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by DarkAuron » Mon 14 Aug, 2006 4:22 am
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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by Andy_J » Mon 14 Aug, 2006 4:38 am
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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by threefingeredguy » Mon 14 Aug, 2006 5:32 am
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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by tr1p1ea » Mon 14 Aug, 2006 6:11 am
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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by kv83 » Mon 14 Aug, 2006 8:55 am
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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by chickendude » Mon 14 Aug, 2006 11:39 am
And, rather than colors, use shapes?
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by threefingeredguy » Mon 14 Aug, 2006 1:57 pm
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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by chickendude » Mon 14 Aug, 2006 2:55 pm
Oh, that's a better idea. Damnit. I'm always mediocrely innovative.
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by anykey » Mon 14 Aug, 2006 10:49 pm
how about instead of shapes you use abstract concepts that have secret meanings...?
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by kalan_vod » Mon 14 Aug, 2006 11:12 pm
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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by CompWiz » Tue 15 Aug, 2006 12:17 am
Well, it would look nice, but would it really add to the game? ztris is pretty good.
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by kalan_vod » Tue 15 Aug, 2006 1:38 am
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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by anykey » Tue 15 Aug, 2006 2:42 am
sans colors...
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by kalan_vod » Tue 15 Aug, 2006 2:50 am
anykey wrote: sans colors...
Is grey a color? yes, so is black white etc..