Block Blaster

This is the Woodoku / Block Puzzle format that's been running rampant on app stores — drag three pieces onto a 10x10 grid, clear lines, repeat. I had it installed on my phone for a while, played far too much of it, and then realised the version I was playing was choked with ads so I wrote my own. No ads on yours-truly's version of the same game, at least until we get AdSense approval back, and even then I'll keep it readable.

The thing that separates a 200-point game from a 2000-point game is leaving space for the L-shaped and zig-zag pieces. Beginners stuff straight-line pieces along the edges, which feels productive but leaves you nowhere to put an L without breaking up a row. A good rule: build toward the centre, not the edges. Every piece can fit somewhere in the middle, but only some pieces can fit in a wall-hugging corner. Save the corners for the awkward shapes.

The endless-game math

The piece spawner is genuinely random — there's no algorithm picking 'mean' pieces to kill you faster. The reason a high score eventually ends is purely combinatorial: as the board fills, the probability that any one of the three random shapes cannot fit anywhere becomes high. A perfect game would require empty space every turn, and that's only possible if you average exactly one line clear per piece placed. If you like grid-clearing puzzles, our 2048 game is the math-driven cousin.