User:Lardarse/Small Pieces

Brainstorming for rotation rules for the small pieces (domino, straight tromino, bent tromino):

SRS and TGM will likely be very different. No-kick systems will be a lot simpler, and likely very similar as well.

For all systems, we need starting orientations, as well as deciding which positions we use for the domino.

For SRS, we also need to decide on a preference order for wall kicks.

For TGM, we will need to decide if there are any wall kick exceptions. I think that a lot will be needed.

--Lardarse

The bent tromino is what Mathworld calls the L-triomino; let's call it L₃. Mathworld uses the term "I tetromino" and "I pentomino"; let's call it I₃. Thus, the domino would be I₂.

SRS: In general, the reference for rotations in free space is Tetris 2 and Bombliss. But that game uses no kicks; until someone gets a copy of Kids Tetris and Family Tetris, we'll have to guess at kick rules that might fit into the SRS framework. For a first guess, I could put small pieces in Lockjaw 0.27, give I₃ the 3-wide (J/L/S/T/Z) rules, and let testers see if they're usable.

TGM: For L₃, the exception for L/J would result in no kicks when rotating from flat-side-up, or the right/left rule when rotating from flat-side-down. I₃ in TAP-alike would appear to have no wall kick like I₄; in TGM3, it would have a floor kick up 1 when rotating to vertical.

For the domino, we could at least describe the rules used by popular domino games Dr. Mario and Puyo Puyo. In free space, Dr. Mario rotates inside a 2x2 box, always filling its lower left space:

I'll have to look into its kick rules.

Puyo Puyo spawns dominoes vertically, and in free space, the top block moves around the bottom block:

I'll have to look into its kick rules.

Bombliss uses the same rules as for I:

--Tepples 14:04, 18 December 2006 (EST)

External links

• On Mathworld:
  • L-Polyomino
  • Pentomino
  • Tetromino
  • Triomino
• On Wikipedia:
  • Tromino