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Tetris Game in VB.NET

Posted by Andrew McCarter in Articles | Visual Basic 2010 on June 18, 2003

Tags: .NET, Animation, Array, Buffering, GDI+ Graphics, LayoutForm, Tetris Game, Tetris Game in VB.NET, VB.NET

I have written a Tetris clone that demonstrates how to use off-screen graphics buffering for smooth animation and utilizes a multi-dimensional array approach to designing a game grid.

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I have written a Tetris clone that demonstrates how to use off-screen graphics buffering for smooth animation and utilizes a multi-dimensional array approach to designing a game grid. The classes are largely self-explanatory and the techniques are documented in code well enough to explain what is going on. I have enclosed two screen shots as well. A summary of the classes is as follows:

LayoutForm.cs	this is merely the GUI for the game and controls all keyboard input.
Screen.cs	this class handles the creation of off-screen graphics used for double-buffering.
Shape.cs	this class takes care of creating the shape and positioning it in the game grid.
GameGrid.cs	this class represents the game grid - comprised of a multi-dimensional array.

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Nothing loads, it's just a black screen. I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS.

Posted by Anton on Oct 29, 2010

Garbage

Posted by col1blb on Jun 25, 2009

Hi there,
I teach VB.NET and would like to offer students the oppportunity to create video games. Do you have any suggestions for resources I can use to teach from?
Thanks so much,
K

Posted by Karen Siebrass on Jun 01, 2009

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Tetris Game in VB.NET

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