Xkcd – hell (credit XKCD)
Have you ever thought Tetris(R) was evil because it wouldn’t send you that straight “I” brick you needed in order to clear four rows at the same time? Well Tetris(R) probably isn’t evil, but Bastet certainly is. >:-) Bastet stands for “bastard tetris”, and is a simple ncurses-based Tetris(R) clone for Linux. Unlike normal Tetris(R), however, Bastet does not choose your next brick at random. Instead, Bastet uses a special algorithm designed to choose the worst brick possible. As you can imagine, playing Bastet can be a very frustrating experience!
Installation
Install Bastet as per your Linux or Unix operating system.
Install Bastet on a Debian/Ubuntu/Mint Linux
Type the following apt-get command/apt command:
$ sudo apt-get install bastet
Sample outputs:
[sudo] password for vivek: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following additional packages will be installed: libboost-program-options1.62.0 The following NEW packages will be installed: bastet libboost-program-options1.62.0 0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 240 kB of archives. After this operation, 812 kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y Get:1 http://cdn-fastly.deb.debian.org/debian stretch/main amd64 libboost-program-options1.62.0 amd64 1.62.0+dfsg-4 [159 kB] Get:2 http://cdn-fastly.deb.debian.org/debian stretch/main amd64 bastet amd64 0.43-4+b2 [80.6 kB] Fetched 240 kB in 3s (71.1 kB/s) Preconfiguring packages ... Selecting previously unselected package libboost-program-options1.62.0:amd64. (Reading database ... 115148 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../libboost-program-options1.62.0_1.62.0+dfsg-4_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libboost-program-options1.62.0:amd64 (1.62.0+dfsg-4) ... Selecting previously unselected package bastet. Preparing to unpack .../bastet_0.43-4+b2_amd64.deb ... Unpacking bastet (0.43-4+b2) ... Processing triggers for mime-support (3.60) ... Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.23-1) ... Setting up libboost-program-options1.62.0:amd64 (1.62.0+dfsg-4) ... Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.24-11+deb9u1) ... Setting up bastet (0.43-4+b2) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.6.1-2) ... Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.15-1) ...
Install Bastet on FreeBSD Unix
To install the port, run:
# cd /usr/ports/games/bastet/ && make install clean
To add the package, use the pkg command
# pkg install bastet
Install Bastet on OpenBSD Unix
Type the following pkg_add command:
$ doas pkg_add -v bastet
Install Bastet on macOS Unix
First, install Homebrew on macOS and then type the following brew command:
$ brew install bastet
Getting started with bastet
Just type the command:
$ bastet
Fig.01: Evil falling block game
| Key | Description |
|---|---|
| DOWN | moves the tetromino down (one single step) |
| LEFT | moves the tetromino left |
| RIGHT | moves the tetromino right |
| SPACE | rotates CW |
| UP | rotates CCW |
| ENTER | drops the tetromino as far down as possible (hard drop) |
| P | pauses the game |
| CTRL+C | exits the game without any further prompt |
Here is a sample session:
Gif.01: Bastet in action
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