Playing Quadrapassel
You can score through two actions: completing lines and dropping blocks quickly.
- 2.1. Moving the Blocks
- 2.2. Starting a New Game
- 2.3. Pausing the Game
- 2.4. Ending the Game
- 2.5. Quiting the Quadrapassel
- 2.6. Scoring Points
- 2.7. Viewing Past Scores
2.1. Moving the Blocks
To play the game, you only need the four arrow keys.
- Left and Right move the block correspondingly across the screen.
- Up rotates the block. The default rotation is counterclockwise. You can change the rotation under and deselecting Rotate blocks counterclockwise.
- Down and the Space bar move the block down the screen faster.Down moves the block down faster. Space bar moves the block directly to the bottom.
2.2. Starting a New Game
To begin a new game, go to Score shows the number of points you have earned. Lines shows the number of lines you have completed. Level shows the level of difficulty you are on.
. The game will begin dropping blocks from the centre of the top of the window. The default start-up of the game has no blocks in the game window and shows the next block that will fall in the upper right-hand corner.2.3. Pausing the Game
To pause your game, go to
. You can only pause a game when you are playing. The time limit on pausing your game is unlimited. To unpause the game, go back to .2.5. Quiting the Quadrapassel
To completely quit Quadrapassel go to . If you are in the middle of a game when you quit, you will end your game without saving your score.
2.6. Scoring Points
You score points through two methods: dropping blocks faster and deleting complete lines of blocks. When you delete lines, you get more points, but dropping blocks faster will quickly add up. As you level up, the blocks will begin falling faster. The highest level is 10, at which point you will only have just over a second to manipulate each block.