T3s. Tetris for Almaty city

Background

In 2020, during the pandemic lockdown, I designed and developed a mobile game called T3s. It was a remake of the classic “Tetris” game, originally created for the Nintendo Entertainment System (or NES). This was my first mobile game. And I learned a lot during the process. I built it using a powerful combo of Gamemaker Studio & Adobe Illustrator.

Outcome

For a short time, the game was available on Google Play. It was featured in The Steppe and The Village online magazines. Later, it was removed from Google Play after a complaint from Tetris Holding LLC. I decided to open source the project files so anyone could use them for educational or personal purposes. It became a small but valuable contribution to the game development community.

Videos (captured on Google Pixel 6A)

First screens

Game design work by Nick Toa. Game design work by Nick Toa.

Game A

Game design work by Nick Toa. Game design work by Nick Toa. Game design work by Nick Toa.

Game B

Game design work by Nick Toa. Game design work by Nick Toa. Game design work by Nick Toa.

Game C

Game design work by Nick Toa. Game design work by Nick Toa. Game design work by Nick Toa.

Game D

Game design work by Nick Toa. Game design work by Nick Toa. Game design work by Nick Toa.

In media

The Steppe article ↗
The Village article ↗

Software

Adobe Illustrator, GameMaker Studio

Additional credits

Based on Tetris videogame originally designed and developed by Alexey Pajitnov. Tetris and tetriminos are trademarks of Tetris Holding LLC. All rights reserved. The music was originally written by Pyotr Ilyich Tchikovsky for the ballet The Nutcracker. The music and sounds were aranged by Hirokazu Tanaka for the NES version of the game.