RE: gnometris

[Marcin Gorycki <mgo olicom dk>]

> Tried gnometris today, seems to be almost usable :) Worst 
> "bug" is that it
> redraws the entire screen every time the block moves down. 
> Any plans for 
> fixing this? This makes playing gnometris through network 
> from my older
> computer a pain.

well, I am thinking of fixing this one (it is in the TODO file). 

> - down key drops the block a bit too fast (looks like 3 lines for each
> press, 2 would be better).
> - scoring system should be changed. When line is full, you 
> get n points.
> If you get two lines at the same drop, you get 2*2n points, 
> and same for 3
> (3*3) and 4 (4*4) lines. That's a must :) Some tetrises also 
> give points
> when block hits the floor and some give points every time the 
> block drops
> one line. IMO the later would be nice.

I don't see why this system would be better than the current one ?
I never really cared about scores anyway :). The current scoring system is
score += (100 + 10 * level) * lines so you get points for every line plus
bonus for difficulty level.