Thread: Utilizing the Tetris Effect

First off, I should like to begin by explaining that...I like it! I myself have experienced the tetris effect, and your idea makes a lot of sense. What I don't agree with is that a simple animation could adequately exert the effect. I believe that a major benefactor to the effect is the involvement of your brains logic centre when playing a game, complex or simplistic. Simply watching a video constantly repeated does not seem to me that it could/would very well invoke TTE

I suggest, perhaps, you experiement/research the effect moe extensively?

Or you could just play Tetris.

Originally Posted by Licity

Or you could just play Tetris.

I second that, either Tetris or Guitar Hero.

Originally Posted by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetris_effect

... People have also experienced this effect after playing music games with scrolling notes, such as Dance Dance Revolution, Rock Band, or Guitar Hero. Fans of the game Polarium have had images of tiles being overturned in their mind, or feeling as though they needed to be overturned. After playing bullet hell games, many players have reported that looking at small objects, such as letters on the page of a book, appear to be moving around or swirling in patterns. Also the Rubik's Cube may make a person imagine turning the sides and the colours in their minds after playing it for a prolonged period of time...

Nice thread, Mini!

You could make a animated picture with "LUCID" or " YOU ARE DREAMING" added as the tetris effect. And when you go to bed you'll see the "YOU ARE DREAMING" picture infront of your eyes.

Edit:

...ooor just make a tetris game in Flash, with pretty shiny colors, except instead of blocks you could make them words like 'LUCID' etc. I'm sure someone around here can make this in flash.

You know what's great for the Tetris effect? The first couple of days after buying an FPS.

Not only is it 3-dimensional, but it feels like you're walking around in your head. The best, and worst, part about it is that since you worry there might be a sniper or semblance thereof you just keep on walking. Never gets tiring, actually...

I'll see if a little TF2 could give me a little HI.

After buying an FPS?

What do you mean?

Originally Posted by marcc

You know what's great for the Tetris effect? The first couple of days after buying an FPS.

Not only is it 3-dimensional, but it feels like you're walking around in your head.

This used to happen to me when I first got into console FPS games a few years ago, but I think I've played them so much that it rarely happens anymore.

Lately I have had pretty good luck linking up vague thoughts and visualizations with my own inner dialogue (describing it to myself, basically an internal version of Image Streaming), which then generates some very bright and vivid hypnagogic imagery.