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We re-created Tetris™ in ClojureScript. We mainly did this to produce the pleasure and to celebrate the 30th anniversary of its original release in 1984. Our remake enabled us to host a small, local tournament to share a montage of the game's history. Choose from 10 themes representing the popular versions from its past.

DevBlog

In the beginning, we worked on the game at least once a week. It got pretty crazy at the end closer to deadline, but our initial process is documented in blogs below:

• DevBlog 1 - data, collision, rotation, drawing
• DevBlog 2 - basic piece control
• DevBlog 3 - gravity, stack, collapse, hard-drop
• DevBlog 4 - ghost piece, flash before collapse
• DevBlog 5 - game over animation, score
• DevBlog 6 - level speeds, fluid drop, improve collapse animation, etc.
• DevBlog 7 - draw next piece, tilemap for themes
• DevBlog 8 - allow connected tiles for richer graphics
• Day 9 - live board broadcasting (no blog)
• Day 10 - chat room, more tilemaps, page layouts (no blog)
• Day 11 - page routing, username (no blog)
• Day N - socket netcode, spectate mode, MC controls, key-repeat control, chatroom, authentic theming, history graphs, ...

Learn

In the end, we wrapped up what we learned into an educational resource:

• Interactive Guide to Tetris in ClojureScript (below on the left)
• A minimal version intended for readability (below on the right)

Development Setup

1. Install Leiningen and Node.js.

2. Run the following in the project directory

   # install node.js dependencies
   npm install
   
   # install grunt
   npm install -g grunt-cli
   
   # compile LESS file
   grunt
   
   # compile ClojureScript files (this may take a minute)
   lein clean && lein cljsbuild once
   
   # copy the example config file (edit as needed)
   cp example.config.json config.json
   
   # start the node.js server
   node server.js
   

3. Open http://localhost:1984 in your browser.

If you want a REPL connected to the browser for interactive testing:

lein repl
> (brepl)

Deploying

To deploy a single-player build to https://t3tr0s.github.io

./deploy-singleplayer.sh

Team

• Elaine Looney - @loonelainey, github.com/imalooney
• Shaun Williams - @shaunlebron, github.com/shaunlebron, shaunlebron.com
• Luis Gutierrez - @Dudemullet, github.com/dudemullet
• Chris Oakman - @oakmac1, github.com/oakmac
• Brett Darnell - @brettdarnell, darnology.com
• Phil Gambling - @pmhg, github.com/pgambling

License

All code licensed under the terms of the MIT License.

The image files of past versions of the games (ie: the tilemap files) belong to their respective copyright holders.

Tetris is a registered trademark of The Tetris Company.