Human In The Tetris

🧠 Overview

Human In The Tetris is a cyberpunk action-puzzle game where an
AI Tetris bot continuously builds the board, and a human character must physically survive inside it.

You are not playing Tetris.
You are trapped inside someone else’s perfect game.

Blocks are terrain.
Line clears are disasters.
Survival itself is the score.

🎮 Core Gameplay Features

▸ A ruthless AI that actually knows Tetris

• 7-bag randomizer with SRS rotation

• Search depth: current + next piece

• T-Spin detection

• 4 AI personalities that switch mid-game:

  • Perfectionist – Optimal, merciless efficiency

  • Sadist – Actively tries to kill the player

  • Troll – Chaotic, irrational placements

  • Panic – Breaks down near the endgame

The board has intent. And it hates you.

▸ Physics-based human control

• Rigidbody2D movement

• A / D or ← / → to move

• Space to jump

• Coyote Time & Jump Buffer implemented

• Get crushed between blocks → instant death

In this game, Tetris is not abstract.
It has weight.

▸ Survival = Score

• AI score: placements, line clears, T-Spins

• Player survival score:

  • Near-ceiling danger

  • Deep pit traversal

  • Passing through T-Spin gaps

The riskier your movement, the higher the reward.

▸ Skills to fight the board

• Laser Strike
  Destroys an entire vertical column at the player’s X position

• Time Slow
  Temporarily reduces block fall speed

Cooldown-based. Strategic use required.

⚠️ Difficulty Modes

• Easy / Normal / Hard

• Different fall speed curves

• AI personality switch frequency changes

• Late-game becomes openly hostile

🕶️ World & Visual Style

• Cyberpunk neon atmosphere

• Line clears shatter blocks into flying debris

• Death triggers full body dismemberment with physics

• The board collapses around you

This is Tetris as a dystopian environment, not a puzzle toy.

🛠️ Technical Highlights (Brief)

• Built in Unity 2D (full scratch implementation)

• High-performance lightweight grid simulation

• ScriptableObject-based skill system

• EditMode unit tests for AI evaluation & scoring

(Technical breakdowns planned for Devlogs.)

🎯 Controls

• A / D or ← / → – Move

• Space – Jump

• Mouse / UI Buttons – Use skills

📌 Warning

• This game is intentionally unfair

• You will die suddenly

• You will immediately want to try again