Alex's Corner

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An introduction to my latest project and plans

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I love row/column-forming games like Tetris and Block Blast, since despite being so simple in concept, I find them surprisingly fun to waste time on. So, I decided to start making something on my own. So far, what I have is a basic mixture of these two games.

  • I use the basic square grid, no-gravity setting that Block Blast also uses.
  • Like Tetris, all of the blocks are currently tetronimos.
  • Like Tetris, there is an ability to store one piece at a time.
  • The piece generation is purely random. The lack of pure RNG in Block Blast frustrated me, and was actually my main motivator for making my own version.

Soon, I hope to add more game structure and special abilities in order to make this otherwise very simple game into something a bit more nuanced and fleshed out. I love the idea of introducing more long-term strategy into this type of game.