My Tetris Game

[william_tropico]

Here is my first flash game.
http://www.btinternet.com/~andrew.n....iam/index.html

I was reading a magazine called Computer Arts and came across a tutorial on how 2 make tetris.
so there it is.

It isn't 100% complete because it still needs work but are
there any suggestions on how to improve this?

[harminoff]

allow us to hold arrow for it to move faster, it only allows one click, no holding aloud, and that sucks. Maybe you should have a bonus bomber, you get 2, and you hit space and a little guy pops out and bombs 2 rows.

[mbenney]

hey i got that mag, its not very good! none of the code is explained... the tuts just say what mcs to make then you paste in code...

[bchew007]

I would suggust:
Maybe you can use the original tetris concept but maybe make you design more original, for example round bars...
And like harminoff said, u should allow us to hold down button.

[william_tropico]

Thank you for the replies.

harminoff I have updated it now so u can go down
every time u press the key. Im not sure how u can hold it
down though. Im not sure how to do the bomber, but when i do
i will let you know.

mbenney Yes, i was also dissapointed with the mag because
it didn't really explain the code. Just copying it off the disk
didn't seem to be crating your own game. Was Code13.txt missing on ur disk?

bchew007 Thanks for that, I will have a random shapes on
each level. Like i said to harminoff im not sure how to
have the button holding down.

[william_tropico]

Does anyone know how would go about doing a Pause key for
my game.?

[madmental]

i like it, only thing i thought was a bit odd was the width of the game. all in all though a good tetris game

[william_tropico]

Thanks for the Reply madmental I will
make the game more of a width and a few other
modifications.

Like ur footer, what did u use to make it?

[Markp.com]

Originally posted by mbenney
hey i got that mag, its not very good! none of the code is explained... the tuts just say what mcs to make then you paste in code...

Yup I read it in WHSmith and though it was a waste of £6 so didn't buy it! Esp since you can get similar tutorials for FREE online!

Shoddy journalism

Oh the game... thats why I was posting here... erm... yes, its too slow, key presses need to be faster, if you push up before the next block appears it stays off screen for a few seconds...

[mbenney]

Originally posted by Markp.com
Yup I read it in WHSmith and though it was a waste of £6 so didn't buy it! Esp since you can get similar tutorials for FREE online!

Shoddy journalism

Oh the game... thats why I was posting here... erm... yes, its too slow, key presses need to be faster, if you push up before the next block appears it stays off screen for a few seconds...

well i work in WHSmith, and the cover of the copy i took home was "ripped in transit" ... therefore no longer saleable, therefore free for me

william

i didnt do the tut, i know how to copy and paste but i checked and there was no code 13.txt on the disc

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[madmental]

heh thanx william, i actually made it in flash mx (*i have freehand and fireworks, but cant stand them, far too complicated *)

it was actually just a test, I got a graphics tablet for xmas, so its well better, and more enjoyable maken graphics.

[william_tropico]

Markp.com I will make the game more faster and
better loading time.

mbenney Glad you got a free Mag. The only way
i could complete the tutorial is open the finished one
and copy the code off there.

I make my footer in Fireworks and import stuff from flash.