The best 2D Tetris on the web?
So you like Tetris huh? Of course you do, Tetris is a game of logic, and you're a computer programmer!
http://www.trentjackson.bigpondhosti...etrisworld.zip
(3mb download, requires Microsoft's .NET framework 2.0)
Vista users will already have the frame work, XP users will need to visit: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
Enjoy!
Trent Jackson
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The source code for this is also available: http://www.planet-source-code.com/vb...txtCodeId=6803
VB.NET leaves VB6 for dead.
Some of the response I have received from this project ...
Comment: Wow, I was expecting another boring Tetris clone, then I started the project up and was pleasantly surprised. I especially loved the ambient music and different style backgrounds.
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Very good Trent. But I feel that all these are a waste of resources...
You are too good to be spended in games.
Ioannis
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lol ...
Often enough, I find that one of the best ways to learn a new language is to assign yourself with a subject. A video game is a perfect choice. Here's why. A video game is usually a diverse compilation of: logic, I/O, variables, graphics and sounds. These are 5 key ingredients to almost any piece of contemporary software. Logic exposes you to all the general syntax, such as: IFs, FORs, DOs etc ... IO (input / output) requires dealing with things such as the keyboard and mouse. Graphics on the other hand exposes you to the implementation of APIs (big part of desktop programming) Same story for music & sounds. Conclusion: I actually made that game to cut my teeth on .NET
Making video games is a great way to learn how to program.
Trent Jackson
Last edited by T.Jackson; - 9th October 2008 at 11:19.
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I remember back in around early 2000 I attempted to code a Tetris from scratch. The result was a migraine. I got absolutely no where with it. Perhaps I was missing the conceptual knowledge, but then again maybe it was just completely beyond me.
I absolutely ripped through it this time around. Everything was like click, click clack. It just all came together, it was ready to be born. So besides cutting my teeth on .NET, this game represents a milestone in my years of programming from when I first began.
But I think now, all I really want is that magic piece of paper from UNI. No more video games on the menu. But a really good XHTML editor might be
Trent Jackson
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