tetris in the terminal with python
to run:
python3 tetris.pycontrols: left, right, and down to move the current piece. space to hard drop. z and x to rotate. c to hold.
all pieces are represented by tuples of integers: in binary a 1 indicates the piece is in that cell and a 0 indicates that it isn't. this lets us do many tetris operations through bit operations
the Tetris object is designed to allow for custom pieces and board sizes.
i used the curses library for user input and display.
possible extensions:
- game over checking is unimplemented. all the functionality for this theoretically exists but i couldn't get curses to print the game over message
- adding in different colors for different pieces. i had a plan to do this by keeping
$n$ versions of the board for each color, then bitwise-oring all the color boards together to do the full board computations - rotating pieces (and input in general) feels somewhat funky compared to "real" tetris
- add in the bag system for choosing the next piece. right now the next piece is chosen at random
- adding in sound effects and music
a screenshot of in-progress tetris development