Playing Quadrapassel

You can score through two actions: completing lines and dropping blocks quickly.

2.1. Moving the Blocks

To play the game, you only need the four arrow keys.

  • Left and Right move the block correspondingly across the screen.
  • Up rotates the block. The default rotation is counterclockwise. You can change the rotation under Settings ▸ Preferences and deselecting Rotate blocks counterclockwise.
  • Down and the Space bar move the block down the screen faster.Down moves the block down faster. Space bar moves the block directly to the bottom.

2.2. Starting a New Game

To begin a new game, go to Game ▸ New Game. The game will begin dropping blocks from the centre of the top of the window. The default start-up of the game has no blocks in the game window and shows the next block that will fall in the upper right-hand corner. Score shows the number of points you have earned. Lines shows the number of lines you have completed. Level shows the level of difficulty you are on.

2.3. Pausing the Game

To pause your game, go to Game ▸ Pause Game. You can only pause a game when you are playing. The time limit on pausing your game is unlimited. To unpause the game, go back to Game ▸ Pause Game.

2.4. Ending the Game

Go to Game ▸ End Game to end your current game without quiting Quadrapassel.

2.5. Quiting the Quadrapassel

To completely quit Quadrapassel go to Game ▸ Quit. If you are in the middle of a game when you quit, you will end your game without saving your score.

2.6. Scoring Points

You score points through two methods: dropping blocks faster and deleting complete lines of blocks. When you delete lines, you get more points, but dropping blocks faster will quickly add up. As you level up, the blocks will begin falling faster. The highest level is 10, at which point you will only have just over a second to manipulate each block.

2.7. Viewing Past Scores

You can view the top ten scores played on your computer through Game ▸ Scores. The names of the users are shown next the their score and the date they played.