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''SCI Tetris'' Title Screen
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| ReleaseDate = Sept. 19, {{2020}}<ref>https://sciprogramming.com/community/index.php?topic=1917.0</ref>
| ProjectStatus = N/A
| ReleaseVersion = 1.1
| Developer = [[Rainer De Temple]]
| Publisher = [[Rainer De Temple]]
| Designer = {{RainerDeTemple}}
| Source = {{Source}}[[#Downloads|Yes]]
| Category = {{FanSCIGame}}
| Type = {{FanSCIFullGame}}
| Genre = {{Arcade}}
| Theme = {{PlatformerArcade}}
| Engine = {{SCI0}}
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| Platform = {{DOS}}
| Localization = {{English}}
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==<br /> Description ==

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[[Rainer De Temple]]'s '''''SCI Tetris''''' is a [[2020]] [[SCI0]] {{ArcadeCategory}}.

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==<br />Screenshots ==

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==<br /> Synopsis ==

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==<br /> About ==

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It's all coded in one room. I've included the source for anyone who wants to take a look (warning it's quite messy). Anyone new to SCI programming might learn a few things.

'''How it works and my methodology:'''

* I keep an array of the board in a 20x10 array. SCI doesn't support 2d arrays, so it's basically a 200 element array. The blocks are programatically generated from one View (with 6 loops) and move down the board. A popular implementation of a Tetris game. When the blocks hit the bottom they become part of the board and I used the AddToPic function. One of the issues I had to overcome was the addToPic library function doesn't work the way I wanted it to so I used the Kernel function instead.
* Once I had the main game working, I added boundary and lines cleared detection. I used the template gScore and gMaxScore for the scoring. I also used the death handler but modified it to display a random Russian "Superstition" just for fun (and to abuse the text resource feature). I copied all the quotes from Wikipedia into a text file, then using a hex editor I replaced all the CRLF's with 0's and imported the text patch into my game.
* The game gets progressively faster as you level up. Rosella is there to give you a sense of urgency.
* I had a bit of trouble with keys. I'm not sure if SCI0 allows a key-held event. So for that reason you can't hold a key down you have to "tap" the key controls.  I didn't spend a lot of time on controls so it might be possible to improve.
* High scoring is saved to a local file in the game folder so that next time you play it's still there.  The big font is just a "Russian" style Cyrillic-looking font that I found online.
* Save and restore sort of don't work, but it wouldn't take much to make it work. But why you'd want that is beyond me hahaha.
* There's also some midi music in there too.
* I should also add I used Kawa's version of SCI Companion, but I don't think it makes any difference.
* If anyone's wondering this is the result of about 12 hours coding/design/learning (about 2 days).
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==<br /> Downloads ==

* [[Image:ZIP.png|ZIP File]] [[File:SCITetris11(wSRC).zip|SCI Tetris with Source]]<span class="DLInfo"> (ZIP file) [181 KB]</span>
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=== <span class="Inactive">Demos</span> ===

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=== <span class="Inactive">Misc Downloads</span> ===

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==<br /> Walkthroughs/Hints ==

* <span class="Inactive">N/A</span>

==<br /> References ==

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==<br /> Related Links ==

* [[w:Special:Search/Tetris|Tetris on Wikipedia]]
* [[Fan SCI Release List]]

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