Friday, September 29, 2023

Achievement Crafting: Tetris CD-i

Babbling Brook - Clear Level 0

Brash Brook - In Level 0, attain XXX amount of points (needs testing/balancing)

Wonderous Waterfall - Clear Level 1

Marvelous Mountain - Clear Level 2

Desert Dunes - Clear Level 3

Stunning Streams - Clear Level 4

Funky Forest Feel - Clear Level 5

Beachfront Beauty - Clear Level 6

Sublime Shrubland - Clear Level 7

Vibrant Valley - Clear Level 8

Superb Sunset - Reach over 120 lines cleared on Level 9

This version of Tetris does not care about such paltry things as getting a "Tetris," "T-Spin," or any other silly bonus. In fact, you score more based on how high your lines are when landing on the playing field. With that in mind, to encourage high score style playing with this mechanic, I would design a score challenge for reaching a certain metric within Level 0 before reaching Level 1. Outside of that and simply clearing levels, all I can really think of are more line challenges or score challenges, which aren't that exciting and the Leaderboards would track that anyway. Then again, nothing wrong with a simple set for a simple game; just enjoy the relaxing music and FMV backgrounds. In fact, it may be a fun thing to try and track when the music loops, and have challenges for not clearing lines and just surviving long enough per stage to hear the full track. Maybe designate it as a "Tetris and Chill" challenge. It would be easy enough early on but the speed of the game would make later levels much harder (perhaps even impossible; I haven't played enough to know).


Please don't take this post as evidence of imminent CD-i support. This is just something on my mind. I would like to see it supported though; it may seem like a meme, but I think the CD-i is still extremely charming.

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