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First Person Tetris

184 points| theblackbox | 16 years ago |firstpersontetris.com | reply

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[+] z8000|16 years ago|reply
Maybe this should be "second-person tetris" since you rotate with the block. I would expect a first-person tetris to offer either a view from the POV of the blocks downward, or from the base upwards at the blocks headed my way.
[+] mjgoins|16 years ago|reply
It's third person, but with a visual frame of reference fixed to the piece, at the time the piece appears on the screen. I don't see how that's even close to first person.

It's also really fun.

[+] ericd|16 years ago|reply
Holy nauseating reference frames batman...

This really seems to mess with the part of my brain that's been optimized for playing Tetris, even after ~50 lines... It's like going from being fluent in a language to a complete noob again.

[+] megamark16|16 years ago|reply
Now I'm dizzy. Pretty cool idea though.
[+] hugothefrog|16 years ago|reply
Has anyone seen a tetris implementation from the other first-person perspective? As in, you're the block, looking downwards?

Probably far too hard to play, but that is what I was expecting when I hit the link..

[+] kilian|16 years ago|reply
http://www.firstpersontetris.com - the no-www gives me a domain squatter page :(

way too addicting, btw.

[+] sireat|16 years ago|reply
I am getting the squatter page in both cases.. :(

Curious, why you would have had one version work and one would not work.

What could have happened? DNS poisoning, site owned by squatter, or most likely scenario, site is hosted on a low-cost provider, which switches to squatter version when the site gets too much traffic.

[+] fh|16 years ago|reply
I can play first-person shooters all day long, but this makes me motion sick, and I had to stop after a few minutes. It's a shame, because I really like the concept.
[+] 10ren|16 years ago|reply
http://urbancanvas.net/firstpersontetris/

courtesy reddit http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/aoxr9/its_firstperso...

[+] theblackbox|16 years ago|reply
I apologise unreservedly. I do not use reddit, and found this on some IRC chan to distract me for a few minutes... I figured it would die like all my submissions have with less than 20 upvotes and a few comments about similar implementations or pros/cons of such a drastic change to user interface.
[+] RobKohr|16 years ago|reply
Am I the only one that noticed the tv "scanning" that happens. That combined with the surrounding imagery of the VCR really are nice touches.

This guy is awesome.

What is doubly awesome is that there is no credit on the page as to who made it. He just made something cool, and put it up. Done.

[+] joubert|16 years ago|reply
Bloody hilarious. I was almost in stitches when I did my first rotation.
[+] kellishaver|16 years ago|reply
I want to play this so bad, but I get a headache and mild nausea after about the 4th piece.
[+] JshWright|16 years ago|reply
I have no idea why, but I find this so much more intuitive than "normal" tetris.
[+] nicpottier|16 years ago|reply
This started some nausea pretty quick for me.. which makes it brilliant.
[+] endlessvoid94|16 years ago|reply
This is incredible. Somehow I find it easier to concentrate and figure out than normal tetris. I can think faster with this one.
[+] theblackbox|16 years ago|reply
@jacquesm: I think I just inadvertantly gave you a case study!

/me hangs head in shame

[+] jacquesm|16 years ago|reply
Yes, but now I'm really confused ;)
[+] oladon|16 years ago|reply
This is doing funny things to my head.

I'm up to 3700. :D

[+] oladon|16 years ago|reply
And I lose at 4420.
[+] revorad|16 years ago|reply
This is way too addictive. There goes productivity.
[+] middus|16 years ago|reply
Beware of sickness! Don't spin your head.
[+] trafficlight|16 years ago|reply
I played for about a minute. Now I feel car sick. Or maybe Tetrisick?
[+] indiejade|16 years ago|reply
Definitely not for the potentially epileptic.