[PUBLIC RELASE] Tetriabetes 1.50b2

[dragula96]

1.50b3 is finaly done and can be downloaded here:

TetriAbetes 1.50b3

Mirror (Thanx to stifpsp)

1.50b3 Video (shot by stifpsp)

1.50b3 Chang log - 11/09/2008 Public relase
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* Added Trophy Support/Trophy Room
* Changed pause menu to display trophy requirments.
* Added 3 Difficulty Settings Easy, Normal, Hard.
Note: you can NOT win any trophies on Easy.

* Added New Block animation to Hold, Next pieces.
* Changed the main theme(skin) of the game.
* Changed New Title Menu(animated).
* Songs now do not loop by default.
* Added Credits menu





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Hello everyone,
It’s been a while since I’ve updated Tetriabetes since I’ve been busy with work, and playing GTAIV and MGS4.
I had a hard drive crash (good thing I backed up my hard work), and just never got around to re installing the psp SDK again.

I think it is time to start working on Tetriabetes 1.50 again.
The final version of 1.50 will be the last update unless bugs are found. After that is done, I will release the source code and hopefully other devs can keep working on it, to make it even better.

In the mean time I will be releasing beta builds of 1.50.

I’ve also decided to make v1.50 beta 2 public.
You can download it here:

Tetriabetes 1.50b2
Changes are listed below.

Thank you everyone for your support.
next beta will focus on skin support/optimization.

1.50b2 Changes - 7/10/2008 Public release
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Decided to release 1.50b2 to public
Thank you for your support!


1.50b2 Changes - 3/1/2008 Donation release only
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*Added Invisible Blocks mode


1.50b1 Changes - 3/15/2008 Donation release only
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* Added the "random bag" A.K.A. "7 system"
This makes the game 20x better!
No more waiting forever for that I piece, every piece is a maximum of only 12 drops Away!

Read more about how the random bag system works here:
http://www.tetrisconcept.com/wiki/in...ndom_Generator

[Mraellis]

Wicked Thx Dragula.

So what else is planned for 1.50 ?

[dragula96]

Originally Posted by mraellis

Wicked Thx Dragula.

So what else is planned for 1.50 ?

thanks,
yea, i just got a great idea a few hours ago , but i will keep it under wraps for now untill i have the new element in the engine.

* 1.50 will have more game modes.
* skin support(probably up to 5 different skins + the default)
* flashy partical effects.
* new default skin
* new sounds(no more unreal sounds)
* sound pack support(like skins but with sounds)

probably more stuff, ill update the list as it comes along.

as i see it gameplay is pretty much solid. just need to tweek the increacment in speed per level, and optimize the game overall speed and some delays in the controls.

i wanted to see if i could do a multiplayer mode and score uploading to a server, but i think thats beyond my programming capabilities.

i will be releasing betas with the changes as i add them in.

[joseph10444]

SWEET!!
ive been playing 1.43 for so many times!!!

how can i keep my old high score :P?

its 194k
pretty hard to achieve...

[dragula96]

Originally Posted by joseph10444

SWEET!!
ive been playing 1.43 for so many times!!!

how can i keep my old high score :P?

its 194k
pretty hard to achieve...

nice score, but...

the update will reset your old score to zero.
sorry.

[joseph10444]

aww thats okay
ill use this lol ;P

[hardran3]

Awesome. Cannot wait for the updates. My favorite PSP hombrew.

[maxexcloo]

Sweet job!

Cant wait for 1.50

[Jungle-Cat]

I was just looking up tetriabetes.com the other day... I thought you had stopped work

But alas! Keep it up drag! I enjoyed my donation-only beta

[wicked_fable]

Great work. I love the sounds you used(Unreal Tournament?) and the graphics are great. I let my dad, who was an avid Tetris fan, try this out and he thought it was great. He just had one suggestion though which was to make the shadow effect where you can see the placement of the block before it actually gets down there an optional thing. For him it distracted him a bit because he said he should have been looking up at the actual piece but he kept getting distracted by the shadow. I myself thought it was a pretty nifty addition as well until you start getting into trouble with the blocks filling near the top of the screen. Ha, would be a cool feature if you could make it optional.

Superb work so far. I myself am not as great as my dad at Tetris but I am hoping with Tetriabetes to be able to get to that upper level that some of you people are at.

