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10comments
#1,775of 3,837 in 2025
Top 47%of 2025 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

0 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 4 critical, out of 9 comments about the project. Thread score -0.35.

Design: 0 for, 2 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Fun and original idea

    From 1 comment
    • This is good, I definitely had fun! Really cool original idea! I liked how I discovered the "vertical line" win by accident when I thought I was going to lose. (I didn't quite…
      kali_00 on HN
  • Pretty cool concept

    From 1 comment
    • Pretty cool, but the sudden ramp up in speed makes it impossible around 7000 points - speed should probably increase more linearly
      replete on HN

Objections

  • Board flipping makes the game trivial as gaps collapse

    From 3 comments
    • Yeah i don't quite get this. It seems to more or less fill in gaps? Which for Tetris makes the game trivial? Even on hard i had cases where i intentionally made gaps, scored a…
      AnotherGoodName on HN
    • Unless there's a different kind of rotation in later levels, what happens after forming a line is equivalent to having the existing structure "collapse" under gravity (any…
      schoen on HN
    • Is it even possible to "complete a vertical line"? In normal Tetris, completing a vertical line means you've lost, because the screen has filled up. Various suggestions: Make…
      quuxplusone on HN
  • Speed ramps up too suddenly around 7000 points

    From 1 comment
    • Pretty cool, but the sudden ramp up in speed makes it impossible around 7000 points - speed should probably increase more linearly
      replete on HN
  • Pieces show gaps and rotate oddly around an off-centre point

    From 2 comments
    • This feels like a bug, when the board flips, the pieces lose consistency. I get that you can cut pieces, but no sure why I'm getting spaces in between a single piece as it falls,…
      TZubiri on HN
    • This is good, I definitely had fun! Really cool original idea! I liked how I discovered the "vertical line" win by accident when I thought I was going to lose. (I didn't quite…
      kali_00 on HN
  • Hard mode speed bug causes endless loop with runaway scores

    From 1 comment
    • This is good, I definitely had fun! Really cool original idea! I liked how I discovered the "vertical line" win by accident when I thought I was going to lose. (I didn't quite…
      kali_00 on HN

Requests

  • Rotate board on line clear instead of flipping

    From 1 comment
    • Is it even possible to "complete a vertical line"? In normal Tetris, completing a vertical line means you've lost, because the screen has filled up. Various suggestions: Make…
      quuxplusone on HN
  • Make rotating board not re-fall blocks

    From 1 comment
    • Is it even possible to "complete a vertical line"? In normal Tetris, completing a vertical line means you've lost, because the screen has filled up. Various suggestions: Make…
      quuxplusone on HN
  • Linear speed increase

    From 1 comment
    • Pretty cool, but the sudden ramp up in speed makes it impossible around 7000 points - speed should probably increase more linearly
      replete on HN

Questions

  • Is it possible to lose?

    From 1 comment

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