Swarmation: like musical chairs for pixels

Post by hendler » Mon, Aug 30, 2010, 2:17 AM UTC

steadicat wrote: post #10

CytokineStorm wrote: post #8

Thanks for all the feedback. This was my entry in the Node knockout competition, along with @ollerac and @steadicat. This app was built using the awesome sockets.io library which made it simple to send realtime messages without dealing with cross-browser compatibility issues. Really the server's only job is to pass messages back and forth between the clients, who do all the work of detecting the formations and updati…

What I find amazing is how much fun people are having with it despite the fact that we had no idea what the game mechanics would be until the last minute. We basically started with a board of pixels, and everything else just evolved through testing and laziness ("what's the simplest thing we can do to make the game slightly less pointless?").

Post by TheEzEzz » Mon, Aug 30, 2010, 2:44 AM UTC

Post by giantfuzzypanda » Mon, Aug 30, 2010, 3:34 AM UTC

SandB0x wrote: post #3

camwest wrote: post #2

Wow I can't believe how FUN this is. Edit: I just realized no one is commenting because everyone is still busy playing it.

Yes, this game is absolute genius. Felt really sorry for the guy (X) who got stuck running around in the middle of the Fortress formation a minute ago. Like: ##### #X # # # # # # ##### I'm the one in the blue, by the way. Edit: This makes me think about mathematical morphology^, used in image processing. You win when you are inside the opening of the set of pixels by the given structuring element . i.e. you win when…

Post by ww520 » Mon, Aug 30, 2010, 3:52 AM UTC

Post by trafficlight » Mon, Aug 30, 2010, 4:19 AM UTC

ww520 wrote: post #27

How do you play this game? Nothing works for me. I press left/right/up/down but nothing happens.