Quadrapassel

Quadrapassel is an open source and freely distributed piece of software designed from the ground up to implement a Tetris-like game for the GNOME desktop environment. In this game, players need to fit falling blocks together, with the ultimate goal to create as many complete horizontal lines as possible and get the highest score.

How to play Quadrapassel?

Just like any other normal Tetris game, the lines are made from seven different shapes. The shapes will fall randomly, from the top center of the screen. The player's task is to move and rotate the shapes across the screen in order to make complete lines, which result in score points, giving them access to higher levels, keeping in mind that the speed of the falling blocks will increase.

Users will be able to set numerous options

From the Preferences dialog, users will be able to set the total number of pre-filled rows (default is 0), set the density of blocks in a pre-filled row (default is 5), set the starting level (default is 1), as well as to enable or disable sound, preview of the next block, ability to rotate blocks counterclockwise, difficult blocks, and hints.

You will be able to view and control the blocks

In addition, you will be able to remap the controls to different keys on your keyboard, as well as to choose from one of the four pre-defined themes, Clean (default), Tango Shaded, Tango Flat, and Plain. The GUI front-end is comprised of the play area where you will be able to view and control the blocks, and a side pane that displays the next block, the total score, lines completed, and current level.

Bottom line

In conclusion, Quadrapassel is a simple board game that lets you play Tetris under the GNOME desktop environment in style. It is distributed as part of the GNOME Games project and can be easily installed from the default software channels of your GNU/Linux distribution.

What is new in this release:

• Translation Updates (Persian, British English, Polish)

What is new in version 3.20.0 / 3.22.0 Beta:

• Translation Updates
• Removed rtl icon code
• Add Language headers to po files

What is new in version 3.16.1:

• Add symbolic icon
• Translation Updates (Basque, Spanish)

What is new in version 3.16.0:

• Translation Updates (Swedish, Brazilian Portuguese, Ukrainian, Swedish, Hungarian, Czech, Greek)

What is new in version 3.15.2:

• Translation Updates (Italian, Finnish)
• Code cleanup (Sahil Sareen)
• Layout Changes (Robert Roth)

What is new in version 3.14.0:

• Translation Updates (Danish, Hungarian, German, Slovak, Greek, zh_CN)

What is new in version 3.14 RC1:

• Translation Updates

What is new in version 3.14 Beta 2:

• Translation Updates (French, Traditional Chinese)

What is new in version 3.14 Beta 1:

• Translation Updates (Catalan (Valencian), Swedish, Catalan, Norwegian bokmA¥l, Greek)
• Doap changes

What is new in version 3.13.4:

• Translation Updates (Swedish, Lithuanian, Catalan (Valencian), Brazilian Portuguese, Galician, Czech, Catalan, Greek, Russian)
• Appdata Fixes, General Fixup (Michael Catanzaro)

What is new in version 3.12.2:

• Updated Catalan (Valencian) translation
• Updated Indonesian translation
• Update Catalan translation
• Updated Greek translation

What is new in version 3.13.1:

• User docs update
• Mark all images without translatable text as non-translatable

What is new in version 3.12.1:

• Updated German translation
• Updated Basque language
• Updated Slovenian translation

Requirements:

• GTK+