Tetris Time
Creative
generative visualisation
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14points
5comments
#2,392of 3,837 in 2025
Top 63%of 2025 by points
How HN took it
QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project
1 positive, 0 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 1 critical, out of 3 comments about the project.
Execution: 0 for, 1 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Fun and satisfying to watch digits assemble, especially at normal speed
From 2 comments
Fun idea Watching the digits assemble feels oddly satisfying, especially at normal speed
agent013 on HNI liked it, mainly at 10x speed. The way it built a 3 was totally cheating! A brick just stopped falling without anything below!
cdaringe on HN
Objections
Bugs at high speed: blocks draw over existing pieces and display becomes gibberish
From 2 comments
Just letting you know, I think there might be something wrong with the code. First time I ran it, just off the basic link, it eventually finished with a time of 36:42 (ran at…
ferguu_ on HNOh that's weird. Are you sure it was the basic link and not the one with count down mode? The one I shared in the parent is for the New Year's countdown:…
vnglst on HN
Cheating-looking behaviour: a brick stops falling with nothing below
From 1 comment
I liked it, mainly at 10x speed. The way it built a 3 was totally cheating! A brick just stopped falling without anything below!
cdaringe on HN