Tetris for the NES is one of my favourite versions of Tetris. My only complaint is that it lacks the ability to “hard drop” - instantly dropping the current piece and locking it into place.

Let’s change that!

This post describes a modification I made to NES Tetris so that pressing the “up” button causes the current piece to hard drop, and so that the game renders a “ghost piece” - a dotted outline of the current piece showing where it will land.

A carbon tax. Electric cars.
The climate changes less.
We’ve done it folks. We’ve saved the world.
Except for fish I guess.

Orbital Decay is a traditional roguelike where you fight zombies on a space station. It features destructible terrain, an air pressure system, and ranged combat. Try not to shoot the hull, or you may find yourself sucked out into space!

In keeping with the traditions of the genre, graphics are made entirely of text, though each tile is made of 3x3 characters. There is a soundtrack of 6 songs, and about 10 different sound effects. It’s playable in a browser, or a standalone graphical program. MacOS and Linux users can also play the game in a terminal.

This is my entry in the 7 Day Roguelike 2021 game jam.

Play or download Orbital Decay on its itch.io page.

Firstly, here’s a screenshot of my first organic encounter with the final level of Orbital Decay: