Clearing Lines
Explore how to detect completed lines in Tetris and clear them efficiently using JavaScript. Learn to handle different types of line clears and implement game over logic to know when the game ends, ensuring smooth gameplay and a user-friendly experience.
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Line clear
The object of Tetris is to last as long as possible before the screen fills up with tetrominoes.
To keep playing, we need to assemble the tetrominoes in rows of blocks that span the entire row, resulting in a line clear. A line clear causes the row to disappear and lets the ones above it to settle.
Types of line clears
A single clears one line at a time: ...