| TetriCycle | |
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| General | |
| Author | calvinss4 |
| Type | Puzzle |
| Version | 1.2 |
| License | GPL |
| Last Updated | 2010/10/20 |
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TetriCycle is Tetris projected onto a cylindrical surface. Rotate the cylinder left/right such that the descending piece falls into place.
Controls
In game
Any combination of the following control schemes can be used by up to 4 players.
Point at a powerup and hold Wiimote A Button to grab it. Drag it onto the target player and release Wiimote A Button to drop it.
"Shake" indicates a quick downward movement, causing an acceleration along the z-axis.
Any player can pause the game.
Nunchuck & Wiimote
A - Rotate block
B - Rotate block (opposite direction)
Nunchuck Control Stick - Rotate cylinder left/right
Nunchuck Control Stick - Soft drop
D-Pad Down or Shake - Hard drop
Plus - Pause
Wiimote Horizontal
2 - Rotate block
1 - Rotate block (opposite direction)
D-Pad Left/Right - Rotate cylinder left/right
D-Pad Down - Soft drop
A or Shake - Hard drop
Plus - Pause
GameCube Controller
A - Rotate block
B - Rotate block (opposite direction)
Control Stick - Rotate cylinder left/right
Control Stick - Soft drop
D-Pad Down - Hard drop
Start - Pause
Edit Playfield
Point at a label and press Wiimote A Button to increment the value.
Point at a label and press Wiimote B Button to decrement the value.
Screenshots
Media
TetriCycle overview (caIvinss4)
Changelog
1.2
- 9th Release: 10/20/10
- Added a Mirror powerup.
- Added a Speed Up powerup.
- Added a Junk Piece powerup.
1.1
- 8th Release: 10/19/10
- Added classical mode (for classic tetris).
- The Player Profiles 'rotation' label now has a 'piece' option that allows you to move the piece instead of moving the playfield; this is similar to classical mode, except that the piece is allowed to wrap around in cylindrical mode.
- The Player Profiles 'guide' label now has a 'line' option, so when selecting the guide mode, you can choose between a shadow piece, or a guide line.
1.0
- 7th Release: 9/30/10.
- Source code is now available.
v0.6b
- 6th Release: 8/19/10.
- Added sound FX.
- Added powerups to multiplayer. Please enjoy.
- This game will be open sourced soon, at which point you can add your own powerups.
v0.5b
- 5th Release: 7/26/10.
- Handicap options (for a more competitive multiplayer experience).
- Editable playfield (width, scale, position, cylindrical angle).
v0.4b
- 4th Release: 7/19/10.
- Shadow option -- see where the current piece will drop.
- Preview option -- see what the next piece will be.
- Multiplayer looks better. Each playfield is drawn from the same perspective, but with a shifted viewport.
v0.3b
- 3rd Release: 4/5/10.
- Better menus.
- Ability to reverse the direction in which the Tetris cylinder rotates.
v0.2b
- 2nd Release: 12/14/09.
- Added support for {{Nunchuk + Wiimote and Wiimote Horizontal.
- Added support for up to 4 players.
v0.1b
- Initial Release: 12/6/09.
- I consider this release "pre-alpha", as it's not yet feature complete, but homebrew tends not to follow the typical product development cycle; thus, this is the first "beta" release.
Credits
- Thanks to DesktopMan for sharing his source: Tetris Wii.
- Thanks to Sonicdude41 for the idea: Tetris on a Cylindrical Surface.
- Thanks to WaxyPumpkin72 for the HBC icon.
- Thanks to ZombieWatercrest for the higher quality video.
- Thanks to Leathl for his CustomizeMii utility.
- Thanks to Tantric for his awesome Libwiigui library.
- Menu music is from tetricycle by dj dimz.
- Various Tetris images ripped from the internet.
- And of course, thanks to all the people who've made Wii homebrew possible.
External links
- Official website - http://tetricycle.com/doxygen/ (archived)
- GitHub - https://github.com/Zilor/tetricycle
- Google Code - https://code.google.com/archive/p/tetricycle/
- WiiBrew - https://wiibrew.org/wiki/TetriCycle