[dragula96]

Originally Posted by wicked_fable

Great work. I love the sounds you used(Unreal Tournament?) and the graphics are great. I let my dad, who was an avid Tetris fan, try this out and he thought it was great. He just had one suggestion though which was to make the shadow effect where you can see the placement of the block before it actually gets down there an optional thing. For him it distracted him a bit because he said he should have been looking up at the actual piece but he kept getting distracted by the shadow. I myself thought it was a pretty nifty addition as well until you start getting into trouble with the blocks filling near the top of the screen. Ha, would be a cool feature if you could make it optional.

Superb work so far. I myself am not as great as my dad at Tetris but I am hoping with Tetriabetes to be able to get to that upper level that some of you people are at.

hey thanks for the comments ,good news is that the "shadow" has 3 settings.

the default is what your dad was playing, hit select and it changes to a very light white outline, less distracting, or if you press select again, it will turn off.

let your dad give it a go again without the ghost.

[dragula96]

[NEW FEATURE]- TROPHIES!

I worked all weekend on adding a Trophies engine to TetriAbetes!
I have some working already. they will work kind of like the way the ps3 Trophies work but they will reside only on the local psp, there’s no way to compare trophies with your friends or nothing like that unfortunately, however it will breath new life into the game.

there will be 10 bronze, 5 silver and 4 gold and 1 platinum or 5 gold and 0 platinum(haven’t decided yet).

Most of them I have already thought out, there are a few bronze that I need to come up with though. I will post the full list in the very near future. For now here are the first 6 bronze requirements (some might change):
01 - Clear Level 5
02 - Make A Tetris within the first 15 seconds.
03 - Score over 50,000 points(or more)
04 - Make 5 Tetris in a Row
05 - Make 10 Tetris in One Game
06 - Clear the first 50 Lines without Using the Hold function.

These might change based on timing tweaks, all these six are already programmed and are working 100% already!

Here is how the trophy room and the trophy messages look like.

when you unlock a trophy you will get a message like this popping in from the top of the uppler right hand corner of the psp screen:


the trophy room will start out empty it will only have the trophy outlines, as you collect them they will start appearing in the room!

[Jungle-Cat]

Will the trophies be encoded some way so people can't cheat? So you put in a your name/username, then play. Trophies unlocked are stored in a file somehow encoded with that players unique username... catch my drift?

[Jungle-Cat]

Will the trophies be encoded some way so people can't cheat? So you put in a your name/username, then play. Trophies unlocked are stored in a file somehow encoded with that players unique username... catch my drift?

Also, I think some of your "bronze" trophies are a bit daunting for bronze

[julez]

Originally Posted by joseph10444

SWEET!!
ive been playing 1.43 for so many times!!!

how can i keep my old high score :P?

its 194k
pretty hard to achieve...

definatly Thanks dragula
Teribites is amazing!
Definatly one of my most played homebrew apps
194 is def tuff
my highest is 201k
after level 18 they go down so dam fast its so fun

[dragula96]

Originally Posted by Jungle-Cat

Will the trophies be encoded some way so people can't cheat? So you put in a your name/username, then play. Trophies unlocked are stored in a file somehow encoded with that players unique username... catch my drift?

Also, I think some of your "bronze" trophies are a bit daunting for bronze

I am not ready to comment on this publicly yet, but check your messages, you will find something interesting in there.

bronze trophies arnt that bad, i unlocked all of them within an hour of playing, but let me know what you think

P.S.
if you think bronze is daunting, wait till you see the silver and gold.

[Physicist]

Could I see a screenshot from in game?
I've already filled my 2GB stick :P

[dragula96]

Originally Posted by Physicist

Could I see a screenshot from in game?
I've already filled my 2GB stick :P

sorry i dont have any yet, the release with trophies is still a week or 2 off, it works but there is no trophy room programmed in the system as of this time, you can only unlock the trophies but you cant view them.

but if you have never seen TetriAbetes in action go to www.tetriabetes.com for screen shots, videos and downloads of older builds.

