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[Icarus]

ManyTetris 0.17

This is the result of complete boredom...
I once had a handheld tetris game, which had many variants of tetris inside, with many different pieces.
It was monochrome.

So, I have created this little script.
It is completely non graphic (i.e. there are no bitmaps) - all is done by color GUI elements.

The nice thing about it (to me anyways) is that you can quite easily create additional games, by creating a new game template file.

In this template, you can define some variables of the game + define the piece shapes.

I have added some minimal sounds for completeness.
Also, some options (colors etc) are configurable in the INI.

Download this ZIP archive for source + readme + sounds + some game variations.

[HotKeyIt]

Very nice.

[Icarus]

Heh
I am not sure it is the same one, back then there were many tetris games - it was popular.

Mine looked something like this, in black.

The writings are familiar, so I may had the exact model.

If you still have it - maybe you can tell me if I missed any piece shape (or added one that did not exist).
Check the Deluxe Tetris template - this was supposed to be a replica of that game, as I remember it.

[Icarus]

Very nice,
Thanks.

Here ist the first "mod":

LOL!
Thats a very nice mod.
I was wondering if I would see some game templates here, but I did not expect that the first one would exploit the rotation states so nicely as you did.

Going to play the "Z_Gecko Wicked Mod" (dot txt)



EDIT:
Did you intentionally make the speeds like this?
Starts with 200ms sleep, then from the second piece on, it will use 900ms constantly.

[jaco0646]

Icarus, that is very professionally done! :!: I happily relinquish the title of "Best self-contained AHK game produced to date." You've earned it. I love the option to make my own pieces (and so easily too).

One suggestion (from playing a lot of Tetris over the years) - it can be handy to have the drop button (down arrow) execute a "push" when it's just tapped. Meaning it only drops the piece one row per press and doesn't drop the piece all the way to the bottom until it's been held for a second or two. This prevents an accidental down press from ruining a game, and is useful for sliding one piece under the edge of another in slower levels.

Congratulations. The script is wonderful! 8)

[Icarus]

Icarus, that is very professionally done!

Hey, thanks buddy!
I am glad you find it amusing.
If you have created your own game, you can post it here if you want - I can put it in the ZIP package,

One suggestion (from playing a lot of Tetris over the years) - it can be handy to have the drop button (down arrow) execute a "push" when it's just tapped. Meaning it only drops the piece one row per press and doesn't drop the piece all the way to the bottom until it's been held for a second or two.

You mean you prefer a soft drop instead of the implemented hard drop. I hear you.
Done.

Will post the updated package up in the first post in a few minutes.

[Icarus]

Version 0.13 is up:[*:efvco7ho]Added : Some games (thanks Z_Gecko for ChaoTris).
[*:efvco7ho]Added : If last played game is no longer found (file deleted/renamed), we will load the first found game.
[*:efvco7ho]Changed: The start button will now have a fixed size.
[*:efvco7ho]Changed: Hard drop to soft drop (thanks jaco0646)

[Obi-Wahn]

Hi there!
Nice Game. I like it very. But today, while playing, there are 2 situations where I have questions:

1.) While playing, the dropdownlist changes every time the selection. It doesn't jam the game, but it's a litle bit annoying.

2.) While playing ChaoTris, from time to time error messages appear:


Any ideas?

BTW: After confirming the message, the "Block" doesn't fall further, but you can play, when forcing the Block to drop (holding Arrow Down)

[Icarus]

Hold on, taking a look.

[Icarus]

Found the bug caused by ChaoTris.
Fixed, will be uploaded soon.

I was unable to reproduce your drop down list issue.
You are saying it changes while you are playing?
The code seem to handle it.
What OS are you using?

[Obi-Wahn]

Yeah, it changes while acting with the arrow keys. For me, it looks like Focus stays on the ddl control.

Im using Windows XP Sp3.

Thanks for Bugfix.

[Icarus]

Thats weird... Since all the arrow keys are mapped to do something else, they are not supposed to effect the GUI.

I am assuming that if you change the focus (press TAB to move the focus to the Start button) this does not happen. Right?

In any case, in the new version I am moving the focus away from the DDL on startup.

Uploading in a few mins.

Thanks for reporting, and I am glad you like it