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Re: Swarmation: like musical chairs for pixels

#51

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'm embarrassed by how proud this made me: http://i.imgur.com/QtIfy.png

Re: Swarmation: like musical chairs for pixels

#52
post #33

Here's a fun idea: split players up into multiple teams i.e. only pixels of the same team can make formations, and points are awarded to each team as a whole

it might even be nice if the teams were forced to cooperate sometimes. if each team was a different color we could have color coded formations. any more ideas?

Penalize pixels which touch a correct position but are not part of it

Re: Swarmation: like musical chairs for pixels

#55
Many thanks for this. It's a joy to play. I'm surprised by how good the vibe is in the game. I think there's a bug with the Y pattern - it never gets recognised in the games I participate in.

It would be nice if you could get a reward at a thousand points - for example - being able to write a message.

Re: Swarmation: like musical chairs for pixels

#58

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?

Sabateours spring to mind. They stay in place right til the end and then move one pixel away. Aaaaaargh!

Re: Swarmation: like musical chairs for pixels

#59
post #35

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

Yeah, no chat. Simplicity is good here.

Re: Swarmation: like musical chairs for pixels

#60
post #53

Uh, block fits all patterns.

It's a tough one though. They need to ignore some random pixels but then again making a giant block shape is a loophole. Maybe calculate match as a percentage of the pixels that would be blank? Dunno. Tricky but doable :)
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