Project 3 - Tetris Initiation

Initially, we looked at the project as a whole and began by breaking down each part into components to start working through as individuals. These became the input, the input bouncer, and something to keep track of points as the game was being scored. For me, it was slightly overwhelming seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, but as we started breaking down each component things starting fitting into place.

When we started looking at each component, we first started playing the game to see the general layout and how the game was played (differences from other tetris games etc). For the input, we had to document each interaction that a user would have with the game and how the game reconciled these inputs. This included keystrokes, mouse, and sound. At later stages it also included how these things affected one another in the sense of how the game was played.

At later stages of our discussion, we were able to get some classes identified for each list of interaction and set a layout for our design with a series of established interconnected classes. A big part of this challenge was compiling and syncing everyone's ideas into a general format, but it came together and with some small commissions and additions a final design was established and ready to be implemented.