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[atari2600land]

Here's a new game that's Tetris with the shapes of Trioncube (made with three blocks instead of four.)
Need help with:
+ clearing lines
+ making it game over when the blocks reach the top

Will do by myself next:
+Add title screen, music.

How do you like it so far? Should I keep it at 4k? If so, I have 1,144 bytes left.

Attached Files

•  trioncube2.bas.bin   4K   112 downloads
•  trioncube2.bas   4.19K   70 downloads

[gambler172]

Hi Chris
seems to be a little buggy,but so far......nice game.
greetings Walter

[atari2600land]

New version

new features
+Added title screen
+Game over when blocks reach the top

need help with
+clearing lines

Attached Files

•  tritris.bas.bin   8K   97 downloads
•  tritris.bas   6.35K   70 downloads

[gambler172]

Hi Chris
Much better now.
But,if you complete a line,it should disappear.
greetings Walter

[atari2600land]

gambler172, on Tue Nov 20, 2007 10:47 AM, said:

if you complete a line,it should disappear.

That's something I need help with. I tried to do it on my own, but without success.

[mos6507]

You should make it when you hold down the joystick the blocks move faster than your current "fast" speed.

[Fort Apocalypse]

atari2600land, on Tue Nov 20, 2007 10:24 PM, said:

gambler172, on Tue Nov 20, 2007 10:47 AM, said:

if you complete a line,it should disappear.

That's something I need help with. I tried to do it on my own, but without success.

Whenever the block drops to the bottom completely, start a loop to check for completed lines and whenever you find one goto another block where it clears that line, does a drawscreen (maybe flashs the line 3x), moves each block down one that is above that new empty line (working from bottom to top one line at a time). Then go back to the start of the first loop again starting at the last completed line (so you may want to store that value) working down again.

[Fort Apocalypse]

This game is awesome btw! It plays just like Tetris. Really neat! I agree with the comment about dropping the shape faster when you pull down (if that is possible).

[yuppicide]

Just found this and it's pretty cool. What would be nice is if you could press up and it'll drop the piece, rather than pressing down and waiting. I hate that "V" shaped piece and one other. I played a game that had those pieces in it before.

[atari2600land]

Was the game you played this one?
http://ds.ign.com/ob...868/868314.html

BTW, I quit working on this because i never found a way to delete a whole row once it was filled up that I could understand and impliment.

Edited by atari2600land, Wed Sep 3, 2008 2:05 PM.

[yuppicide]

I'm not an expert, but I'll see if I can understand some routine to check for rows and delete.

[atari2600land]

What if we change the focus of the game from clearing lines to filling up the whole well without a hole? I think it'd go something like this. The object is to get the score to 0. Anything above 0 at the end isn't a perfect game. The game ends once a piece ends up above the line. Controls are the same in Tetris, only there's one shape so far. The next thing to do is to add more shapes.

Attached Files

•  brix3.bas.bin   8K   94 downloads
•  brix3.bas   4.93K   44 downloads

Edited by atari2600land, Sat Oct 11, 2008 1:54 AM.

[atari2600land]

Added 4 more shapes and a title screen. After playing the first game, the second might start weird, but I know the reason why and will try to fix it.

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•  brix5a.bas.bin   8K   86 downloads
•  brix5a.bas   11.3K   46 downloads

[atari2600land]

Problem mentioned above fixed. Also, the shapes now rotate clockwise instead of counterclockwise. If you find any weird goings-on with the shapes, please tell me.

Bug - once the last row has been filled up and it's not going to be a perfect game, one more shape will drop.

Attached Files

•  brix7clockwise.bas.bin   8K   68 downloads
•  brix7clockwise.bas   11.39K   44 downloads

[gambler172]

Hi Chris
Good job,although i am not a tetris fan.
greetings Walter