tetris

Tetris implementation in Python; I wrote this in an evening to test out Cursor.

Setup

Clone the repo, cd into it, then:

python3 -m venv ./venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip3 install -r requirements.txt

Gameplay

Start the game with python3 run.py (this will take a few seconds the first time you run it). Then:

Left arrow / right arrow to control
Up button to rotate
Down to hard drop
Space to pause
ESC to quit

Design notes

Game loop

setup
- Start pygame
- zero score
- start music
while running:
- check if game is lost (squares exceed top row); quit if so
- if no active tile:
  - perform rows check; eliminate any rows that are full and add to score
  - bump queued tile to active (draw it at top)
  - randomly get a new queued tile
- get user input:
  - move tile left or right
  - rotate
  - pause
  - hard drop
- attempt to move active tile down one square. If blocked, fill all occupied squares with boxes of same color and clear active tile.

Enhancements (once game MVP works)

Actually display next piece
Draw shadow
level progressions with speedup
Menu / multiple screens (options, high score, etc)
Sound effects
Score multipliers for clearing multiple rows