Ok I played it a few rounds more and managed to guess the word.
A few problems:
-Too much work for too little reward
-the new shapes just don't work
Apart from that I concede you do actually have the makings of a puzzle game, however it IS tetris to play, even if you're dropping blocks for a different reason. It's not as good as tetris either. I'm not slagging the game off, it's my opinion of it.
If I were you I would experiment with alternative ways of revealing stuff. I would also not have two windows, one on the left and one on the right. I'd change the way the game works to display it on one column. I'd also consider using chain reactions and some kind of explosive letter element, for example Letter Smart Bombs, once triggered, reveal all instances of that letter.
Something like hangman, with explosives and connect 4.
A few problems:
-Too much work for too little reward
-the new shapes just don't work
Apart from that I concede you do actually have the makings of a puzzle game, however it IS tetris to play, even if you're dropping blocks for a different reason. It's not as good as tetris either. I'm not slagging the game off, it's my opinion of it.
If I were you I would experiment with alternative ways of revealing stuff. I would also not have two windows, one on the left and one on the right. I'd change the way the game works to display it on one column. I'd also consider using chain reactions and some kind of explosive letter element, for example Letter Smart Bombs, once triggered, reveal all instances of that letter.
Something like hangman, with explosives and connect 4.