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Darn, I was hoping for a perspective from the block itself looking down on the already placed blocks. Second-person tetris then? [on a side note, I really nee

by jere 14y ago

Darn, I was hoping for a perspective from the block itself looking down on the already placed blocks. Second-person tetris then? [on a side note, I really need to learn how to game the front page. 2 year old, minute twist on 30 year old game -> front page. write a new game from scratch -> dustbin]

chromejs10 14y ago
Hah that's exactly what I was expecting too
tsm 14y ago
Is something like this what you were looking for? http://www.3dtris.de/ http://www.3dtris.de/
- jere 14y ago
  Neat. I would have taken the plain game but with a different perspective, but that's pretty mind boggling right there.
- hyh1048576 14y ago
  REALLY AWESOME. Got only 253 in my first try...
leeoniya 14y ago
like Blockout from the 90s? https://www.google.com/search?um=1&hl=en&biw=1920&bih=953&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=blockout&oq=blockout&gs_l=img.3...0.0.0.3672.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0..0.0...0.0...1c..6.img.rR7hL6R1Vao https://www.google.com/search?um=1&hl=en&biw=1920&#3...
- jere 14y ago
  Yea, what tsm posted is a flash clone of that game.
- shmerl 14y ago
  http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/559/Blockout.html http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/559/Blockout.html
- orjan 14y ago
  I immediately thought of Welltris: https://www.google.com/search?um=1&hl=en&biw=1920&bih=953&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=blockout&oq=blockout&gs_l=img.3...0.0.0.3672.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0..0.0...0.0...1c..6.img.rR7hL6R1Vao#um=1&hl=en&safe=off&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=welltris&oq=welltris&gs_l=img.3..0j0i24l6.24534.26173.0.26595.8.8.0.0.0.0.179.734.6j2.8.0...0.0...1c.1.6.img.MdSBBwzo3Kk&bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.43828540,d.bGE&fp=ec8fca4e9cb74de&biw=1920&bih=1085 https://www.google.com/search?um=1&hl=en&biw=1920&#3...
- rapind 14y ago
  I loved this game.
danmaz74 14y ago
A dog bites a man, no news. A man bites a dog, news.
littledot5566 14y ago
It wouldn't be too hard to implement your 1st person tetris because once you rotate to the left, right and upward, simply paint the user a blank screen because the block can no longer see anything. :D
- kd0amg 14y ago
  Once the block gets low enough, there might be things visible even while facing sideways or up: X X XO X XO OOX XO OOX XO oo OX XO oo OX XO OX XO OX XXXXXXXXXX
InclinedPlane 14y ago
Try turning on "existential crisis".
Mahn 14y ago
You could always write a rant about how good stuff doesn't make it to the front page; usually that has a better chance of showing up in the front page than the good stuff itself.
- jere 14y ago
  Good idea. Then when I get that rant on the front page, I can write a guide on HOW I GOT TO THE FRONT PAGE. Those seem pretty popular.
IgorPartola 14y ago
Pretty simple, really. (The following is fairly cynical, and a hyperbole. Most of it isn't actually good advice, but I've seen all of these methods work). Try to post when the post the the bottom of /newest is close to an hour old. Avoid posting during times of big events (e.g.: not when Google kills off Google Reader). Have a linkbait title. Don't worry, it gets edited by friendly neighborhood moderators later, so you don't look like a jackass. Need to re-post an article that didn't gain traction before? Add #SOMETHING to the end of the URL. The matching algorithm will think it's a new link. Create a voting ring. Make sure to do some actual posting/upvoting, as there is voting ring detection. The simplest prevention is that upvotes from the same IP don't seem to count. Have a short article, instead of a long one. By my estimate 90% of people upvote based on title alone, 9% upvote based on the first paragraph of the article, and 1% actually reads it. Post something as "Show HN: please review my X". These seem to gain a lot of favor. Brag about how it was a weekend project, took you 2 hours, etc. Have high karma and lots of fans. Post "What I learned from building my tetris clone" article Talk about how Paleo diet changed your life Promise to teach us how to stop eating/sleeping/wasting time/driving/having stuff. Write an article about how your work environment is different and how it makes you productive. Do something that is otherwise trivial using only CSS. Apply the same approach to Haskell to get a PhD in Computer Science (I literally saw a thesis a while ago about memoization techniques in Haskell.) Post a short angry rant or make a wild claim. This is especially helpful if you are a mildly popular blogger. Accuse Google/Apple of doing something that will ruin their business. Make a wild prediction about how the Entire Google empire is based on a dozen bloggers using Google Reader. Read: http://jacquesmattheij.com/How+to+make+the+Hacker+News+homepage http://jacquesmattheij.com/How+to+make+the+Hacker+News+homep...
- IgorPartola 14y ago
  Here are a few more: Write a post about how to get on HN's front page. Write a post about how you got on HN's front page and how your traffic increased as a result. Write a post about how you failed to get on the front page, despite your best efforts. For comments, try saying "OK, now you can downvote me". For comments with negative votes, say "what's with the downvotes?"
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by jere 14y ago

chromejs10 14y ago

Hah that's exactly what I was expecting too

tsm 14y ago

Is something like this what you were looking for? http://www.3dtris.de/ http://www.3dtris.de/

jere 14y ago
Neat. I would have taken the plain game but with a different perspective, but that's pretty mind boggling right there.
hyh1048576 14y ago
REALLY AWESOME. Got only 253 in my first try...

