EmojiTetra
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Some analysis
- Cool graphs: http://pub.thorx.net/emojitetra/
Some plans for future analysis
Board health
Ideas to measure board health
- "simple board fill" - Count of positions on the board that are used. This is extremely simple and is already in the analysis
- "modified board fill" - count columns that have holes in them, and use that as modifying factor to the simple board fill. The height of those columns (or of highest?) should be a factor too
- "board age" - for each used position, track how long (age in pieces spawned) it has been on the board. Health is then the sum of ages. Lower = healthier
- A low board will have a higher turnover of pieces and better health. A high board will have low rows that are stuck for a long time - as they age the health will decrease, indicating we are high and possibly stuck there...
- however, it's still not an objective absolute, as two identical boards may register different health
Sociopolitical analysis
The game can be examined as a microcosm of human democratic/communication behaviour!
I wrote some notes about this at one point. There have been many tweets too.
my Terminology
(note: this is what I endeavour to use, and while I encourage others to use, it is in no way formal or endorsed. Most of it is what is commonly used already)
- board: play area (7x11 squares)
- column: a vertical sequence on the board from top to bottom (11 spots)
- line/row: a horizontal sequence on the board from left to right (7 spots)
- clear - to clear some rows
- single/double/triple: to clear 1/2/3 line(s)
- tetra/quad/tetris: to clear 4 lines
- collective/hive/electorate/crowd: everyone who votes
- hole (1): an unfilled space that is surrounded
- overhang/half-hole: an unfilled spare that is covered at top, but open to the side
- some overhangs can be underfilled by a side slide. But not all
- clean - board without holes. as in "the board is clean" and "this is a clean drop"
- question: is a half-hole a clean board?
- dirty - opposite of clean: a board with a hole. "the board is dirty". "this is a dirty drop"
- well/hole (2): a space perfectly suited for a single piece. Usually I-hole, sometimes J or L-hole.
- silhouette/skyline: the shape of the top surface
- empty board: nothing on the board. a perfectly flat skyline, as per the start of a game.
- I prefer 'empty' to avoid possible ambiguity with clear or clean, however this is where my usage diverges most from the electorate
Rhyming game tips
- "less than four? build up more"
- "make a column only if it's to the bottom"
- on the side build a column, but only if it's to the bottom
- note: uses non-standard use of "column". Should find a tip to call it a well
- "more than five? clear some lines to stay alive"
- I like it, except the meter in the first and second clauses is mismatched. “If you’re stuck with more than five, clear some lines to stay alive.”
- I thought of "1+1<2" which is great for sentiment and brevity, but they only people it would be clear to are the power players who know it anyway
