This project is a Tetris arcade machine software written in Python using tkinter for graphics and Coffy for all data management.
It is designed to be easily run on small arcade setups, Raspberry Pi builds, or desktop systems.
The game supports:
- Player account creation
- Password-protected logins for existing accounts
- Automatic tracking of game history
- Leaderboard with high score rankings
- Persistent storage of player credentials and scores
Classic Tetris rules apply: arrange falling tetrominoes to clear lines and score points.
When a player starts:
- They are prompted for a name.
- If the name exists, they must enter the password to continue.
- If it’s a new name, they set a password.
Coffy is used as an embedded data engine for persistent storage:
| Data Type | Coffy Component | Storage Format |
|---|---|---|
| Player names/passwords | coffy.nosql |
JSON file |
| Game history | coffy.sql |
SQLite |
- NoSQL holds player credentials and simple settings.
- SQL ORM stores game results, scores, and timestamps.
- Leaderboard queries are generated directly from the SQL backend.
git clone https://github.com/nsarathy/tetris-arcade-machine.git
cd tetris-arcade-machine
python tetris.pyIf Coffy is not already installed:
pip install coffy
python tetris.py- Arrow Keys – Move tetromino left/right/down
- Up Arrow – Rotate
- Space – Hard drop
- P – Pause
- L – View leaderboard
The leaderboard ranks players by their highest score stored in the SQL backend.
- Arcade button mappings
- Multi-game statistics
- Graph-based matchmaking and events (possible future Coffy integration)
MIT License