Getting the World Record in Hatetris (2022)
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Getting the World Record in Hatetris (2022)
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Re: Getting the World Record in Hatetris (2022)
#2Related:
Losing the World Record in Hatetris (2023) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36558013 - July 2023 (1 comment)
Getting the World Record in Hatetris - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32495842 - Aug 2022 (1 comment)
Hatetris – Tetris which always gives you the worst piece - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27063894 - May 2021 (245 comments)
Hatetris - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4846607 - Nov 2012 (2 comments)
Hatetris: Tetris That Hates You - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1253492 - April 2010 (19 comments)
Re: Getting the World Record in Hatetris (2022)
#3Tetris, er, um I mean the use of interlacing cube blocks in random ways not intruding on existing IP, is such a deep well of variations on a theme from the hard core speed cults to a jelly gummy wiggle version to my fave that adds a z-axis [1] -- it just keeps on entertaining.
Re: Getting the World Record in Hatetris (2022)
#4Tetris, er, um I mean the use of interlacing cube blocks in random ways not intruding on existing IP, is such a deep well of variations on a theme from the hard core speed cults to a jelly gummy wiggle version to my fave that adds a z-axis [1] -- it just keeps on entertaining. [1] https://github.com/diarmidmackenzie/blocks-arcade
> Tetris, er, um I mean
TTC has such an iron grip on Tetris that even clones which don't use the name or anything similar to it are still at risk of being shut down, it's ridiculous. It's possibly the only example of game mechanics being de-facto copyrighted, in spite of game mechanics ostensibly not being copyrightable, due to some legal sleight of hand where they successfully argued that the look of Tetris is their exclusive trade dress. That look is inextricably tied to the mechanics, there's no way to make a Tetris clone which doesn't look like Tetris.
Re: Getting the World Record in Hatetris (2022)
#5Tetris, er, um I mean the use of interlacing cube blocks in random ways not intruding on existing IP, is such a deep well of variations on a theme from the hard core speed cults to a jelly gummy wiggle version to my fave that adds a z-axis [1] -- it just keeps on entertaining. [1] https://github.com/diarmidmackenzie/blocks-arcade
> Tetris, er, um I mean TTC has such an iron grip on Tetris that even clones which don't use the name or anything similar to it are still at risk of being shut down, it's ridiculous. It's possibly the only example of game mechanics being de-facto copyrighted, in spite of game mechanics ostensibly not being copyrightable, due to some legal sleight of hand where they successfully argued that the look of Tetris is their…
How long does the license persist? Wikipedia says the first version came out in 1985. Or is it somehow a life of the author + century kind of deal?
Re: Getting the World Record in Hatetris (2022)
#6Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Tetris, er, um I mean TTC has such an iron grip on Tetris that even clones which don't use the name or anything similar to it are still at risk of being shut down, it's ridiculous. It's possibly the only example of game mechanics being de-facto copyrighted, in spite of game mechanics ostensibly not being copyrightable, due to some legal sleight of hand where they successfully argued that the look of Tetris is their…
How long does the license persist? Wikipedia says the first version came out in 1985. Or is it somehow a life of the author + century kind of deal?
IANAL, but a quick Google suggests that trade dress protection can be extended indefinitely, the only requirement is that it is still being actively used.
TTC exists solely to collect rent on Tetris so they're never going to let it slip away if they can help it.
Re: Getting the World Record in Hatetris (2022)
#7oh god I've never hated a game so quickly
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#8Do not miss P.S. section at the end. It is very inspiring! Quote:
"We’re not researchers at all. We’re just two people who became obsessed with a problem and put their meager knowledge to use, beating rocks against rocks in different configurations until something resembling a spearhead came out. ... You, too, can do something like this. Find a problem. Become obsessed with it. Learn everything you can about it. Fall down dead ends. Give up, and then keep thinking about the problem at night. Have Eureka moments that lead you down other dead ends. ... "
Re: Getting the World Record in Hatetris (2022)
#9I used to play "bastet" which had the same over all idea with a slightly different algorithm since 2005: https://fph.altervista.org/prog/bastet.html
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