Blocks: falling pieces

Falling blocks: fit the seven pieces together to complete rows, which disappear. Solo or 1-on-1 in real time.

1. Move with ← → (or A/D), rotate with ↑ / X or Z the other way, soft drop with ↓ and hard drop with Space. C or Shift holds the piece (once per piece).
2. On mobile: on-screen buttons, or swipe on the board (tap to rotate, drag to move, flick down to drop).
3. Every complete row is cleared: single 100, double 300, triple 500 and quad 800 points, times the level. Every 10 lines you level up and pieces fall faster.
4. Rotate a T into a covered gap and you’ll make a T-spin (worth more). Chaining quads or T-spins gives a 50% bonus (B2B), and clearing rows in a row builds a combo.
5. Versus: every double, triple or quad sends garbage rows to your opponent (1, 2 and 4; T-spins, combos and B2B more). Your own lines cancel incoming garbage before it lands. Whoever tops out loses.

Tips and options

• The shadow under the piece shows where it will land. The next 5 are shown on the right, and both players get the same pieces in the same order.
• The host picks the starting level, the goal (no limit, or a race to 20, 40 or 150 lines) and whether there’s garbage.
• In “Handling” you set how long before a held arrow repeats (DAS) and how fast (ARR).
• The ranked game is the 1-on-1 versus and changes your Elo (if nobody shows up, against a bot of your level). Solo and rooms with friends don’t count for Elo. If you play solo and disconnect, the game pauses.