Rolling Shapes

About

"Rolling Shapes" is a physics-based puzzle game where you play as aRoller, tasked with restoring life to a ruined Earth by manipulating geometric shapes. As you progress through diverse levels, your shape can be altered in transformation modules, and the difficulty ramps up exponentially, demanding both mental agility and nimble fingers. The game boasts easy-to-handle gameplay, attractive graphics, and a variety of challenging scenarios to keep you engaged.

Genres & Tags

Indie

Play Modes

Single-Player Play through the game's story or campaign solo

38%

Audience ScoreBased on 21 reviews

gameplay3 negative mentions

The game features an interesting concept with varied and engaging puzzle designs.
Some players found moments of joy and relaxation while playing, appreciating the music and simple mechanics.
A few levels provide a satisfying challenge, showcasing potential for fun gameplay.

The game is plagued by numerous bugs and technical issues, including low framerates and crashes.
It lacks modern features such as customizable controls, proper resolution support, and a functional audio control system.
Many players reported a frustrating experience due to poor level design and unresponsive menus, leading to a lack of engagement.

gameplay
6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
33%
17%
50%
The gameplay is criticized for its inconsistency, ranging from simple to complex tasks, and is marred by bugs in the initial stages, leading to a lack of trust in the overall experience. Players feel that the game fails to build on newly introduced mechanics, instead opting to rapidly introduce different ones, which hampers engagement and innovation.
- “The gameplay varies from pretty simple to quite complex tasks.”
- “On the other hand, the game never lets you get into a new mechanic you've learned by providing a few more levels like it; instead, it prefers to throw a different mechanic at you quickly.”
- “If your game's first half hour of gameplay is riddled with bugs, what reason do the players have to believe that the rest of it isn't?”
- “If your game's first half hour is not at all innovative or original, where is the 'innovative and original gameplay' that developers like you implicitly promise us?”
- “The game never lets you get into a new mechanic you've learned by providing a few more levels like it; instead, it prefers to throw a different mechanic at you quickly.”
stability
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game's stability is heavily criticized, with users reporting numerous bugs, frequent freezes, and a low framerate that hampers gameplay. Many players experienced significant interruptions, often having to replay levels due to these issues, leading to an overall unpolished experience. A call for patches to address these problems is common among reviewers, indicating a strong desire for improvements.
- “But it's also very unpolished and buggy.”
- “This game is fairly short - it took me about 2 hours to get past 60%, however most of the time was spent fighting bugs and replaying the same levels due to freezes.”
- “Furthermore, the levels involving the cube are extremely buggy (you can often clip through walls or get stuck in mid-air), and the 40fps framerate makes the cube move too slowly.”
story
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
50%
75%
The story presents a common theme of perseverance and unexpected life challenges, emphasizing that giving up can prevent personal growth. While the game includes an introductory video that sets up a narrative about saving the world as a member of a "special" race, the overall execution is considered lackluster, with a gameplay rating of 4/10.
- “Moral of the story: you never know what life has in store for you, and if I had given up when all odds were against me, I wouldn't be where I am today.”
- “Since the story is quite common as well, there is no spoiling in telling you that being one of the 'special' races, your task is to save the world.”
- “The story is quite common as well, so there is no spoiling in telling you that being one of the 'special' races, your task is to save the world.”
- “Strangely enough, this puzzle game actually has a story that you get introduced to when starting the game by an intro video.”
- “[b] Gameplay & story: 4/10 [/b]”
graphics
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
25%
75%
The graphics of the game receive mixed reviews, with some users criticizing low resolution and a lack of polish, while others praise the realistic physics and overall visual appeal. The interface also suffers from limitations, such as poor resolution settings and inconsistent art quality. Overall, the graphics seem to be a significant point of contention among players.
- “Highly polished game, the physics are realistic with a satisfying 'feel', addictive challenge, cool graphics and sound.”
- “The video itself, however, is pretty bad, with low-resolution graphics and an insanely poor voiceover.”
- “Graphic & interface: 3/10.”
- “Add to that a general lack of polish, such as changing the resolution always setting it immediately with no way to adjust sound effects and background music volume separately, mixed quality of art style, and getting stuck tumbling down the stairs because the game is using a general physics engine for what is essentially constrained movement, and my feelings about this game are mixed.”
music
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The music in the game is described as somewhat calming and adequate, providing a relaxing experience for players, though it may not stand out as exceptional.
- “I relaxed for 5 minutes listening to this music, long enough to realize that I would be okay.”
- “The audio and music were somewhat okay in this game.”
replayability
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game currently suffers from significant bugs and crashes, leading users to report almost no replayability until these issues are addressed.
- “This game offers almost no replayability as long as the bugs and game crashes are not fixed.”