ConnexionGNOME’s Tetris Clone Gets ‘Significant’ Changes
Quadrapassel, the GNOME Tetris clone, is about to land its first major update in nearly four years. he headline change in Quadrapassel 49 is a long-awaited port to GTK4/libadwaita. This gives the game a modern look that fits in with the modern GNOME desktop by using the latest design conventions. The game is able to resize neatly at smaller widths too. Touchscreen support is also plumbed in, making it possible to swipe and tap falling blocks into place with fingers, rather than hammering keyboard arrow keys. It also features ‘large improvements’ to scoring, controls and gameplay. Scoring now uses GNOME’s […]
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