Quadra FAQ
3) Single Player
3.1) The aim of the game
The aim of the game is to achieve the most points. The number of points given out depends on a number of factors including:

Now the player drops a J piece into the position shown:

This will cause the whole 2nd line to vanish:

The rest of the J block will now fall down:

See how the rest of the J block fell down 2 rows? That is because it was free to do so. In Tetris, the remaining section of the J block would only fall down 1 row.
- Number of lines cleared with your last block
- How many recursions were needed until everything settled into place
- Level number you have reached

Now the player drops a J piece into the position shown:

This will cause the whole 2nd line to vanish:

The rest of the J block will now fall down:

See how the rest of the J block fell down 2 rows? That is because it was free to do so. In Tetris, the remaining section of the J block would only fall down 1 row.
3.2) How the scoring works
Here is the coding from the game itself:
So if you can follow that good! If not here is a list of scores for level 1 going up to a depth of 10 with all different complexity levels:
switch(depth) { case 1: score_add = 250; break; case 2: score_add = 500; break; case 3: score_add = 1000; break; case 4: score_add = 2000; break; default: score_add = 200 * depth * depth; break; } int complexity_points=1000*(complexity-1); if(game->net_version()>=23) complexity_points=200*(complexity-1)*(complexity-1); score_add += complexity_points; if(send_for_clean && game->net_version()>=23) { int clean_points; if(depth<=4) clean_points=depth*1250; else clean_points=depth*depth*500; score_add += clean_points; } score_add += (score_add/10)*level; stats[SCORE].add(score_add);Depth is the number of lines you just cleared. Complexity is the number of recursions it took before everything fell into place. net_version is the version of the game you are playing, which is different than the Quadra version. In single player, net_version will be 23 or higher for the latest version. send_for_clean indicates that a clean canvas was achieved.
So if you can follow that good! If not here is a list of scores for level 1 going up to a depth of 10 with all different complexity levels:
Depth | Complexity | Score | Score with Clean |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | 275 | 1650 |
2 | 1 | 550 | 3300 |
2 | 2 | 770 | 3520 |
3 | 1 | 1100 | 5225 |
3 | 2 | 1320 | 5445 |
3 | 3 | 1980 | 6105 |
4 | 1 | 2200 | 7700 |
4 | 2 | 2420 | 7920 |
4 | 3 | 3080 | 8580 |
4 | 4 | 4180 | 9680 |
5 | 1 | 5500 | 19250 |
5 | 2 | 5720 | 19470 |
5 | 3 | 6380 | 20130 |
5 | 4 | 7480 | 21230 |
5 | 5 | 9020 | 22770 |
6 | 1 | 7920 | 27720 |
6 | 2 | 8140 | 27940 |
6 | 3 | 8800 | 28600 |
6 | 4 | 9900 | 29700 |
6 | 5 | 11440 | 31240 |
6 | 6 | 13420 | 33220 |
7 | 1 | 10780 | 37730 |
7 | 2 | 11000 | 37950 |
7 | 3 | 11660 | 38610 |
7 | 4 | 12760 | 39710 |
7 | 5 | 14300 | 41250 |
7 | 6 | 16280 | 43230 |
7 | 7 | 18700 | 45650 |
8 | 1 | 14080 | 49280 |
8 | 2 | 14300 | 49500 |
8 | 3 | 14960 | 50160 |
8 | 4 | 16060 | 51260 |
8 | 5 | 17600 | 52800 |
8 | 6 | 19580 | 54780 |
8 | 7 | 22000 | 57200 |
8 | 8 | 24860 | 60060 |
9 | 1 | 17820 | 62370 |
9 | 2 | 18040 | 62590 |
9 | 3 | 18700 | 63250 |
9 | 4 | 19800 | 64350 |
9 | 5 | 21340 | 65890 |
9 | 6 | 23320 | 67870 |
9 | 7 | 25740 | 70290 |
9 | 8 | 28600 | 73150 |
9 | 9 | 31900 | 76450 |
10 | 1 | 22000 | 77000 |
10 | 2 | 22220 | 77220 |
10 | 3 | 22880 | 77880 |
10 | 4 | 23980 | 78980 |
10 | 5 | 25520 | 80520 |
10 | 6 | 27500 | 82500 |
10 | 7 | 29920 | 84920 |
10 | 8 | 32780 | 87780 |
10 | 9 | 36080 | 91080 |
10 | 10 | 39820 | 94820 |
3.3) Eh? How do you clear so many lines at once?
The best way to learn how to play single player games well is to watch the world top score replays. See the replay section for how to do this. But I will demonstrate how to clear 11 lines at once.
You could build up the blocks like so:

Now a Square piece is added which completes a line:

The line is cleared and the stacked straight pieces fall into the hole:

Now another 10 lines are completed, making a total of 11 lines completed by dropping just 1 piece in! This leaves:

Doing this kind of move is usually called a "Build Up", as you build up all the blocks then remove heaps of them at once.
You could build up the blocks like so:

Now a Square piece is added which completes a line:

The line is cleared and the stacked straight pieces fall into the hole:

Now another 10 lines are completed, making a total of 11 lines completed by dropping just 1 piece in! This leaves:

Doing this kind of move is usually called a "Build Up", as you build up all the blocks then remove heaps of them at once.
3.4) How do you get really good high scores?
As a beginner, you should try to do build ups on the early levels, and then concentrate on staying alive once you get to the higher levels. But once you get more experienced you should find that you will be able to do big build ups on higher levels where the blocks fall faster. Learning how to use the left rotate and the right rotate buttons is also very important and will help you place the blocks in the right positions on the faster levels.
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