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Tetris: Building a game using JavaScript

Derk-Jan Karrenbeld on July 05, 2019

I've always been a fan of retro, arcade and retro arcade games, mostly because their limitations often resulted in very creative game mechanics th...
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Will G

Nice article! I look forward to the rest of the series.

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Derk-Jan Karrenbeld

I'm panning on making this a weekly, probably "Friday" thing!

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GibboK

Hi Derk-Jan, I read fully your article and I found it very interesting.
In my free time as a side project, I coded a similar game.

github.com/gibbok/blocchi-puzzle

Just would like to let you know, and have your opinion.
Have a good day!

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Martin Gaston

I love this! Can't wait to see where it goes πŸ‘

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Derk-Jan Karrenbeld

~Seven years ago, together with another student (who I still work professionally with today), we built a guideline compliant Tetris variant using the now-dead XNA framework.

Thumbnail, slanted, of part of the playfield of a Tetris game, showing a hold block, points, current level and lines left. It appears grainy and oversaturated.

I've just now decided that this is the goal!

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Derk-Jan Karrenbeld

The next post is coming! It's taking a bit longer to write... And you'll see why in a few hours.

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