OrecchietTetris 1.1.1

Tetris with Apulian elements - a Software Engineering project.

An exact copy of the Tetris game, with Apulian elements. Built as a Software Engineering university project.

Requirements

• Python >= 3.11
• Poetry (dependency manager)
• Kivy >= 2.3 (installed automatically by Poetry)
• Node >= 25 and npm >= 11.11 (for semantic-release)

In-Game keyboard controls

Key	Action
← / →	Move left / right
↓	Soft drop
↑ or X	Rotate clockwise
Space	Hard drop
C	Hold
P or Escape	Pause / Resume
Q	Quit
M	Toggle music
N	Next track
B	Previous track

Installation

From PyPI

pip install OrecchietTetris
OrecchietTetris

From source

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/unibo-dtm-se-2425-OrecchietTetris/OrecchietTetris-artifact
   cd OrecchietTetris-artifact
   

2. Install Poetry if you don't have it yet:

   pip install -r requirements.txt
   

3. Install the project's dependencies (creates .venv/ inside the project):

   poetry install
   npm install
   

4. (Optional) Install pre-commit hooks for commit-message linting:

   .venv/bin/poe hooks        # macOS / Linux
   .venv\Scripts\poe hooks    # Windows
   

Virtual environment

All project commands run inside the .venv/ virtual environment created by Poetry. Activate it once per terminal session, then use tools directly without any prefix:

python3 -m venv .venv

# macOS / Linux
source .venv/bin/activate

# Windows (PowerShell)
.venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1

# Windows (cmd)
.venv\Scripts\activate.bat

To deactivate:

deactivate

Usage

Activate the virtual environment (see above), then run the game:

OrecchietTetris

or:

python -m OrecchietTetris

Development

Activate the virtual environment first, then use the following commands directly.

Run tests

poe test

Run a single test file or test case:

pytest -v tests/model/test_tetromino.py
pytest -v tests/model/test_tetromino.py::test_rotations

Coverage

poe coverage

Lint & type check

poe flake8
poe mypy

Architecture

The project uses the Observer pattern to decouple game logic from the view, with abstract interfaces for dependency inversion.

Components

Component	Role
Tetromino(ITetromino)	Falling piece with clockwise rotation
Board(IBoard)	Pure grid engine — collision, locking, line clearing
Tetris(ITetris)	Game orchestrator; fires EventType events on every state change
MenuScreen(IView)	Kivy main menu with language selector
GameScreen(IView)	Kivy 10×20 board, previews, score, keyboard input
TetrisApp(App)	Kivy application; manages screen transitions
I18n	Runtime EN/IT string lookup
BlockRenderer	Maps piece integers to RGBA colours and image paths

Observer events (EventType enum)

Event	When	Data
BOARD_UPDATED	piece moved, rotated, or locked	None
NEW_PIECE	new piece spawned	ITetromino
HOLD_UPDATED	hold slot changed	ITetromino | None
LINES_CLEARED	lines removed	int
SCORE_UPDATED	score changed	int
GAME_OVER	spawn blocked	None
PAUSED / RESUMED	pause toggled	None

Tetromino Blocks

Each tetromino uses a unique block icon drawn from Apulian food imagery.

Block	Shape	Apulian Food
	I	Mozzarella
	O	Orecchietta
	T	Uva (Grape)
	S	Cime di rapa (Turnip Tops)
	Z	Frisella
	J	Cozze Tarantine (Tarantino Mussels)
	L	Focaccia

Soundtrack

You are not ready for this. A list of the best Apulian - and not only - artists!

Track	Artist	Song
01	Caparezza	Abiura di Me
02	Serena Brancale	Baccalà
03	Kid Yugi	Massafghanistan
04	Sud Sound System	Le Radici Ca Tieni
05	Boombadash ft. Alessandra Amoroso	Mambo Salentino
06	Sal Da Vinci	Rossetto e Caffè
07	Al Bano ft. Romina Power	Felicità
08	Caparezza	Jodellavitanonhocapitouncazzo
09	Checco Zalone	Angela
10	Elvira Visone ft. Luca Sarracino	Mi Hai Rotto il Cuore
11	Domenico Bini	Sta Andando Tutto Male
12	Leone Di Lernia	La festa d' patron
13	GemBoy	La Guerra Di Piero

You can find the .mp3 files of the soundtrack in assets/music/mp3. Enjoy!