Hi! I''m about to make my own clone of Tetris (my 1st real project! Yes!!). Are there certain clones that are considered more interesting than others? I''m asking because I want to get a feel for what''s available and what''s worthy of study (for ideas and stuff). For example, I think Gem Drop is great and is my favorite game at the moment, but I want to know if there''s something else available that warrants studying also. Thanks!

quote: Original post by WoodYee
Hi! I'm about to make my own clone of Tetris (my 1st real project! Yes!!). Are there certain clones that are considered more interesting than others?

Ask pouya for his tetris clone. It is certainly "interesting" as it is done in 33 lines of code. It ought to an interesting read. I do not know where a copy of pouya's brainchild can be found though.

Just note that pouya's Tetris in 33 lines is rather shanty against my "For Pong" which operates at 26-28 expresions (depending on how the loop counts it) using libSDL, which includes features like pieces that never go missing, and system bell sound... though it has been known to seg fault.

Edit: I found pouya's tetris

[edited by - DakeDesu on December 30, 2002 9:43:22 PM]

Do not, I say, DO NOT LOOK AT POUYA''S TETRIS CODE. IT WILL EXPLODE YOUR HEAD.

Other than that... from a code point of view, not really. But if you can find ''Tetris with a twist'' games around - that is, clones, but with some particular idea that makes them stand out from all the other clones - play them all. It''ll help you get ideas.

For example, when I made Tetris, I made it skinnable.

Superpig
- saving pigs from untimely fates, and when he''s not doing that, runs The Binary Refinery.