Strophox/tetro-tui v3.0.0

Tetro TUI v3 - Graphics Update

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This release includes many, many general fixes, but the gem of this release is the new game graphics frontend!

This means: many new customizations, improved game look and satisfying particle effects. Nice!

Added

• Graphics settings completely revamped (and multiplied). New options (all technically configurably in savefile):
  • TUI style: [ASCII, Unicode, Elektronika 60]
  • Mino textures: [ASCII, Unicode, Elektronika 60]
  • Hard drop effect: [None, Particles ASCII, Streak ASCII, Beam ASCII, Beam]
  • Lock effect: [None, Transform ASCII, Pulse Unicode, White]
  • Line clear effect: [None, Instant, Left to right, Inward, Outward, Flash white, Blink, Pop out, Pop out (more), Sparks ASCII, Blast]
  • Mini tetromino style: [ASCII, Braille]
  • Small tetromino style: [ASCII, Blocks, Braille]
  • Number of normal-sized preview pieces.
  • Toggle: Show grid.
  • Toggle: Preview spawn piece when stack is high.
  • Toggle: Show HUD on the left side.
  • Toggle: Show keybinds legend.
  • New default graphics slot: 'Blank slate'
• New keybinds:
  • Game: Ctrl+R to restart game mode!
  • Game/Replay: Ctrl(+Alt)+G to cycle through graphics slots in-game
  • Game/Replay: Ctrl+Alt+L to re-load savefile data (e.g. for graphics settings experimentation, but current app data gets overwritten).
  • Replay: Ctrl+L to toggle loop.
• Experimental 'pause on focus lost' option in Advanced settings.
• All-time statistics menu.
  • Lightweight and persists in savefile even when scoreboard features themselves are disabled / entries are deleted

Changed

• Engine: Spawn actions (IHS/IRS/IMS/ITS) are now properly implemented.
  • • Many engine fixes that improve handling (whether with enhanced-keyboard-events or not!)
• Improved TUI experience almost everywhere (e.g. fixes to text, navigation, other details).
• Game rendering:
  • Completely new HUD layout due to new renderer.
  • Has never been more efficient despite supporting all the many new options!
• Savefile format:
  • Much improved replay compression!
  • Shorter names for many fields.
• Source code: Big refactors in modules organization has simplified things / made them more accessible.
• Too many miscellaneous refactors, fixes and code improvements to count.
  • The application should be more robust this way.

Fixed

• Holding TeleDown now acts more like soft drop with sdf=∞, rather than hard drop without locking.
  • Similar behavior for sideways Teleports.
• Various bugs in gamemodes (cheese).
• Crashes in New Game menu when 'deleting' ascent mode, loading savepoint when there was none

PSA: If you've played older versions of tetro-tui (<=2.1) and opted into savefiles, don't forget to remove them if you don't need them anymore - the location will be the same as in this release.

Happy stacking!