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Swarmation: like musical chairs for pixels

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Re: Swarmation: like musical chairs for pixels

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Post by Deestan »

ollerac wrote: post #35
jamram82 wrote: post #24

Probably the first collaborative multiplayer game without any element of communication.

is this a good thing? we were considering adding the ability to chat as a special power, but i kind of like the simplicity/anonymity of the current setup

I think a chat would just add frustration and abuse.

Re: Swarmation: like musical chairs for pixels

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Post by roryokane »

jamram82 wrote: post #24

Probably the first collaborative multiplayer game without any element of communication.

There is a little bit of communication. For instance, if you want to lead someone somewhere, you can try running circles around them and then running in a direction, and then running back to them. I don’t know if they would understand, but you could try.

Re: Swarmation: like musical chairs for pixels

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Post by DaemonXI »

giantfuzzypanda wrote: post #25
SandB0x wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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…

Everyone's own square appears blue.

Thank you, panda. That was the joke.

Re: Swarmation: like musical chairs for pixels

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Post by aaronblohowiak »

roryokane wrote: post #40

You really should make it clearer that this is against other humans. When I saw the page, I thought the other pixels were just automatons. Even when I saw some forming letters in the corner, I just thought “interesting, some of them are programmed to not participate”. And I thought moving around was pointless because I couldn’t predict where the computer would move its pixels, so I had no idea how to get into positio…

against or with?

Re: Swarmation: like musical chairs for pixels

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Post by leot »

roryokane wrote: post #40

You really should make it clearer that this is against other humans. When I saw the page, I thought the other pixels were just automatons. Even when I saw some forming letters in the corner, I just thought “interesting, some of them are programmed to not participate”. And I thought moving around was pointless because I couldn’t predict where the computer would move its pixels, so I had no idea how to get into positio…

Well, maybe. Part of the fun for me was the discovery that it was other people with whom I was playing.

Re: Swarmation: like musical chairs for pixels

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Post by palish »

roryokane wrote: post #40

You really should make it clearer that this is against other humans. When I saw the page, I thought the other pixels were just automatons. Even when I saw some forming letters in the corner, I just thought “interesting, some of them are programmed to not participate”. And I thought moving around was pointless because I couldn’t predict where the computer would move its pixels, so I had no idea how to get into positio…

I was about to give up and call it "boring" until I read this comment!
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