TERMINAL//ZERO01 / FEATURE
Falling-block arcade
Move, rotate, hold and drop pieces while tracking level, score and cleared lines.
ARCHIVE / EXPERIMENT
THE BLOCK PROTOCOL
TERMINAL//ZERO
Play the puzzle. Crack the code.
A falling-block arcade crossed with a simulated terminal puzzle: two ways to play inside one neon machine.
CASE FILE — 10
- STATUS
- LIVE
- YEAR
- 2026
- TYPE
- Experiment
ART DIRECTION / TERMINAL//ZEROSTYLIZED CONCEPT MOCKUP
01
THE STARTING POINT
The idea behind it.
Build a browser experiment that blends the rhythm of arcade blocks with the curiosity of a command-line mystery.
THE CHALLENGE
Keep arcade controls quick and responsive while a terminal puzzle occupies the same interface.
THE APPROACH
Separate pure game logic from a safe simulated command interpreter, wrapping both in a bold retro arcade layout.
02
WHAT WENT INTO IT
Built with intention.
02 / FEATURE
A simulated shell
Enter commands such as ls, cd and cat in a safe in-browser terminal.
03 / FEATURE
Four puzzle gates
Read files and solve terminal clues to unlock progress.
04 / FEATURE
Progress kept locally
Store arcade best scores and puzzle completion in localStorage.
03
STATE OF THE BUILD
Where it stands.
CURRENT STATUS / LIVE
TERMINAL//ZERO V2 is online with a falling-block game, four terminal puzzle gates, local scores and touch controls.
The terminal is simulated and does not execute real operating-system commands.
04
THE NEXT ITERATION
Never really finished.
01
Tune mobile controls
02
More terminal chapters
03
Expand game polish and sound options