's a platformer. each level has a bunch of tetras and most of them can turn into various tetrominos (shapes you know from tetris), and if at least one of them reaches the exit, you're good. there are 3 stars to collect on each level, and it doubles as a 3-star rating system that's used to unlock further level packs, and grabbing all of them on a level reveals an optional trophy to get. the trophy's location is fixed, but only revealed when it might be too late, as it's possible to cover it with blocks prematurely or make it unreachable. [b]there's no undo[/b], which puts a damper on experimentation, you'll be restarting levels a lot, but most of them aren't too difficult or long, and once you know where the trophy is, you can adjust your solution if necessary. there are 64 levels in 8 packs, one level unlocked at a time, and a certain number of stars and every level completed in the current set are needed to unlock the next level pack. [b]no timer or anything[/b], but getting the trophies is not that easy, nor all 3 stars in some cases. I was expecting to breeze through it in a couple hours, but it took more than that, and towards the end with shifting gravity and perspective I had an even harder time. [b]controls are okay[/b] and displayed both for gamepad and keyboard, as every game should, but they aren't rebindable. mouse also works to some extent. level selection is a bit cumbersome, gotta move the mouse to the edge or use the keyboard, but if you move the mouse around, keys stop working to select a level. tab switches between tetras, or you can select them with the mouse, sometimes more convenient and faster, but the number keys could've been used to make it easier. arrows or wasd to move, space to jump up a block. enter or a click on the shapes at the bottom of the screen lets you change tetras into tetris shapes right where they are, the base is marked with a dot. this area sometimes covers important parts of the level because you can't zoom or pan around freely, but it's not a huge deal most of the time. where you place tetras is important, but you can rotate shapes with tab, or mirror them with ctrl, then place them permanently with another enter or click, or hit backspace to change them back into a walking thing. and of course blocks can only be placed where there's no terrain or other tetras. new mechanics are unlocked as you play, not everything is available from the start. [b]the presentation is fine[/b], graphics are a bit basic and very colorful, and the music was too cheerful for me, but I've heard worse. windowed mode and resolutions via the unity launcher on startup, separate volume sliders and in-game achievement screen, not only through the steam overlay, and a bit of broken english and typos here and there. it's a fun little game, recommended for an easy time, but also for a bit of a challenge, and it's very kid-friendly and not too expensive, should take about 5-6 hours to fully complete. a hint for the [i]early death[/i] achievement: it doesn't require you to be quick, just go against the tutorial message and kill the tetras instead of completing the level. 1-6 is a good one to get it, for example. and try 3-2 for the [i]forget something?[/i] achievement (complete a level without any stars).