How we adapted Tetris for the cloud

I remember it fondly … long road trips with my family and hours in the car, with Tetris on my brother’s Game Boy keeping us company. Clearing line after line, nailing a Tetris whenever I could, having that iconic music loop in my head for hours until the batteries died … for many of us, this was our first experience with Tetris. And for that reason, Tetris is instantly identifiable as a mobile experience for an entire generation of gamers.

Recently, N3twork was able to team up with The Tetris Company to bring Tetris to a new generation of players. For many of us on the team, this opportunity meant a great deal to us. It meant that we had the chance to take this game for which we had an immense amount of love and nostalgia, and show it to players for the first time. It also meant that we were tasked with the exciting challenge of how to modernize this classic with new features that today’s players expect. We aimed to introduce new features and modes that give players social elements, to give players the ability to share, compete, and connect with each other.