Read this document to understand the project layout.
Author: Daniel Huang - dthuang3@illinois.edu
Tetris but Harder is a game modeled after the original Tetris tile-matching game by Alexey Pajitnov. It includes the basic concepts of the game as adapted by Nintendo as well as a entirely physics-based world. The game pieces move left, right, and rotate according to the laws of physics/mechanics. This program primarily uses the Cinder creative coding library and the Box2D physics engine.
Tetris but Harder requires these three dependencies to work properly, you can download them at their respective links. More information about using CMake for external libraries can be found here. More information about installing Cinder can be found under part 0 here. Cinder requires Visual Studio 2015 to work properly, so make sure to set the toolchain for your environment to Visual Studio 14.0.
After installation, you can clone this repo into: ~/Cinder/my-projects.
Keep in mind that the CMakeLists.txt of the Cinder library will be inside ~/Cinder, which is two directories above
the project location (../../).
The goal of the game is to stay alive as long as possible and earn points by clearing lines. Don't rage quit!
The game has six main controls: left, right, down, Z, C, and shift.
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| Left | [←] Pushes the game piece to the left. |
| Right | [→] Pushes the game piece to the right |
| Down | [ ↓ ] Pushes the game piece downwards (aka Soft Drop) |
| Z | [ Z ] Rotates the game piece counter-clockwise around the center of mass |
| C | [ C ] Rotates the game piece clockwise around the center of mass |
| RShift | [Shift] Holds the current piece |
You can clear lines by lining up 10 blocks on the bottom row.
Code follows the Google C++ Style Guide. Some discrepancies may occur from the usage of external libraries.