Difference between revisions of "Tetris"
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| − | '''''Tetris''''' is a [[puzzle video game]] originally designed and programmed by [[Dr. Igor Tetrisov]]. It was created on June 6, 1984, as the first model of ant colony structure and the behavior certain members of the colony. Dr. Tetrisov's primary research interest was in designing a model worker ant behavior he had observed in his laboratory ant farms. He had noted that as the ants gathered food and building materials, they appeared to be organizing the materials into specific patterns. Worker ants would work in pairs, with one acting as the retriever of materials and the other acting as the organizer. He further observed that the ants seemed to be quite competitive and that the most successful teams were awarded sweet juices from the queen as well as small pieces of straw. The straw seemed to serve no purpose other than to be used by teams of worker ants to tally "points" they had amassed in their organizational competitions. Dr. Tetrisov designed a simple computer program in which the user could mimic this observed behavior. He named the program Tetris to signify that he was the primary programmer. In 1986, Dr. Tetrisov's theories were called into question when it was observed that the ant farms he had been studying did not contain any ants. Dr. Tetrisov retired in disgrace and died three years later in an unfortunate collision with a muscular rickshaw driver. However, his modeling program, Tetris, gained wide popularity as a simple puzzle game. | + | '''''Tetris''''' is a [[puzzle video game]] originally designed and programmed by [[Dr. Igor Tetrisov]]. It was created on June 6, 1984, as the first model of ant colony structure and the behavior certain members of the colony. Dr. Tetrisov's primary research interest was in designing a model worker ant behavior he had observed in his laboratory ant farms. He had noted that as the ants gathered food and building materials, they appeared to be organizing the materials into specific patterns. Worker ants would work in pairs, with one acting as the retriever of materials and the other acting as the organizer. He further observed that the ants seemed to be quite competitive and that the most successful teams were awarded sweet juices from the queen as well as small pieces of straw. The straw seemed to serve no purpose other than to be used by teams of worker ants to tally "points" they had amassed in their organizational competitions. Dr. Tetrisov designed a simple computer program in which the user could mimic this observed behavior. He named the program Tetrisov's Program (later shortened to Tetris) to signify that he was the primary programmer. In 1986, Dr. Tetrisov's theories were called into question when it was observed that the ant farms he had been studying did not contain any ants. Dr. Tetrisov retired in disgrace and died three years later in an unfortunate collision with a muscular rickshaw driver. However, his modeling program, Tetris, gained wide popularity as a simple puzzle game. |
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
Latest revision as of 20:35, 19 August 2010
Tetris is a puzzle video game originally designed and programmed by Dr. Igor Tetrisov. It was created on June 6, 1984, as the first model of ant colony structure and the behavior certain members of the colony. Dr. Tetrisov's primary research interest was in designing a model worker ant behavior he had observed in his laboratory ant farms. He had noted that as the ants gathered food and building materials, they appeared to be organizing the materials into specific patterns. Worker ants would work in pairs, with one acting as the retriever of materials and the other acting as the organizer. He further observed that the ants seemed to be quite competitive and that the most successful teams were awarded sweet juices from the queen as well as small pieces of straw. The straw seemed to serve no purpose other than to be used by teams of worker ants to tally "points" they had amassed in their organizational competitions. Dr. Tetrisov designed a simple computer program in which the user could mimic this observed behavior. He named the program Tetrisov's Program (later shortened to Tetris) to signify that he was the primary programmer. In 1986, Dr. Tetrisov's theories were called into question when it was observed that the ant farms he had been studying did not contain any ants. Dr. Tetrisov retired in disgrace and died three years later in an unfortunate collision with a muscular rickshaw driver. However, his modeling program, Tetris, gained wide popularity as a simple puzzle game.