A basic but fun Tetris game played within your cli terminal, written with Python 3 and the Blessed Library. The game runs fully within the Terminal or console window, and should work accross Mac, Linux, and PC platforms.
- Install the needed libraries(s). The only library not installed in the default Python installation is blessed, which may be installed via
pip install blessed - Navigate to the directory in your preferred terminal
- Run the program with
python TetrisGame.pyor however you normally choose to run your Python files - Play the game!
- Use the Left and Right arrow keys to move the current tile back and forth
- Use the Up Arrow Key to rotate the current tile clockwise
- Use the Down Arrow Key to make the current block drop faster
- Use the return/ enter key, or space bar to drop the current tile immediately
- You can press
Pto pause the game, orQto exit
- Your score will be printed at the conclusion of the program, and the game will be cleaned up and hidden.
- TerminalTetris uses the same system as the original version for scoring and speed; every 10 cleared lines, the player's level increases, as does the speed of the falling block.
- Points are given based on the number of cleared lines (1: 40, 2: 100, 3: 300, 4: 1200), which is then multiplied by the level. So, a player who has cleared 12 lines will be on level 2, and if they clear 4 lines at once, will gain 2400 points
- Scoring Details
Future features to include include:
- Display upcoming tiles
- Local saving of high scores
- Make score affected by hard/ soft drops
- Optimization to reduce CPU usage
- Refactoring to clean up code
Pull requests and reccomendations for changes are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change, to avoid having multiple solutions to an issue.