A simple implementation of the popular falling block game.
sudo apt install liballegro5-dev make- Visual Studio. All dependencies should be automatically restored as needed by NuGet.
- Restore the "remaining lines" text
- Add a "lines cleared" text
- Add a locking delay for soft locking
- Add a timer to the HUD
- Detect T-Spins for scoring
- Detect combos for scoring
- Detect perfect clears for scoring
- Detect lock-out (locking down above the play area)
- Fix up the input (it doesn't feel right)
- I think it needs to accept your first input, then wait a little bit before being sensitive
- At the moment it is too sensitive
- Add a way to pause the game (think about blurring the stack)
- Display a Win/Lose screen with the final score.
- Offer to let the user type their initials here (for high score if neccessary).
- Add a short delay after clearing line(s)
- Add a countdown before starting
- Smooth out the preroll (we have 60 fps, let's use it!)
- Add some background graphics (maybe this could be based on the level?)
- Add a program icon (and window icon)
- Add a fullscreen mode (press F11)
- Scale the app window when resized
- Add more information about each mode in the menu
- Add a sound effect for when rotation fails
- Add a sound effect for leveling up
- Add some special effects for when lines are cleared (perhaps even animate the lines clearing)
- Upscale the UI to 640x480
- Think about using panning based on the piece position.
- Add a menu system
- Add more modes:
- sprint (40 lines, leaderboard is time-based)
- marathon (complete level 15, 150 lines, leaderboard is score based)
- ultra (2 minute timed, leaderboard is score based)
- endless (leaderboard is score based)
- Add pause-menu option to restart
- Offer confirmations for restart and and abandon
- Add highscores for each mode
- View the highscores before entering the mode
- Show each "next" highscore to beat during the game
- Add options for muting sounds
- Add a retry menu after finishing the game
- Add a debug menu with setups for testing common patterns
- Test line clears
- Test perfect clears
- Test T-Spins
- Test T-Spin minis
- Fix sounds dropping out from preroll... sometimes??? Usually after pausing.
- The preroll timer was being skipped because it was counting too fast in some instances.
- We appear to do too much in the input loop for the game (MIGHT NOT BE AN ISSUE ANYMORE)
- Get GitHub Actions creating build artifacts for download.
- Investigate using CMake instead. I might be able to get it compiling for all three major operating systems using GHA that way.
- Sounds Effects: https://freesound.org/people/deadrobotmusic/packs/37032/
- Melody loop 128 bpm: https://freesound.org/people/DaveJf/sounds/663759/