Cambridge
| Cambridge | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Joe Zeng |
| Platform(s) | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| Release | May 2019 |
| Latest release | v0.1 (May 23, 2019) |
| Gameplay info | |
| Next pieces | variable |
| Playfield size | 10 × 24, 20 visible rows |
| Hold piece | Yes, with IHS |
| Hard drop | All variants supported |
| Rotation system | Classic ARS, Ti-ARS, SRS, Cambridge |
Cambridge is a Lua-based falling-block-game engine dedicated to creating a robust, easily customizable platform for creating new, custom game modes.
Game modes
These game modes are exclusive to, or originated from, Cambridge:
- Marathon 2020
- Survival 2020
- Strategy
- Interval Training
- TetrisGram™ Pacer Test
These game modes from other creators are also supported:
- Demon Mode, created by Oshisaure
- Phantom Mania, originally from Nullpomino
- Phantom Mania 2
And these modes from other published games:
- Ligne (40 lines mode)
- Marathon A1 (Tetris The Grand Master)
- Marathon A2 (Master mode from Tetris The Absolute The Grand Master 2)
- Marathon A3 (Master mode from Tetris The Grand Master 3 Terror-Instinct)
- Survival A1 (20G mode from TGM)
- Survival A2 (Death mode from TAP)
- Survival A3 (Shirase mode from Ti)
- Line Attack (Another mode from Ace)
Marathon 2020
Survival 2020
Strategy
Strategy Mode flips the normal "figure out where to place a piece as you move it" logic of Tetris inside-out. In Strategy mode, most of your time is spent waiting for pieces before executing a fast sequence of inputs to get them where you want them to go.
The goal of the game is to get to level 999, just like TGM, except with the following speed curve:
| Level | ARE/Line clear (frames) |
Lock (frames) |
DAS (frames) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 000-099 | 60 | 8 | 6 |
| 100-199 | 54 | 8 | 6 |
| 200-299 | 48 | 8 | 6 |
| 300-399 | 42 | 8 | 6 |
| 400-499 | 36 | 8 | 6 |
| 500-599 | 30 | 6 | 6 |
| 600-699 | 24 | 6 | 6 |
| 700-799 | 21 | 4 | 6 |
| 800-899 | 18 | 4 | 6 |
| 900-999 | 15 | 4 | 6 |
Interval Training
Interval Training is a mode specifically for players who are attempting to break the 2:28 torikan in Survival A3, or play more consistently at the top speed bracket in Marathon A3.
The game will stay at the same speed level throughout, which is the top speed level in Master mode, or the level 300 speed level in Shirase:
| Speed level | ARE (frames) |
Line ARE (frames) |
DAS (frames) |
Lock (frames) |
Line clear (frames) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 - unlimited | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 6 |
The time limit is 30 seconds per section, and resets to 30 seconds (without adding the unused time from the previous section) at the beginning of a new section. Players play until they top out or run out of time in a single section.
TetrisGram™ Pacer Test
The TetrisGram™ Pacer Test is a multi-stage piece-placing capacity test that progressively gets more difficult as it continues. In each segment, you must clear 3 lines. The line-clearing speed starts slowly, but gets progressively faster each minute after you hear a particular signal. Each segment is marked with with a different signal. The second time in a row you fail to clear 3 lines before the segment marker sound, your game is over.