Controls

Key Bindings

ESC to pause.

Orient 180°:
Orient CCW:
Move:
Orient CW:

SPACE to drop.

Options

Auto-Drop: position and drop all with one key
Scoot: allow scooting a piece after dropping until first key is released

Auto-Drop makes the game less forgiving but faster.
Scoot makes the game more forgiving but slower.
When you are a true master, try playing with Auto-Drop ON and Scoot OFF!

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KBtris: the keyboard lover's block puzzle game

A standard Tetris(C)(TM)(BYOB) board is 10 by 20 squares. Your keyboard's homerow has 10+ buttons you can push super-fast. Your keyboard has additional rows you can also push very fast. Instead of left-left-left-left-rotate-drop, KDTRIS lets you type 'w'.

Default Controls

Pressing a homerow key moves the tetrad to the indicated column and orients it to its default rotation at the same time. Note the cirle-marked pivot point of the tetrad -- that's the bit which will end up in the column you type.

The row above the homerow moves the tetrad and orients it counterclockwise.
The row below moves and orients clockwise.
Number keys move and orient to 180 degrees.

Space drops the tetrad instantly.

Once you get the hang of positioning tetrads, try auto-drop mode, where every keystroke instantly drops the piece after applying the position and rotation.

Advanced Moves

As in most versions of Tetris(R)(BS)(WTF) it is possible to scoot a tetrad even after it lands. The trick here is to press the second key before letting up on the first. If you prefer, scoot mode may be disabled. With scoot turned off and auto-drop turned on, every press of every key will instantly play the current tetrad and the next one will become available, enabling the fastest possible play at the cost of scoot moves and any semblance of safety.

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