Two years ago, the Internet stumbled across a guy who would work upwards of two hours to create virtuoso sprite patterns within Tetris. Well, anything humans can do, a computer can do better, right? Hereās the Tetris Printer Algorithm. Showoff ā¦
https://lastchance.cc/tetris-art-or-when-life-gives-you-an-l-piece-use-it-5839117%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
This video shows the Tetris Printer Algorithm powering through Toad, Fire-powered Super Mario and a bunch of other sprites I wonāt spoil. See for yourself.
The Tetris Printer Algorithm javascript source code is available here. It accepts sprite image files that are no larger than 17 by 32 pixels, and it cannot contain more than three opaque colors. Everything else must be transparent. An extremely lengthy, mind-boggling explanation of how it works may be read here.
As for human-made Tetris art, well, our latest creation is, yep, a penis.
Tetris Printer Algorithm [Michael Birken via laughingsquid]
