GENERIC TETRIS ============== Yet Another Tetris Game on X, V3.1.2 WHY ANOTHER? Because "different is good"... Because this one is simple, easy to build, and portable -- actually the blocks are round-cornered and bigger, more comfortable for your eyes. It only uses Xlib -- no "toolkit" kind of thing. The most updated source could be found on ftp.x.org under /contrib. HOW TO BUILD? Edit the Imakefile (or Makefile.std, see below) for appropriate settings of variable SCOREFILE and RANDOM, then do: xmkmf make Note: if you don't have 'xmkmf' or the "Makefile" it generates doesn't work well, try: make -f Makefile.std "Tetris" is the game. It only lists the top 15 players at the end, each player may has at most three scores. With the option "-s", "tetris" will list all the scores. ANYTHING SPECIAL IN PLAYING? Use 'j' to move left; 'l' to move right; 'k' to rotate. Left-handed people may want to use 's', 'd', 'f' respectively. Use the space bar to drop a block quickly. Do you want to try the arrow keys? Use CTRL-L key combination to redraw -- in case the program messes somthing up. As usual, '+' and '-' will speed up or lower down the speed. Note that you don't need to press the SHIFT key -- '=' and '_' also work. The 'b' key can be used to toggle "beep" and 'n' toggles "show next". If you press 'p', the game will be paused, and the window will be iconified -- just in case your boss suddenly appears at your door. ;o) When the tetris window loses its focus, it also goes to "paused" mode except it doesn't iconify itself. Refer to the man page for detailed command line options. FOUND A BUG? Send bug reports (or fixes) to the author: Q. Alex Zhao, azhao@cc.gatech.edu College of Computing Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA 30332-0280