Ability to pause the game

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Ability to pause the game #223

Open Daniel15 opened 4 years ago

Daniel15 commented 4 years ago

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

Sometimes I want to take a break in the middle of a (single-player) game

Describe the solution you'd like

Some method of pausing the game.

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Not-A-Normal-Robot commented 3 years ago

Using Tetr.io+ you can extract the sfx and you can see that there is a pausing sfx, hopefully it'll be implemented soon :)

LinuxForEveryone commented 1 year ago

I would love to see this feature implemented. It seems like a very basic thing, especially useful when you're solo and life happens.

Spelis123 commented 1 year ago

hopefully soon.

Not-A-Normal-Robot commented 1 year ago

I doubt it

o5k commented 1 year ago

Main thingy here is interaction with ranked game modes like 40 Lines and Blitz.

That is, whether the game should:

pause but refuse to upload the replay, or
pause and submit the replay (but reject if paused too much ?)
continue playing while the pause menu is open I'm still not sure about it. Also, this would replace the hold-to-forfeit gesture as a whole I guess

Also, in Multiplayer same question except there the only option is to keep the game playing while the pause menu is open :^) Well, unless we make it so room hosts can pause the game, but that seems janky

Nonetheless, this is a set-in-stone part of the Beta roadmap. I'd love to hear more opinions on the best solution for the above, though.

dan63047 commented 1 year ago

Since 40 Lines and Blitz are ranked, the only reasonable game modes, that can have a pause option is Zen and Custom.

But, if people really need that in 40 Lines and Blitz, i think we can do option 2, but with some sort of pause cooldown.

And ummm... Pause menu in Multiplayer? Tbh i don't think that makes sense.

Not-A-Normal-Robot commented 1 year ago

From my experience in playing singleplayer stackers:

Maybe have a limit on amount of pauses at a given time?
Maybe have a minimum time limit between pauses so you can't just pause buffer?

(I got the ideas from Spirit Drop btw)

Regarding multiplayer pausing:

Maybe make it so that the game still runs when one pauses (i.e., gravity still works, garbage still gets accepted), but only stops if everyone pauses?
Maybe you could also get some chat notification for when someone pauses?

We should definitely only allow multiplayer pausing in custom rooms, though.

ZaptorZap commented 1 year ago

Personally, I don't think you should be allowed to pause in 40L or Blitz at all(so, option 3). The latter mode is literally guaranteed to end in 2 minutes, start to end, and the former is going to end much sooner if you're playing competently. At that point, where's the sunk cost fallacy to justify allowing pausing?

Of course, the dynamic of this feature changes a little if you intend on implementing something along the lines of 10kL, but with those modes, more than half the challenge is playing for that long. Contemporary challenges (Jstris 1000L, perhaps 24h Monkeytype or perfect score Pac-Man?) don't have conventional pause buttons afterall.

navy1978 commented 2 months ago

Please add this functionality at least for solo/Zen! Please ,please, please. And thanks for your effort!