Bastard Tetris Hates You 104
Press the Buttons has a post up about a Linux version of Tetris called Bastard Tetris. The name is well founded, as the game evaluates what shape you need the least and sends that as your next piece. From the Bastet site: "Have you ever thought Tetris(R) was evil because it wouldn't send you that straight "I" brick you needed in order to clear four rows at the same time? Well Tetris(R) probably isn't evil, but Bastet certainly is. >:-) Bastet stands for "bastard tetris", and is a simple ncurses-based Tetris(R) clone for Linux. Unlike normal Tetris(R), however, Bastet does not choose your next brick at random. Instead, Bastet uses a special algorithm designed to choose the worst brick possible. As you can imagine, playing Bastet can be a very frustrating experience!" Sounds like the sailing puzzle in Puzzle Pirates.
Ltris has this too (Score:2, Informative)
Spinning Tetris (Score:4, Informative)
Screenshots here [bengarvey.com]
Next block? (Score:3, Informative)
I notice it still shows the next block. But does it ever lie about what the next block will be?
And maybe I shouldn't assist in the Slashdotting, but here's the offical page [altervista.org].
Re:Sailing Puzzle? (Score:1, Informative)
Re:Easy port to OSX [fixed] (Score:5, Informative)
Loads of fun! I didn't get a single line before I died!
(fixed the angle brackets)
Re:Spinning Tetris (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Next block? (Score:3, Informative)
" -the brick preview now is a "would you like it, wouldn't you?" box. It displays the "most useful" brick (according to bastet's engine). Needless to say, you will *never* get that brick! "
Re:Sailing Puzzle? (Score:5, Informative)
You get progressively better ranks in the puzzle for faster completition times per board (you'd typically complete several boards over the course of a battle or a trip between two navigation points), and better ranks for your many sailors increases the speed at which the ship sails, to a predetermined maximum based on hull type (in battle, its slightly different -- I think you get four moves max regardless but if your sailors are cruddy you won't get all of them -- that could be disastrous because it allows the other ship to get somewhere it shouldn't be, like directly behind you to pound you with unanswerable cannonfire).
Puzzle Pirates, by the way, is the best free trial you'll ever play in your life. Even if you uninstall it and never get into the MMORPG part the puzzles are just breathtakingly fun to play. Its a puzzle game, except the puzzle MATTERS (imagine playing Gem Fighter to settle crew-to-crew combat and being able to brag to people that you swordfought seven guys at a time, including a Cleaver (high rank of AI), and killed them all).
Re:Pufftris (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Monkey Island 2 (Score:2, Informative)
The library is more useful that just getting the lens in the model lighthouse.
Re:Sailing Puzzle? (Score:3, Informative)
Sounds nifty, but I run Linux. (Googles) Oh, *sweet*!. There's a Linux client!
I spent hours going through archives of Games Magazine and I love Cheapass Games (it's a company if you're not familiar with them, that sells 50 to $5 really inexpensive, well designed games, usually a bunch of printed sheets in an envelope). Good game and puzzle design is an art. I'll give this a shot... later... when my paid work is finished. :)
( BTW - Kingdom of Loathing [kingdomofloathing.com] is a quirky fun site as well)
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Evan