Matthew Tuffin Blog

Is it possible for one person to program a fully working game in less than 48hours? The answer to this is a most resonding Yes with some catches.... > The definition of 'works' can varries > We are also talking about a simple games here because as complexity increases so does the required amount of time need to be invested So in less than one weekend I was able to from a blank page, program a fully working version of Tetris.

Okay so by the end of the weekend it did not look great but it did work. It then only took me a further two days to add some more bells and whistes to the game to make it look and feel more like Tetris. With coloured blocks:

and an added Transparent effect when blocks disappear:

I will hope to continue working on this project and I have offered up the source code available for download here. At the moment the game only runs under directx10 and probably only in debug mode until I can figure out how to compile it for end user. I am looking to incorporate directx9 into the mix when I have time.