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Eczetris

Awarded 5 stars

System Requirements

Any Windows

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File Size : 186 KB Version 1.6 Author : Magnus Eriksson

Eczetris is a small form factor Tetris clone. It features an online highscore table that players can upload their scores to and then view the list to see if they beat the top highscore. Other features are multiple selectable music tracks and configurable keyboard input used for game play. The keyboard repeat rate is also adjustable from within the game. The game consumes a minimal of system resources and still provides excellent game play.

Requirements:

Windows® 98 or later operating system is required.

DirectX® 8 or later is required (or actually dinput8.dll is the only required file)

The program consists only of a single exefile so there is no installation neccessary.

No new files are generated by Eczetris, all settings are saved under the folllowing registry key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Eckas-garage\Eczetris

An internet connection is required to view the internet highscore list or upload results to it.
Basic Tetris rules:

When the game starts, figures called tetroids will drop from the top of the game window.

The tetroids always consist of combinations of four blocks.

The tetroids touch down at the bottom of the game window or get stuck on top of already landed tetroids.

When one row is completely filled with blocks it will dissapear and all blocks above that row will fall down one row.

The falling tetroid can be rotated and moved sideways by the player to position it strategically.

When the game field is so fully occupied of fallen tetroids that the next planned tetroid can not fit at the top of the gamefield, then the game is over.
How the Eczetris scores are calculated:

Each new Tetroid generates a pot of 10 points but is decreased by 1 point for each row it falls

Completing one single row gives 10 points

Completing two rows simultaneous gives 50 points

Completing three rows simultaneous gives 250 points

Completing four rows simultaneous is called Tetris and gives 1250 points
How the Eczetris level system works:

The game starts at level 1 and at this level the tetroid drop interval is 1 row every 500ms.

Every 30 seconds the current level increases by 1 level.

At level 01 - 25, each increased level decreases the tetroid drop interval by 10ms.

At level 26 - 70, each increased level decreases the tetroid drop interval by 5ms.

After level 70, the levels continue to increase but the drop interval is not changed.
Keyboard interface:

The five actions used during gameplay can be configured by personal preference in the settings dialog. This table describes the game actions that can be configured and the default keys used if not configured otherwise.

[Move Left, Arrow key Left] Move the tetroid to the left

[Move Right, Arrow key Right] Move the tetroid to the Right

[Rotate CCW, Arrow key Up] Rotate the tetroid 90 degrees counter clockwise

[Move Down, Arrow key Down] Move the tetroid down one single row

[Drop, Spacebar] Drop the tetroid immediately until it hits something
The Game Menu :

[New Game, F2] Start a new game, note that this automatically stops any ongoing game

[Pause, P] Pauses/Unpauses the game, max three pauses are allowed per game

[Music, M] Enables/Disables the music, this setting is remembered between executions of Eczetris

[Highscore] Opens the local highscore table, more choices are available from there

[Settings] Opens the setting dialog where various settings can be changed

[Help, F1] Attempts to open an explorer window to view this online help file

[About] Displays an in game about box

[Quit, Esc] Quits Eczetris
The Highscore Dialog Box :

[Local Highscore table] This is the local highscore list, visible only on the local machine and only for the currently loggged on user

[Clear list] This will clear the local list, a warning will be given before the list is actually cleared

[Upload to Server] Tries to contact the gameserver and match the local list with the global online list. If any of the local highscores fit on the global list they will be inserted in the global list and be stored

[View Internet list] Tries to open an explorer window to view the online highscore list [Close] Closes the highscore dialog
The Settings Dialog Box :

[GameServer] Sets the gameserver name and path. There should be no "Http://" before and no "/" afterwards

[Musictrack] Select which musictrack that should be used when the music is enabled

[KeyMapping] Select which key to press to perfom a certain game action. Hover the mouse over the action key you would like to change and press the left mouse button. The text will change to "Press a key". Press the new key you would like to use for this game action.

[KeyRepeatDelay] Selects how long time in ms that should ellaps before a key starts to auto repeat.

[KeyRepeatRate] Selects how fast a key should repeat itself when hold down. The time is in ms.

[RestoreToDefaults] Restore all settings in the dialog to the default values. The values are not saved until OK is pressed.

[OK] Saves and activates the new settings and closes the dialog.

[Cancel] Discards any changes and closes the dialog.