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Newcomers DBPro Corner / First game help (tetris)

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Maati
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Posted: 3rd May 2009 09:45
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So I've been learning c++ for more than half-year, but I thought i'd be easier to create games with DBpro. I read some tutorials, pretty much learned the syntax. But the problem is I created only simple programms, so I have no idea how to create tetris. Well, I do have some ideas. I think it would work out if I made the tetris board a 2D array. The falling shape would be 1 and the empty space would be 0. If a line of 1 is full, then it disappears. I want to create a really simple game. No menus, no scoring and so on. The problem is I have no idea how to write that. Any help, please? Thanks, in advance.
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bobbel
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Posted: 3rd May 2009 17:44
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maybe read more tutorials? i have no idea, i'm a complete n00b at 2d dark basic. In 3d this is easier, but still a fair challenge.. i think...

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Posted: 5th May 2009 18:31
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Arrays can store the values on the game board, so you could use a 2D array: dim board(6,20)
For actually drawing the playing pieces on screen, I would suggest using sprites. You could make each tetris shape a single sprite, or build the shapes out of single block sprites, which would require your code to position them into the correct shape. Once a sprite is created, it can be rotated and moved about the screen. Sprites are created from images, as you can see in the command syntax in the help.

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