A compact, terminal-based Tetris clone written in C++ with ANSI color support and a simple highscore file.

• Terminal-rendered Tetris gameplay with colored blocks and a ghost piece
• Next-piece preview and a small UI panel showing score, level, lines, and highscore
• Simple scoring (standard Tetris line scores) and level progression
• Portable single-source implementation (no external libraries required)
• Game over screen and improved rendering using ncurses

• A: Move left
• D: Move right
• W: Rotate
• S: Soft drop
• Space: Hard drop
• Q: Quit

Note: Controls are case-sensitive and expect lowercase keys.

Just go to releases and download the newest version, follow the instructions there

1. Clone this repository

2. Compile the ncurses version (tetrois.cpp):

g++ -std=c++17 tetrois.cpp -lncurses -o tetrois

You might need to install ncurses first (Command for apt package manager)

sudo apt-get install libncurses5-dev libncursesw5-dev

3. Run:

   ./tetrois

The code uses only the C++ standard library and POSIX terminal APIs, so any modern g++ on macOS or Linux should work.

The high score is stored in highscore.txt (a single integer). If the current score is greater than or equal to the stored highscore at game exit, highscore.txt will be updated.

• Ensure your terminal supports ANSI colors and is wide enough for the UI.
• If you see rendering issues, try increasing terminal size

This project is provided as-is, free and open-source.