tetris-bsd

BSD Tetris game for terminals

TLDR

Start a game of tetris

$ tetris-bsd

Start at a specific level

$ tetris-bsd -l [level]

Enable preview of the next shape

$ tetris-bsd -p

Use custom control keys (left, rotate, right, drop, pause, quit)

$ tetris-bsd -k "[jkl pq]"

Start with seed for reproducible game

$ tetris-bsd -s [seed]

SYNOPSIS

tetris-bsd [-ps] [-k keys] [-l level] [-s seed]

tetris-bsd is a terminal-based Tetris implementation from the BSD games collection. The game displays falling tetrominoes that must be arranged to form complete horizontal rows. Completed rows disappear, and the game ends when blocks stack to the top.Default controls use vi-style keys: j (left), k (rotate), l (right), space (drop), p (pause), q (quit). The falling speed is directly proportional to the level number.Scoring awards one point per block placed and one point per space dropped. The final score is multiplied by the current level. High scores are saved in /var/games/bsdgames/tetris-bsd.scores.

PARAMETERS

-l level

Set the starting level (default: 2). Higher levels make blocks fall faster (blocks fall N times per second at level N).

-k keys

Customize control keys. Provide six characters for: left, rotate, right, drop, pause, quit.

-p

Enable preview of the next shape that will appear.

-s seed

Set the random seed for reproducible block sequences.

PREVIEW

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INSTALL

sudo apk add micro-tetris

nix profile install nixpkgs#tetris

CAVEATS

The game must be played on a CRT-compatible terminal. The vi-style default controls may be unfamiliar to users expecting arrow keys.

HISTORY

The original Tetris was created by Alexey Pajitnov in 1984 in the Soviet Union. This BSD implementation was adapted from a 1989 International Obfuscated C Code Contest winner by Chris Torek and Darren F. Provine. Preview mode was added by Hubert Feyrer in 1999. The game is part of the bsdgames package included in many Unix-like distributions.