Block Drop

How to play

Seven piece shapes drop one at a time from the top of a 10-wide, 20-tall board. Move the falling piece left or right, rotate it (the game nudges it sideways to fit against a wall or another piece if the raw rotation would collide), soft-drop it for a small point bonus per row, or hard-drop it straight to the bottom for a bigger one. Complete a horizontal line to clear it, and clearing several lines in one drop pays off disproportionately — a four-line clear scores eight times as much as a single line, all multiplied by your current level. Every ten lines cleared, the level goes up and pieces fall noticeably faster. The game ends the moment a new piece has nowhere to spawn. On narrower screens, on-screen move, rotate, and drop buttons appear below the board.

Frequently asked questions

Is my best score saved?

Yes — your highest score is stored in your browser's local storage and reloads automatically the next time you visit on the same browser and device. It updates the moment a game ends with a new personal best, shown right in the scorebar next to your current score. It's tied to the browser rather than an account, so it won't follow you to a different device or browser, or a private/incognito window, and clearing your browser's site data resets it to zero.

What are the controls?

On a keyboard, the left and right arrow keys move the piece sideways, the up arrow rotates it, the down arrow soft-drops it one row at a time for a small score bonus, and Space hard-drops it instantly to the bottom for a bigger one. On a touchscreen, or any window narrower than about 700 pixels, four on-screen buttons appear under the board for the same actions. Rotation includes basic wall-kick logic, so a piece near an edge or an existing stack shifts sideways slightly rather than simply refusing to turn.

Any strategy tips?

Keep your stack flat and avoid leaving a deep single-column gap that only the long I-piece can fill — you won't always get one when you need it. Try to save an open column on one side for it, since a well-timed I-piece drop clears four lines at once for the biggest score multiplier. Past level 5 or so, prioritize survival over chasing multi-line clears; a game over ends your run at whatever score you've got, while clearing even a single line keeps you alive to keep scoring.