In most modern Guideline games, after a combo higher than 10, a single line clear can send 5 garbage lines to your opponent, which is even more than a Tetris (4 lines). Perfect Clears (clearing your board so that no blocks remain)Ĭombos have been a sore issue competitively for a long time. As in other Guideline games, to send damage (called 'garbage lines') to your opponent, you need to clear: Tetris Friends was one of the first (if not the first?) games where balancing issues started to become apparent. Hello Kitty Tetris, a simple reskin of the barebones single player experience on : ) (Fun fact: the Tetris official Twitter account actively hyped a spiritual successor to this game and many people were excited for it, except it turned out to be. While it wasn't without its flaws, it was the most accessible game of its time, both among official games and fan games. This game got me interested in multiplayer Tetris, just like many veteran players. Tetris Friends (a free, browser-based Tetris game) was the most popular game of its kind at its peak, starting in the early 2010s. This is the most popular form of multiplayer Tetris currently being played.Įven though Guideline Tetris has existed since the early 2000s, most players first encountered these rules in online multiplayer games, beginning with Tetris Battle on Facebook and Tetris Friends. Simply put, if the game doesn't follow these rules, it's not an official Tetris game in the eyes of TTC.

The inclusion of the de facto Tetris theme song (Korobeiniki)

A specific rotation system (the way pieces rotate) The color of the Tetriminos (the I piece is cyan, the T piece is purple, etc.)

A non-exhaustive list of these rules include: 1) Background on Guideline Tetris -Īs a bit of prior context, modern Tetris is also called 'Guideline Tetris' because all official Tetris games need to follow specific rules to be approved by TTC. They bear the most responsibility for the state of modern Tetris, so let's take a look at why: I'll try to explain things as simply as I can so anyone can understand the issues at play, even if they're not familiar with the nuances involved.įor reference, TTC stands for 'The Tetris Company,' which exclusively manages the Tetris brand and licenses the right to develop the game to various developers. The modern Tetris scene is in bad shape now because of the lack of change to official Tetris games and recent events have only made things worse. Please read so you know what is going on.Ĭredits to a few Tetris players for their feedback, but especially to bitbybyte for helping me writing this, doing grammar check and rewording most of the things I've said. I usually don't make posts like this but this needs to be said.

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