Tetris
This was created following a tutorial by diciembre (Javier Lopez).
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# Tetris
I developed this game following a tutorial by Diciembre (Javier Lopez). To follow this tutorial, see https://javilop.com/gamedev/tetris-tutorial-in-c-platform-independent-focused-in-game-logic-for-beginners/. I created this game in order to then create an AI that could attempt the beat this game.
This was original planed to be coded in C++ and use SDL to draw to the terminal. However, due to an error within the original code, I was unable to compile the files. This error was related to the SDL package I got from Diciembre's (Javier Lopez) sourcecode. I was unable to solve the error due to the time difference between diciembre's (Javier Lopez) tutorial (2008) and now (Feb 2022). Therefore, I decided to recode this in python. The structure of the code still follows Diciembre (Javier Lopez) original code structure however, some functions have been redacted or redesigned.
ESC - Quit the game
w - Rotate Piece
a - Move Left
s - Move Down
d - Move Right
space - Drop
There are seven total pieces in Tetris; square, L, L-mirrored, N, N-mirrored, T, and I. Each piece can be rotated by 90 degrees. Therefore, each piece has four different layouts. An example of this can be seen below:
{0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
{0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
{0, 1, 2, 1, 1},
{0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
{0, 0, 0, 0, 0}Each piece is stored within a 5x5 matrix where the 0s represent nothing, 1s represent the piece, 2s represent the pivot point. The seven pieces along with their four different rotoation positions are stored in a single matrix named mPieces.
When a piece spawns in Tetris, it spawns are the very top of the screen. Therefore, you do not see the 0s above the piece as they exist outside o fthe board. However, every piece has a different number of 0s above them. I created an array whcih stored the translation of each piece so that they spawn in the correct position.
A pieces class is used to store these arrays and this class also has three methods used to get the block type, horizontal displacement, and vertical displacement.
The baord class stores a 2D-array of variable size which stores the pieces on the board. This class also comes with a series of methods:
IsFreeBlock() - returns true if a given block in the board is free. Returns false if occupied.IsPossibleMovement() - returns true if the piece can still move and is not colliding with other pieces on the board.StorePiece() - Stores a piece on to the board by looping through the board and the given pieces 5x5 array.DeletePossibleLines() - Deletes any lines that should be removed. (aka after a line has been completed)DeleteLine() - Deletes a line and moves all the pieces above that line down by 1.IsGameOver() - returns true if the game is over.This class contains an enum with two values, POS_FREE and POS_FILLED. These values are used to check if a given block on the board is free or filled.
The game class creates and instance of the board class, initialises it, and draws the board and each pieces to the terminal. The Game class makes use of five methods:
DrawScene() - prints the board and the piece to the terminal.CreateNewPiece() - sets the current piece to the next piece and resets its position, then selects a new next piece.InitGame() - Initialises the parameters of the game such as setting the current piece and setting the next piece.Within the main class, we set up a loop which draws everything at the end of each frame. During these frames, the player has the ability to move the piece. Prior to moving the piece, the program checks if moving the piece is possible. The piece is lowered one block, after a set amount of time. Each time the block is lowered, the program deletes all the lines that have been completed then checks if thhe game is over.
ERRORS: The python version of the game does not run as of yet. This is because the code has been translated from C++ to Python without fixing any python realted errors.
ERRORS: Does not compilig correctly; presumably due to the missing SDL/SDL.h file.
This was created following a tutorial by diciembre (Javier Lopez).
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