Here is the most up to date list of trophies:
(the ones in bold are already programmed)
***UPDATED 07/15/08***

01- Bronze- Level 5 Hero -Clear level 5
02- Bronze- Speed Demon -Make A Tetris within the fist 15 seconds
03- Bronze- It's Over 49,000! -Score 50,000 Points
04- Bronze- Five In A Row -Make 5 Tetris in A row
05- Bronze- Tetris Pro -Make 10 tetris in 1 game
06- Bronze- No Holding -Clear the first 55 Lines without using the hold function
07- Bronze- 3 Minute Break -Play without useing ghost for 3 minutes
08- Bronze- Invisible Hero -Clear Level 2 in invisible blocks mode
09- Bronze-
10- Bronze-

11- Silver- 80k Tetris Lord -Score 80,000 Points
12- Silver- Level 10 Hero -Clear Level 10
13- Silver- Back To Back -Make 2 Tetris within the fist 35 seconds
14- Silver- 10 in A row -Make 10 Tetris in a row
15- Silver- Tetris Expert -Make 20 tetris in one game

16- Gold- Tetris Golden God -Score xxx points
17- Gold- All Clear -Clear All blocks
18- Gold- 20 In A Row -Make 20 Tetris in A row
19- Gold- Level 20 Hero -Clear Level 20
20- Gold- Tetris Master -Make 35 Tetris in on game
21- Platnium- Tetris GrandMaster -Get all other trophies

[patrck_744]

Thanks, I love this game

[patrck_744]

Can you post a Mirror, It seems that Mediafire doesn't like me.

Download status: 132% W T F ?!

[dragula96]

Originally Posted by patrck_744

Can you post a Mirror, It seems that Mediafire doesn't like me.

Download status: 132% W T F ?!

http://dl.qj.net/Tetriabetes-v1.50b2...7402/catid/195

[dragula96]

I added some animation to when you swap the pieces with the L button, now the blocks animate in and out of the hold box, ie. the piece that is in the hold box now goes up and then to the right untill it reaches the start up possition.

also I started messing around with the background and block images last night.this is what i came up with, i think its a step in the right direction for next release.




swap animation will look like this

[Stifpsp]

Very nice GFXs. I love ur homebrew, it' s my favourite !! If you do not know, I'm french and I'm a developper of 15 years and I had created an MOD GTA IV for the 1.43 and 1.50b2 here. I think dropping the MOD is because it is really too good. I wish you much luck and I hope that you continueras this magnificent homebrew that will always be on my PSP. Good luck for ur futur projects.

[dragula96]

Originally Posted by Stifpsp

Very nice GFXs. I love ur homebrew, it' s my favourite !! If you do not know, I'm french and I'm a developper of 15 years and I had created an MOD GTA IV for the 1.43 and 1.50b2 here. I think dropping the MOD is because it is really too good. I wish you much luck and I hope that you continueras this magnificent homebrew that will always be on my PSP. Good luck for ur futur projects.

yes, thank you for your kind words, and i would also like to thank you for your GTA IV mod.

it is because you made it, that inspired me to start work on tetriabetes again!

dont stop making skins though, in the version after next, it will support up to 5 custom skins from an options menu withn the game.

thanks again for your support.

[Stifpsp]

Originally Posted by dragula96

yes, thank you for your kind words, and i would also like to thank you for your GTA IV mod.

it is because you made it, that inspired me to start work on tetriabetes again!

dont stop making skins though, in the version after next, it will support up to 5 custom skins from an options menu withn the game.

thanks again for your support.

I will continue the MOD if you want because GFXs are really beautiful.

[dragula96]

Originally Posted by Stifpsp

I will continue the MOD if you want because GFXs are really beautiful.

when the version with skin support is released, i will be asking for anyone that is interesed in making skins to email them to me so i can post them on my website in the download section.

[Stifpsp]

Originally Posted by dragula96

when the version with skin support is released, i will be asking for anyone that is interesed in making skins to email them to me so i can post them on my website in the download section.

OK thank you for the information, I'm already registered on ur website.

[Mraellis]

Wow this is going to beat any real tetris game lol

[Dark_sabre]

This... is... truly... EPIC! lol nice work, I've never been a fan of tetris games, except now this one :P

[dragula96]

Thanks to my new buddy stifpsp from "Team Vortex" for testing out the latest internal beta and posting a short video clip on youtube

VIDEO: TetriAbetes 1.50IB31

he also wrote up a short preview if you guys wanna check it out

french

Google Translated to English

thanks man