Metris
Games
multiplayer tetris
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How HN took it
0 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 6 critical, out of 13 comments about the project. Thread score -0.37.
Idea: 0 for, 2 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 againstDesign: 0 for, 2 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Multiplayer dynamic feels cohesive as a team game
From 1 comment
For about two minutes I fell in love with this. And then someone started repeatedly stacking blocks in any game I played to force a loss. And there was nothing I could do. Me and…
CharlieA on HN
Objections
Trolls can stack blocks to force losses in multiplayer games
From 3 comments
For about two minutes I fell in love with this. And then someone started repeatedly stacking blocks in any game I played to force a loss. And there was nothing I could do. Me and…
CharlieA on HNIt was fun until someone joins your game and sabotages is by stacking blocks straight to the top. It happened in all the games I played. Nice app though.
MJR on HNAgreed - nicely built app with an incredibly easy way for people to troll :(
DamonOehlman on HN
Controls are awkward: no hard drop, no ghost piece, slow key repeat
From 2 comments
I love Tetris, so I can give you a bit of constructive criticism here. - I don't want unlimited space for the blocks to move. - I have no idea how this is multiplayer - I should…
Jarred on HNFor about two minutes I fell in love with this. And then someone started repeatedly stacking blocks in any game I played to force a loss. And there was nothing I could do. Me and…
CharlieA on HN
Crashes or stops working after a while, and fails in some browsers
From 2 comments
This game doesn't work for me in Firefox or IE... I see a block but it doesn't move and I can't move it. What now? EDIT: Aha! It only breaks if I enter a Twitter username. EDIT2:…
darinpantley on HNWorked great on Chrome[1] for a couple of minutes with a few players then crashed with the broken tab icon. [1] Chrome 11.0.696.57 running on Ubuntu 11.04 32bit.
hartror on HN
Name Metris risks trademark trouble with Tetris
From 2 comments
Change the name. Metris is just asking for the owner of the Tetris trademark to come after you (and they are quite well known for defending their trademark actively).
gburt on HNFor about two minutes I fell in love with this. And then someone started repeatedly stacking blocks in any game I played to force a loss. And there was nothing I could do. Me and…
CharlieA on HN
Requests
Add hard drop, ghost blocks and a rotate key other than arrow keys
From 3 comments
I love Tetris, so I can give you a bit of constructive criticism here. - I don't want unlimited space for the blocks to move. - I have no idea how this is multiplayer - I should…
Jarred on HNI've played many other versions of Tetris that use up as rotate, but besides that, you read my mind. I went back and tried a second time. This is multiplayer because everyone…
eric-hu on HNThe problem with using the up arrow as the rotation key is that you can only rotate it in one direction. Typically Tetris allows you to rotate both clockwise and counterclockwise…
anonova on HN
Vary the piece shapes
From 1 comment
Something might be done to vary the pieces. My first nine pieces were all the same shape, the following 5 were the same and so on.
matusz13 on HN
Limit the playfield so blocks don't have unlimited space
From 1 comment
I love Tetris, so I can give you a bit of constructive criticism here. - I don't want unlimited space for the blocks to move. - I have no idea how this is multiplayer - I should…
Jarred on HN
Questions
Can lines actually be cleared?
From 1 comment
Were you able to actually clear lines? I have been playing with a pair of colleages and when we finally got the whole thing ready for a tetris clear... the lines stood there…
kilburn on HN
Is it built in Rails?
From 1 comment
Is this all built in Rails?
skadamat on HN
Alternatives named
Tetris Friends
From 1 comment
I love Tetris, so I can give you a bit of constructive criticism here. - I don't want unlimited space for the blocks to move. - I have no idea how this is multiplayer - I should…
Jarred on HN