zhongxingpeng / tetris

Tetris in C and NCURSES.

Tetris

A tetris game in C using NCURSES. It's pretty feature complete, except for stretch goals I may pick up in my free time.

Building

My dependencies are:

• libsdl and libsdl_mixer 1.2 for sound.
• ncurses for terminal manipulation.

To install them on Arch Linux:

sudo pacman -S sdl_mixer ncurses

To install them on Ubuntu:

sudo apt-get install libsdl-mixer1.2-dev libncurses5-dev

To compile:

make

To run:

bin/release/main

You will need to provide a file named tetris.mp3 in the same directory that you're running the game from. As I understand it, the official Tetris theme song is legally protected in the use of games like this, so I will not be providing or linking to that. But I'm sure you could find something! (You do not need to provide tetris.mp3 in order to play the game, only if you want sound!).

Instructions

The controls are typical of Tetris:

• left and right: Move the tetromino,
• up: Rotate (clockwise?) the tetromino,
• down: Immediately drop the tetromino (not a fast drop, an immediate drop),
• q: Exit the game prematurely,
• p: Pause the game (any key to resume),
• b: "Boss mode" - show a mock terminal screen to fool nosy onlookers. Hit F1 to resume the game afterwards.
• s: Save game and exit (just assumes filename tetris.save). To resume the game, run bin/release/main tetris.save (or whatever you may have renamed the game save to).

Future/Stretch Goals

• Sound effects (in addition to the theme music).
• Networked multiplayer!