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Stack It Rotation

over 8 years

In Tetris, you can rotate your piece clockwise and counter-clockwise.

In Stack It, if I'm not mistaken, you may only rotate counter-clockwise with the Up key.

Rotating in BOTH directions is needed and crucial for high-level play, and since this is only a competitive multiplayer game, it is a necessity.

May I intruduce "Twists". The L, J, and T tetrominoes are the beneficiaries to this technique. These twists, also specifically called "L, J, and T Spins," allow these tetrominoes to enter gaps that would not be possible without rotating in BOTH directions. http://kitaru.1101b.com/TGMGUIDE/12.htm Demonstrates this.

http://tetris.wikia.com/wiki/Twists Also a full article on twists.

Currently the only way to do a clockwise twist would be a 270 degree counter-clockwise rotation, which is sometimes (MOST LIKELY) not possible in the block setup.

Another reason to add clockwise rotation is that 3 key presses, not only being impossible to perform in situations, takes far longer than just a tap of a clockwise button, which, in a competitive environment where you aim to take control of the next piece, is very important.

I propose to add controls for clockwise and counter-clockwise rotating to the X and Z keys, respectively, where a player's thumb would rest on the spacebar for the hard drop, with their index and middle on Z and X.

over 8 years
Could you add hold to stack it! too please.
deletedover 8 years
speed based games are not that great on this site, snake and stack it have heavy lag and directly deliver lower ping to those in regions closer to California as this is where the admin resides hence his servers (unless of course he rents out Amazon servers at a another location, I didn't try to ping this site so I don't really know).
over 8 years
Oh and also add a small list of controls akin to Battle Snakes below the play area. Everybody seems to not know how to play.