bastet - Man Page
any falling bricks game clone with "bastard" block-choosing AI
Examples (TL;DR)
- Start a Tetris game:
bastet
- Navigate the piece horizontally:
Left|Right arrow key
- Rotate the piece clockwise or counterclockwise:
Spacebar|Up arrow key
- Soft drop the piece:
<Down arrow key>
- Hard drop the piece:
<Enter>
- Pause the game:
p
- Quit the game:
<Ctrl> + C
Synopsis
bastet
Description
bastet (short for "bastard falling bricks game") is a any falling bricks game clone which tries to give you the worst possible block. Playing bastet can be a painful experience, especially if you usually make "canyons" and wait for the long I-shaped block.
Usage
bastet tries to conform as much as possible to the falling bricks game guidelines. We refer to those for the rules of the game. In the starting menu, you can configure the key bindings; the default ones are:
- DOWN
moves the tetromino down (one single step)
- LEFT
moves the tetromino left
- RIGHT
moves the tetromino right
- SPACE
rotates CW
- UP
rotates CCW
- ENTER
drops the tetromino as far down as possible (hard drop)
- P
pauses the game
- CTRL+C
exits the game without any further prompt
Playing Modes
The game includes two playing modes. In the second one (harder), you do not get the preview of the next tetromino, and the algorithm is modified to take advantage of this.
Files
$(HOME)/.bastetrc User options
$(HOME)/.bastetscores User-specific high scores file (used only if the system high scores file is unavailable)
/var/games/bastet.scores2 System-wide high scores for bastet.
Options
None.
Bugs
Many.
Author
Federico Poloni <f.poloni@gmx.com>