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Quadra
Quadra is basically a Tetris game, but it's hardly your basic game. Quadra is different, as its main feature is blocks that will fall as far as they can when a line is cleared. If done right, you can end up with chain reactions of more than 4 lines cleared at one time. The Quadra FAQ explains how this is done, along with all of the basic principles of the game.
But Quadra isn't just great because of the gravity. Quadra has an excellently designed multiplayer gameplay, complete with familiar gaming concepts such as frags and deaths. It's easy for the beginner to pick up what is happening in a game. And the controls in Quadra make for a fast game. Unlike many other multiplayer Tetris games, Quadra has no delay between the placement of a block and the beginning of the next piece falling. This can make for a very fast paced game. The fastest Quadra players can place three blocks per second or more!
Quadra is an open source project. I have forked the project with fixes for Windows. You may download Quadra for Windows on GitHub.
But Quadra isn't just great because of the gravity. Quadra has an excellently designed multiplayer gameplay, complete with familiar gaming concepts such as frags and deaths. It's easy for the beginner to pick up what is happening in a game. And the controls in Quadra make for a fast game. Unlike many other multiplayer Tetris games, Quadra has no delay between the placement of a block and the beginning of the next piece falling. This can make for a very fast paced game. The fastest Quadra players can place three blocks per second or more!
Quadra is an open source project. I have forked the project with fixes for Windows. You may download Quadra for Windows on GitHub.
Wild version
I have written four patches for the Quadra source, one of which (audible countdown timer for sprint mode) has been merged. The other three patches are:
Together, these patches constitute what I call the "wild" version of Quadra. The source code to these patches are on the "wild" branch of my Quadra fork. The wild version is also available with the Windows release.
- Centiseconds - With as fast paced of a game that this is, it's a shame that Quadra's timer resolution was just a single second! This changes it so that time is measured in hundredths of a second.
- Floating Next Pieces - My most popular patch. This takes the next three pieces and places them above the floating shadow in the well, making it so that your eyes can stay focused on the game.
- No Pause in Multiplayer - The best way to troll in Quadra multiplayer games is to pause and unpause repeatedly. It's annoying, so I decided to write a patch that disables it.
Together, these patches constitute what I call the "wild" version of Quadra. The source code to these patches are on the "wild" branch of my Quadra fork. The wild version is also available with the Windows release.
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Me: "Do you want that number written out, or can I use exponential form?"
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Former 2 time world champion DogPlayingTetris becomes the first player to ever rollover the level counter in NES Tetris, performing what's known in the community as "Rebirth". Final score: 29,486,164, 4216 lines, level 347 (256 + 91)... all huge world records. #tetris
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I've never had as much fun on comms for a Tetris match as I did tonight with NinjaOfNinjas for the silver bracket semis and finals. What a show!
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I'm not done! I'll be casting the later rounds of the silver bracket today at 6:30 PM Pacific at https://twitch.tv/classictetris3. Cya there!
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Just a note to everyone out there who still believes 2020 hasn't ended that today is Unquinquaginember 21st, 2020.
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I updated the blog post with a statement from Revival. While I'm not particularly happy with Revival's decision, I understand their motives. It's just a shame that it was someone from Interplay that had to go and do this. "By games for gamers" my ass.
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Damn, got another Tetris world record! This time in the arcade variant developed by Atari. 6,008,005 points, 5,386 lines, round 363. Be warned, it's nearly FIVE HOURS. https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2131759212
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I certainly didn't have "Overload but with web3 features" on my 2024 bingo card. WTF did Revival Productions just do?
https://roncli.com/blogger/3949527510668683306/wtf-did-revival-productions-just-do
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Today was a special day. I scored 1,016,221 points in classic NES Tetris, the first time I broke the 999,999 maxout barrier.
With that maxout, I became the oldest person to get their first ever maxout at 46 years 319 days.
After I scored that, I learned that today would have been 7-time Tetris world champion Jonas Neubauer's 43rd birthday.
I am FILLED with incredible emotion tonight.
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Does anyone else sing the chorus to "Cherish" by Kool & The Gang to themselves whenever they play or watch streams of Balatro? Or is that just me?
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I'm fact that's what Lingo needs: a "phone" block. The clue is an incorrect autocorrected form of the answer. 🙃
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