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Post by DarkAuron »

Instead of playing a regular, standard game of tetris, why not use tetris as a tool? Yeah, clearing lines is so.. great. What if you used line-clearing as a tool.. as a way to play a puzzle game that's outside the tetris game, yet still on the same screen? See below for an example.

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Post by Andy_J »

Erm, what exactly is it doing on the outside? It's going too fast for me to make out on this passive-matrix LCD (I'm using my old powerbook).
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Whenever a line goes away, it clears the stuff on either side. However, this serves no discernible purpose and makes me wonder what DarkAuron is talking about.
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Post by tr1p1ea »

Well the colours change on the outside when you clear a line ... if they match up vertically they disappear and fall down.

Its a neat little idea, would make Tetris different.
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Ah I see. That is cool.
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Post by kv83 »

Yeah, I wondered aswell, but now that you mention it, tr1p, it seems like a very intresting concept to me :)

Maybe you can explain it a little further, DA?
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Post by chickendude »

And, rather than colors, use shapes?
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Post by threefingeredguy »

chickendude wrote:And, rather than colors, use shapes?
Almost definitely. Though different patterns on the blocks would be easier than different shapes.
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Post by chickendude »

Oh, that's a better idea. Damnit. I'm always mediocrely innovative.
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Post by anykey »

how about instead of shapes you use abstract concepts that have secret meanings...?
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Post by kalan_vod »

It would be cool to see a GS tetris game, either 4 or 8 level GS (4 would be fine). That would be awesome!
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Post by CompWiz »

Well, it would look nice, but would it really add to the game? ztris is pretty good.
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Post by kalan_vod »

CompWiz wrote:Well, it would look nice, but would it really add to the game? ztris is pretty good.
It would be like the SS he posted..
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Post by anykey »

sans colors...
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Post by kalan_vod »

anykey wrote:sans colors...
Is grey a color? yes, so is black white etc..
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