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From: kwinkler@pbs.org (Ken Winkler)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games
Subject: Re: Tetris Scoring
Message-ID: <1991Mar19.142548.12090@pbs.org>
Date: 19 Mar 91 14:25:48 EST
References: <1991Mar18.211054.438@nic.csu.net> <2937@cod.NOSC.MIL>
Organization: PBS:Public Broadcasting Service, Alexandria, VA
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In article <2937@cod.NOSC.MIL>, deichman@cod.NOSC.MIL (Shane D. Deichman) writes:
>> I have been playing Tetris for some time now and for the life of me
>> I do not know how the score is calculated. Does anyone know?
> 
> Quite simply, you get points for how far a piece falls -- the further
> it falls, the LESS points you get.  As your stack builds up, you get
> more and more points (since you have less time to react).  I believe
> this total is multiplied by your level (or there's some additive factor
> which is dependent on your level).  The well is 25 layers deep; you get
> a base 1 point at level 0 for a piece which drops all the way to the
> bottom, 9 points at level 9 for the same piece.  Note that the baseline
> score is derived from the approximate center of the piece -- if you
> have the four-straight piece falling vertically, you'd get the points
> for the second or third box instead of the bottom-most box.
> 
> If you hit the space bar and drop the piece, you get one point (times
> level number) for each layer the piece drops.  This cancels the low score
> accumulation rate mentioned above for low puzzles.  If you drop a piece
> automatically upon it's entry onto the screen, you get 25 points for the
> fall plus a base score for the piece.  Now that I think about it, I believe
> the score is determined by number of layers dropped PLUS the level number,
> not times the level....
> 

So basically, it is a good strategy to LET the thing build up for a while, and
then use, say, the four block vertical piece to drop out rows 7-10 all at the
same time?  It's NOT good to try to keep the stack from getting higher?

							----Ken


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