This is a clone of the famous NES-Tetris, that runs entirely in the command line in full resolution.
To achieve this, I've written a whole "graphics engine", that only updates the necessary pixels. This was necessary to achieve the constant 60 FPS, like the original NES console does. This program doesn't require a lot of performance, and can achieve 60 FPS on nearly any device!
- Original scoring system
- Controls and speeds (drop speed, etc.) like the original
- Tetromino randomizer like the original
- Same bugs as original (intentionally)
- Linux
- xterm 256 color support in your terminal of choice
- 256 characters in width and 112 characters in height
- Zooming out in terminals is done with Control + - or Control + ⇧ Shift + - most of the time
- Download this repository
- Go into the root directory of this repository
- Create a folder named:
build - Run:
make - Run:
./build/main.out
If you want to change your starting level, then you need to modify src/main.cpp and change the value in game.start() (by default 0).
If you experience compromised visuals, be sure your terminal supports xterm 256 colors, and is zoomed out enough, described in the requirements.
- A: x
- B: y
- start: ⏎ Enter
- select: ⇥ Tab
- D-Pad: ↓ ↑ ← →
- Finishing all animations
- Menu screen and end screen
- B-Mode
- (maybe capability for windows, although there are performance issues on the experimental builds for windows)
Known issues:
- Input sometimes not recognized when holding down on a key:
- This is due to how each operating system handles keyboard inputs, and unfortunately I couldn't find a fix for this.
- Program exits when game ends:
- This was initially a school project, and due to a time stress, I just exited the program when the game ended. This is also the reason there isn't any commit history, as I can't modify the original repository and make it public. This will be fixed when I implement the menu screens.
If you experience any other problems or have improvement suggestions, feel free to contact me!