Basic Controls

Difficulty: Basic

Get the fundamentals of moving, rotating, and dropping down.

Move pieces with the left/right arrow keys (or the on-screen ← → buttons) and turn them with the rotate buttons. On a keyboard, use ↑ or X to rotate clockwise and Z to rotate counterclockwise.

The down arrow performs a soft drop, dropping the piece faster, while the spacebar performs a hard drop, sending it straight to the bottom. Use C or Shift to hold a piece for later.

Once the controls become second nature, you'll place pieces exactly where you want with minimal input, leaving more time to think and fewer mistakes.

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