13TRIS - The Block Game With a Twist
Team:
Hello there!
We are a team of (currently) five members, who want to implement our own version of the well-known Tetris game (13TRIS). We chose this project because we love games and we were interested in using technologies different from the ones we learned in lectures like „Programmieren“. Making a game seemed like a good starting point for that.
You might ask „why would I play Tetris when I can shoot at people in CS:GO“? Well, only recent publications like Nintendo’s „Tetris 99“ show that even an old game like Tetris is still relevant. However, we won’t charge you 20 bucks to play the game. It will be free (however we reserve the right to include in-game transactions obviously)! Features
Our vision of Tetris will feature multiplayer as well as single-player modes. You will be able to create an account and compete with others and climb up on a leaderboard! But even if you have no friends we got you covered with an AI-driven bot that you can play against. We also offer a great user experience through an intuitive web UI. Technologies
| Website 👉 | https://13tris.mkrabs.de |
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| Github 👉 | https://github.com/13TRIS/13TRIS |
| Original Post 👉 | https://13tris.dkoeck.de/blog/s3-w1-our-first-post/ |
Hello there!
We are a team of (currently) five members, who want to implement our own version of the well-known Tetris game (13TRIS). We chose this project because we love games and we were interested in using technologies different from the ones we learned in lectures like „Programmieren“. Making a game seemed like a good starting point for that.
You might ask „why would I play Tetris when I can shoot at people in CS:GO“? Well, only recent publications like Nintendo’s „Tetris 99“ show that even an old game like Tetris is still relevant. However, we won’t charge you 20 bucks to play the game. It will be free (however we reserve the right to include in-game transactions obviously)!
Features
Our vision of Tetris will feature multiplayer as well as single-player modes. You will be able to create an account and compete with others and climb up on a leaderboard! But even if you have no friends we got you covered with an AI-driven bot that you can play against. We also offer a great user experience through an intuitive web UI.
Technologies
At this point we plan to use the following technologies (although we are not sure yet):
- Python as our main programming language because it is very flexible and can be used for creating web applications as well as creating AIs or managing things in the backend
- Other technologies will follow as we get a more detailed understanding of what we need to achieve our ultimate goal
Tools
- Git for version control
- Github for managing our Code/Repositories (https://github.com/MKrabs/13TRIS)
- Project management: Youtrack (https://dhbw-karlsruhe.myjetbrains.com/youtrack/agiles/108-128/109-936)
- Possible options for the code editor which still have to be discussed:
- VSCode
- IntelliJ
- Sublime Text
- PyCharm
- Blog: WordPress (I guess you noticed by now)
Challenges to come (and possible solutions)
Making an old game like Tetris interesting
Despite the arguments at the top of this post, we know that some people might think Tetris is a boring game. Our challenge will be to make it interesting enough so everybody can enjoy it.
Getting familiar with foreign tools and technologies
Working on a project means learning a lot of new tools and this takes a lot of time. As a software engineer for example you know how frustrating it can be to set up a new environment in an IDE. We think it is important to keep that in mind and not underestimate the time we will have to spend figuring all that stuff out.
Time management
As some of you might know studying at a university is no cakewalk. Time is always a problem and creating such a project takes a lot. So managing this kind of task in addition to attending lectures, preparing homework, learning for exams, working in a company, and writing papers will for sure be challenging. This is why time management will be very important which is why one of our first steps will be getting used to our project management tools to avoid stress where possible.
Next steps
Our next steps include:
- Creating a custom Logo for our application
- Decide on the code editor to use
- Creating a fitting banner image
- Research about the technologies we want to use
- Elaborate a general structure for our project
- Thinking about further functionalities and use cases
- …
Conclusion
Now we have said enough. If you managed to read till the end you can pat yourself on the back now. Keep looking for updates on our blog and we wish everyone good luck and much success!
The 13TRIS team 🤖