Blocks (Mind Loft)

Blocks is Mind Loft's arcade daily: a stacking game where shapes fall into a well and full rows clear. The difference from the classic is that the order of shapes is fixed for the day, so every player faces the same pieces and the leaderboard compares decisions rather than luck. There are nine shapes, the seven familiar ones plus a corner and a plus.

The well is only 16 rows deep, and the drop rate never speeds up, so a run ends because of a hole left a few shapes earlier, not because the game got too fast. You can move, rotate, hard drop and hold a shape for later, and clearing rows on consecutive shapes builds a combo. You can pause at any time; the board is saved, so you can come back later in the day and continue the same run.

You may play the day as many times as you like, and Blocks keeps your best run. Every clear scores by its size: one row is 1 point, two rows 3, three rows 4 and four rows 6, with no ceiling and par set at 15 points. Ties break on fewest shapes used and then time. Sundays narrow the well from ten columns to eight.