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BIRDRIS - tetris with a vengeance
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This is a simple little game I whipped up as an experiment in sanity.
If you know how to play tetris (and you should), then you know how to play
Birdris. Upon running the game, you will be presented with a main menu of
choices. Set the keys up to your desired configuration, choose what kind of
pieces you would best like to play with, then play the game!
Birdris plays exactly like tetris - pieces consisting of differing
arrangements of four cubes continuously drop down into a well, and it is
your job to shift and rotate these pieces so they fit snugly together,
forming complete rows which then get eliminated blah blah blah ...
There is, however, one rather significant difference between Birdris and
normal tetris. The pieces in normal tetris are chosen randomly. Birdris
does not do this. When choosing the next piece to fall into the well,
Birdris is engineered to choose the LEAST SUITABLE PIECE. For example, if
you really need one of those long thin pieces to fill in a big hole you've
just made, you're guaranteed NOT to get it. Furthermore, if the state of
the well is such that a certain piece will NEVER fit (eg. there are no
smooth spots in the well, hence the 2x2 cube won't fit anywhere), you can
bet your bottom dollar that'll be the piece you get.
Play it and find out just how tough it is. It requires cunning, patience,
and lateral thinking outside the normal bounds of tetris in order to get
anywhere in this game.
This game is my first major C programming effort (written in Borland's
Turbo C++), and was only ever an experiment into (a) whether I could do it
or not; and (b) how much I could annoy my tetris-playing buddies. As it is
such an annoying game, I don't expect anyone will EVER want to give me any
money for it, hence it is freeware. However, feel free to send me abuse or
praise via e-mail:
ag_bird@postoffice.sandybay.utas.edu.au
I am particularly interested in hearing from anyone who can beat the
current top score of 24 rows. If you should do this, please send me
an e-mail enumerating your applaudable efforts.
Enjoy!
Andrew Bird.