thanks! that's really nice i'll hope i can finish it soon, so i can put it online..

but i have some delay because of a problem i'm encountering in the displaying of the ghostblock.
it all works fine, but with the L blocks it just wont work... here's the code for it


--variables:
fallingblock[8]=width of the falling block
fallingblock[6]=y-value of the block
fallingblock[7]==1 or 2 checks of it is an L or reversed L block
ghostblock[6]=y-value of the ghostblock
ghostblock[5]=x-value og the ghostblock
fallingblock[9]=height of the falling block
l and m are just for loop variables

function on.ghostBlock()
highest = 21
for l=1,20 do
for m=1,fallingblock[8] do
if (fallingblock[6]+l)<21 then
if blocks[fallingblock[6]+l][fallingblock[5]+m-1]~=0 then
if (fallingblock[6]+l)<highest then
highest = fallingblock[6]+l
if fallingblock[fallingblock[9]][m]==0 then
highest = highest+1
end
if fallingblock[7]==2 or fallingblock[7]==3 then
if
end
end
end
end
end
end
end
ghostblock[6] = highest-fallingblock[9]
ghostblock[5] = fallingblock[5]
end

it shows the left one, but it has to show the right one

damned, by implementing some new stuff, i must have changed something so it goes totally wrong, nooooooo xs
i hope i find it, but i have a back-up from about 1 hour ago, so i won't lose that much, but it's so frustrating

--edit--
Problem solved, accidentally removed a boolean value change...
Ghostblock works, only some small problems with the L-blocks, but it's not that bad
redesign complete
highscore exists now of three numbers instead of 1 highscore

did you already started making the real game, or is this just the beginning of the project?
If you have just started, i recommend to not think about the animation of the explosion yet, first get your basic game idea ready, and then start adding new features like the animation.
for the arrowkeys, use the code bellow, with fighter

• as x-value and fighter[y] as y value of the spacefighter.

function on.arrowLeft()
     if fighter[x]>(min x-value here, eg. 0) then
          fighter[x] = fighter[x]-1
     end
     platform.window:invalidate()
end

function on.arrowRight()
     if fighter[x]<(max x-value here, eg. 300)
          fighter[x]=fighter[x]+1
     end
     platform.window:invalidate()
end


if you work with a platform.window:invalidate() called from a timer.start function, you don't have to put it there (if your period is small enough at least), otherwise you have to put it there to redraw the fighter on the new position.

and for the filesize, avoid using TI.images in the file, it makes it slower and larger. But if you'd like to use them to draw the spacefighter, you shouldn't hesitate, cause it's quite small.
i think you should first start programming everything you want, and clean it afterwards, otherwise you'll spend more time on thinking how to program something small instead of programming something good. once you know how it works, you can start cleaning it an certainly reduce the filesize

you know what, i just post the code here, so if anyone feels the force to finish it or just give some solutions, go ahead

if you change something, let me know, i want to know what it's going to be in the future xp

--edit--
as for the background like DJ_O talked about, i've tried to set a background, but is slows down the game too fast, it's not funny playing anymore, a color might be possible, but not a picture...

The screenshot is promising, do you already want to post the game, or are you gonna wait till tomorrow?

And if you need some translation help, you may ask, although my english isn't that good xp

i've found a picture on the internet from the android tetris app, and it looks really nice. Should i try to make the graphics more like this one, or is that too riscy for tetris himself to do it? otherwise, i think i would love to, but i don't want to do something completely illegal does someone has any idea if it is allowed or not?



for now i'm cleaning up the code, cause that was necessary, so if you'd like i'll post it tonight or tomorrow or something, so you can have a look at it and maybe even try to help the debugging

I'm also trying to insert a ghostblock (like i like to call it) the one that shows you where it is gonna fall, but it's kinda hard xs so you'll have to wait a while
btw, you can see one at the picture in the right bottom corner

--edit--
got the code from 15.2 Kb to 13.1 Kb
started on the re-designing

wow, that looks really easy thanks! now my code will finally get a little more tidy

but i do not understand the unpack method, what does it do? (always wanting to learn something new xp)

i'm sorry to ask you, but how can you lose your calc? do you always carry it with you..? but it would be hard indeed, good luck, hope you find it back