Tetra Tower

Hi All,

I came across a new game, which brought back my childhood memory of playing Tetris.

What is liked about this tower,

• This is a physical game,
• A mobile or laptop is not needed to play the game!!
• Improves hand-eye coordination
• Improves thinking power

While Tetra tower is available in some countries but is currently unavailable in India.

So decided to make one using Tinkercad.

• 3d Printer (I have ender 3)
• Tinkercad
• White and blue PLA filament

• To make the base, add 6 boxes of dimensions 40x40x20mm
• Add a semi-circle and adjust its dimensions to 180x65x20mm
• Arrange all boxes in line and then move them by 20mm and group
• Now rotate this group by 45 degree
• Bring the semi-circle and boxes together and group them to form a base
• Adding text is optional

• Add as box for 40x60x20mm
• Add two holes(boxes) for 20x20mm
• Align a hole and a box to the left and top, group them
• Then align the other hole and the box to the right and bottom, group them
• We have our basic shape, We could leave it to this or go one step further and add holes to give it the final look we want as shown
• Each wall is 1mm thick

• Add a 40x40x20mm box
• Add 4 holes 18.5x18.5mm each
• Align the holes such that there is a 1mm thick wall everywhere and group them

• Add 40x60x20mm box
• Add a hole 20x40x20mm and group them
• Add Holes to leave a 1mm think wall everywhere and group them

• Add a 80x20x20mm box
• Add 4 holes as shown and group them

• Add 40x60x20mm box
• Add 2 holes 20x20x20mm and cut the two corners
• Add Holes to leave a 1mm think wall everywhere and group them

• Over a period of a few days, I create a few variants of the base and blocks
• Base
• Easy: The base is a bit flatter
• Medium
• Hard
• Blocks
• Hollow
• Solid
• Solid with groves
• All files are available on Cults3d

• I used Ender 3 to print it
• Base
• White PLA
• 0.28 Resolution
• no Supports
• Infill: 5%
• Infill pattern: Zigzag
• Blocks
• White and blue PLA
• 0.28 Resolution
• no Supports
• Printed 2 sets

I painted blocks with Acrylic colors since I did not have any other color filaments. After painting the blocks are a bit sticky, I can recommend not to paint them at all

• This is a two-player game
• Each player places a block of their choice on the base to start building the tower
• A player cannot touch the base
• The player losses if any of the following are met
• He/she cannot place a block or the block fells off the tower
• Makes the tower unstable and topple
• Accidently topples the tower
• Suitable for kids and adults above 5years