How to play #
- Pick Play on the title screen with Z (A). Arrow keys move through the menu.
- Guide each piece into the 10-wide well. Complete a row to clear it.
- Up hard-drops the piece, holding Down soft-drops it.
- Z rotates right and X rotates left. Pieces kick off walls and the stack when they rotate.
- C (X button) puts the piece on hold for later, once per piece.
- The ghost outline shows where the piece will land.
- Every 10 lines the level goes up, the pieces fall faster and the music speeds up.
- Esc (MENU) pauses. Make the top five and you get to enter your initials.
| Key | Button | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Left / Right | D-pad | Move |
| Down | D-pad | Soft drop |
| Up | D-pad | Hard drop |
| Z | A | Rotate right / select |
| X | B | Rotate left / back |
| C or V | X or Y | Hold |
| Esc | MENU | Pause |
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Scoring #
| Clear | Points × level |
|---|---|
| Single | 100 |
| Double | 300 |
| Triple | 500 |
| Tetris (4 lines) | 800 |
| T-spin single / double / triple | 800 / 1200 / 1600 |
Back-to-back Tetrises and T-spins score 1.5×, clearing lines with consecutive pieces adds a combo bonus, and drops earn 1 point per row (2 for a hard drop).
Options #
- Start level from 1 to 15.
- Music, Sound and Ghost piece on or off. Settings and high scores are saved.
About the game #
A Tetris for VGC Zero with a chili twist: an animated title screen, modern rules (SRS rotation with wall kicks, 7-bag randomiser, hold, ghost piece, lock delay), next-three preview, line-clear flashes, particles and screen shake on a Tetris, a pause menu and a top-five high score table. The soundtrack is synthesised live on the console’s audio channels: an original title theme, “Chili Habanera”, and a new arrangement of the folk song Korobeiniki in game. Built with the chili-chip 32blit SDK for the handheld, desktop, and the web.
