Hextris

#1

Post by kome » Sun, Aug 17, 2014, 4:02 PM UTC

Hextris
hextris.github.io

Re: Hextris

#2

Post by kazinator » Sun, Aug 17, 2014, 4:41 PM UTC

"I wrote Hextris way back in 1990." -- David Markley

http://www.hextris.com/

Kind of misleading to use the name "Hextris" for what looks like a very different game. The original Hextris is 2D falling blocks exactly like Tetris, except that the world consists of hexagons, and so the pieces have six rotations. I played this like crazy for a brief time in the mid 1990's.

Re: Hextris

#3

Post by minimaxir » Sun, Aug 17, 2014, 4:45 PM UTC

This is more Hex Puyo Puyo than Hex Tetris.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puyo_Puyo_(series)#Gameplay

Re: Hextris

#4

Post by [deleted] » Sun, Aug 17, 2014, 4:47 PM UTC

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Re: Hextris

#5

Post by diminish » Sun, Aug 17, 2014, 4:50 PM UTC

Every time I get a glimpse of other people's phones I endeed up seeing crush candy saga and then 2048. let's see if hextris re-loaded will get a dent.

Re: Hextris

#6

Post by bluedino » Sun, Aug 17, 2014, 4:53 PM UTC

minimaxir wrote: post #3

This is more Hex Puyo Puyo than Hex Tetris. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puyo_Puyo_(series)#Gameplay

HexKlax

Re: Hextris

#7

Post by snarfy » Sun, Aug 17, 2014, 4:53 PM UTC

It needs a 'drop brick' button.

Re: Hextris

#8

Post by sergiotapia » Sun, Aug 17, 2014, 4:57 PM UTC

Now build it using Swift|Elexir|Haskell. :P

Re: Hextris

#9

Post by abritishguy » Sun, Aug 17, 2014, 4:58 PM UTC

It gets too fast - if it had a limit to how fast it got then it could go on forever but with it as it currently is there are limits to how high your score can get before it is too fast for you to be able to react and once you reach that score you aren't very motivated to keep playing.

I'm struggling to beat 5863

Re: Hextris

#10

Post by asronline » Sun, Aug 17, 2014, 4:58 PM UTC

WHY HN?! Just when I was being productive again.