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This is super fun, and it works on mobile. Thanks for making it! If you want some ideas for multiplayer, see if you can dig up “BattleTris” - it was a brown un
by vessenes 2y ago
This is super fun, and it works on mobile. Thanks for making it!
If you want some ideas for multiplayer, see if you can dig up “BattleTris” - it was a brown university cs student game that allowed networked Tetris play in the 1990s. I could be wrong but I think Bryan Cantrill was one of the people who made it. Anyway, my memory is that it had a lot of fun ways to mess with the opposing player, and you might find some good ideas in it.
- mh- 2y agoI don't recall ever playing BattleTris, but Tetrinet is one that got passed around IRC a lot in the 90s. It was a blast. Seconding the notion that their gameplay is a good source of inspiration. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TetriNET https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TetriNET
- lecarore 2y agoYeah,the side by side "collaborative" multiplayer where you can mess with others was fun, but I decided making it fun in single player was a better first step, and multiplayer could come after. I can also more easily test and iterate on single player games. Finally, no need for a backend server if the game is just a static html file :)
- bcantrill 2y agoYes -- great memory! Amazingly, Adam and I talked about BattleTris on Oxide and Friends just two weeks ago[0] -- and specifically how BattleTris almost prevented ZFS from coming into being. (!) [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbLz79trgz8#t=14m12s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbLz79trgz8#t=14m12s
- vessenes 2y agoLove this. I'll look forward to reminiscing!