Tag: tetris

• 05 Feb 2011 — Finishing Tetris

  I finished my version of Tetris, and it's now available for you to try on your PC. I set a goal of finishing the game before Super Bowl XLV, and there turned out to be a lot to.

• 29 Dec 2010 — Almost Finished with Tetris

  My implementation of Tetris is nearly finished! It plays pretty decently, which is the measure of any game. There's no sound right now, but there's a help screen and a modest splash screen. My goal is to release it…

• 08 Apr 2010 — Tetris Update

  I've been on a roll with my Tetris development the past few days. Of late, I've implemented "pause" and "fast fall" (or "fast drop"). I've also added the ability to build a "mound". While working on the code to make the…

• 09 Feb 2009 — Tetris Game Shaping Up

  Tonight, I reached a good point with my coding of Tetris: I managed to get falling pieces that I could move horizontally. Some big things are missing: boundary detection, the creation of the "mound" (the pieces that…

• 01 Feb 2009 — An Approach for Tetris Shapes in C++

  I've been noodling with a Win32 version of Tetris , the ubiquitous "shape placing" game. I'm working in C++ using the Simple Directmedia Layer for my graphics. One of the interesting things in working out the game is…