leeoniya 14y ago

like Blockout from the 90s? https://www.google.com/search?um=1&hl=en&biw=1920&bih=953&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=blockout&oq=blockout&gs_l=img.3...0.0.0.3672.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0..0.0...0.0...1c..6.img.rR7hL6R1Vao https://www.google.com/search?um=1&hl=en&biw=1920&#3...

jere 14y ago
Yea, what tsm posted is a flash clone of that game.
shmerl 14y ago
http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/559/Blockout.html http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/559/Blockout.html
orjan 14y ago
I immediately thought of Welltris: https://www.google.com/search?um=1&hl=en&biw=1920&bih=953&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=blockout&oq=blockout&gs_l=img.3...0.0.0.3672.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0..0.0...0.0...1c..6.img.rR7hL6R1Vao#um=1&hl=en&safe=off&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=welltris&oq=welltris&gs_l=img.3..0j0i24l6.24534.26173.0.26595.8.8.0.0.0.0.179.734.6j2.8.0...0.0...1c.1.6.img.MdSBBwzo3Kk&bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.43828540,d.bGE&fp=ec8fca4e9cb74de&biw=1920&bih=1085 https://www.google.com/search?um=1&hl=en&biw=1920&#3...
rapind 14y ago
I loved this game.

danmaz74 14y ago

A dog bites a man, no news. A man bites a dog, news.

littledot5566 14y ago

It wouldn't be too hard to implement your 1st person tetris because once you rotate to the left, right and upward, simply paint the user a blank screen because the block can no longer see anything. :D

kd0amg 14y ago
Once the block gets low enough, there might be things visible even while facing sideways or up: X X XO X XO OOX XO OOX XO oo OX XO oo OX XO OX XO OX XXXXXXXXXX

InclinedPlane 14y ago

Try turning on "existential crisis".

Mahn 14y ago

You could always write a rant about how good stuff doesn't make it to the front page; usually that has a better chance of showing up in the front page than the good stuff itself.

jere 14y ago
Good idea. Then when I get that rant on the front page, I can write a guide on HOW I GOT TO THE FRONT PAGE. Those seem pretty popular.

IgorPartola 14y ago

Pretty simple, really. (The following is fairly cynical, and a hyperbole. Most of it isn't actually good advice, but I've seen all of these methods work). Try to post when the post the the bottom of /newest is close to an hour old. Avoid posting during times of big events (e.g.: not when Google kills off Google Reader). Have a linkbait title. Don't worry, it gets edited by friendly neighborhood moderators later, so you don't look like a jackass. Need to re-post an article that didn't gain traction before? Add #SOMETHING to the end of the URL. The matching algorithm will think it's a new link. Create a voting ring. Make sure to do some actual posting/upvoting, as there is voting ring detection. The simplest prevention is that upvotes from the same IP don't seem to count. Have a short article, instead of a long one. By my estimate 90% of people upvote based on title alone, 9% upvote based on the first paragraph of the article, and 1% actually reads it. Post something as "Show HN: please review my X". These seem to gain a lot of favor. Brag about how it was a weekend project, took you 2 hours, etc. Have high karma and lots of fans. Post "What I learned from building my tetris clone" article Talk about how Paleo diet changed your life Promise to teach us how to stop eating/sleeping/wasting time/driving/having stuff. Write an article about how your work environment is different and how it makes you productive. Do something that is otherwise trivial using only CSS. Apply the same approach to Haskell to get a PhD in Computer Science (I literally saw a thesis a while ago about memoization techniques in Haskell.) Post a short angry rant or make a wild claim. This is especially helpful if you are a mildly popular blogger. Accuse Google/Apple of doing something that will ruin their business. Make a wild prediction about how the Entire Google empire is based on a dozen bloggers using Google Reader. Read: http://jacquesmattheij.com/How+to+make+the+Hacker+News+homepage http://jacquesmattheij.com/How+to+make+the+Hacker+News+homep...

IgorPartola 14y ago
Here are a few more: Write a post about how to get on HN's front page. Write a post about how you got on HN's front page and how your traffic increased as a result. Write a post about how you failed to get on the front page, despite your best efforts. For comments, try saying "OK, now you can downvote me". For comments with negative votes, say "what's with the downvotes?"
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