Surely "Tritris," by analogy with "Tetris."
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Show HN: Angularis – like Tetris, but based on triangles
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Re: Show HN: Angularis – like Tetris, but based on triangles
#32Am I the only one that keeps reading the name as AngularJS? oh the memories...
Re: Show HN: Angularis – like Tetris, but based on triangles
#33Surely "Tritris," by analogy with "Tetris."
Actually that was the original name I had in mind. But I found it to hard to pronounce.
Re: Show HN: Angularis – like Tetris, but based on triangles
#34There was a game very much like this on the NES called Pyramid[1], and it is notoriously difficult/painful to play, though a lot of the pain is in the repetitive score. It also had a very wide playfield though, which made clearing lines take for EVER. Playing well also involves making good use of bombs to fix mistakes, because a big problem with this as a concept vs. normal tetris is that it's possible to make unfixa…
Thanks a lot for the pointer to Pyramid. The „bomb concept“ is indeed interesting.
Re: Show HN: Angularis – like Tetris, but based on triangles
#35good company! https://www.hextris.com/
Nice! Thanks for sharing.
Re: Show HN: Angularis – like Tetris, but based on triangles
#36Very fun, but could use some polish. Controls need improvement. A single key for rotating would work better (arrow up is the most intuitive and indeed I keep hitting it and accidentally "storing" a piece for later, which is a great concept but should be bound to a different key since the arrow keys convey movement). Should show instructions in the same page as the actual game. In fact, the home page should be the gam…
The up arrow to store was the biggest problem for me. I ended up doing this about 10 times in about 40 pieces, just because it's muscle memory from Tetris.
Re: Show HN: Angularis – like Tetris, but based on triangles
#37Interesting concept )
// BUGBUG: there's no screenshot on the main page; in the game there's no "exit" or "main menu", "back" or even "help" button; the whole game screen sometimes moves instead of the shape; sometimes ASD buttons don't work (can't figure out why); default controls feel awkward for me, as a Tetris player, because UP used to be for rotating shapes and DOWN for faster dropping.
// TODO: maybe add a "slide" option? When shapes slide in diagonal gaps to the very bottom?
tested on Firefox 50
Re: Show HN: Angularis – like Tetris, but based on triangles
#38Very fun, but could use some polish. Controls need improvement. A single key for rotating would work better (arrow up is the most intuitive and indeed I keep hitting it and accidentally "storing" a piece for later, which is a great concept but should be bound to a different key since the arrow keys convey movement). Should show instructions in the same page as the actual game. In fact, the home page should be the gam…
The up arrow to store was the biggest problem for me. I ended up doing this about 10 times in about 40 pieces, just because it's muscle memory from Tetris.
Same here. Also, such games would certainly benefit from single-hand operation in mind. I'd prefer UP for rotation, DOWN for drop, and, maybe, PgUP/DN for L/R rotation, END for hold. And similarly on the WASD side of the keyboard, so either hand may be used optionally. Or even for one-keyboard multiplayer. )
Re: Show HN: Angularis – like Tetris, but based on triangles
#39Ahh yes shape rotators assemble.
Re: Show HN: Angularis – like Tetris, but based on triangles
#40Nice. 1000 points. The diagonal drop is very satisfying once you pull it off. Could be a bit more smooth as others say. There's more overhangs, but it's also more forgiving in terms of letting you fix those, I think.