vitetris

Terminal-based Tetris clone.

Runs as vitetris, tetris|macOS, Linux, Windows|www.victornils.net

Command form

ai-draft · 3 tasks · 6 fields

Start the game with a few common startup options. Network play takes either a port to listen on or a host:port to connect to. Game and terminal options (see -help game, -help term) are left out.

Opens the form; the finished command lands at your prompt, unrun

Run in Otty

otty gui vitetris

Play vitetrisExample values, fixed in this page — nothing here reaches a terminal

Basic

Skip menus

-nomenu

TasksEach one presets the form for one job

Start playing

nomenu

Host a network game

listenname

Join a network game

connectname

ParametersOnly these flags are editable in the form

Skip menus

boolean

-nomenu

Print high scores and exit

boolean

-hiscores

Listen on port

Host a network game on this port.
integer

-listen

Connect to host:port

HOSTNAME:PORT, or just a PORT to connect to localhost.
string

-connect

Player name

string

-name

Joystick device

path

-js0

SourcesEvery flag above is checked against these

manpage

-nomenu Skip menus. -hiscores Print highscore list and exit. -hiscores FILE Read and add highscore entries from FILE. -js0 DEVNAME Joystick device name (e.g. /dev/js0). -listen PORT Listen for connections on port PORT. -connect HOSTNAME:PORT Connect to HOSTNAME on PORT. -name NAME Identify yourself as NAME when connecting to other players. Options may also b…

manual0.59.1

manpages.debian.org

Before it fills your prompt, Otty checks the installed vitetris against its version. A form that does not match your version is not offered.