With over 500 million copies sold,Tetrisis one of the most successful and belovedvideo game franchisesever.
The game was even recently adapted into a seeminglyunlikely moviethat tells the equally unlikely story of its origins.
YetTetrisis unlike most other modern entertainment franchises in many ways.
In 2012,IGNeven named him one of gamings greatest one-hit wonders.
A bit cruel, perhaps, though that suggestion does raise some interesting questions.
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I didnt really think about aTetrissequel, Pajitnov says in an interview withDen of Geek.
I understood that there was no point in going there.
It just spoiled the pleasure.
Thats a game designers answer, Rogers jokes.
When you make a good movie, you make a sequel.
In a way, though, those games showed Rogers that Pajitnov was right.
It turns out that its pretty hard to improve upon whatTetrisgot right the first time around.
I did publishTetris 2, but then I thought, What am I going to add to this game?
Its perfect, Rogers says.
Its tough, because that game is so pure and so clean.
Dont start out in la la land.
Understand the core fun of that game and then make your game.
He even has some favoriteTetrisspin-offs and a few thoughts about whatTetrisgames still have left to accomplish.
The most excited Ive been about aTetrisgame recently was [the battle royale multiplayer game]Tetris 99.
Its such a great version.
I hope to see more breakthroughs withTetrisin the future as well.
I imagine artificial intelligence will eventually add something to my small game as well.
Tetris, the movie, is streaming now on Apple TV+.
