[Created this weekend as part of Node Knockout.]
Swarmation: like musical chairs for pixels
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Swarmation: like musical chairs for pixels
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Re: Swarmation: like musical chairs for pixels
#2Wow I can't believe how FUN this is.
Edit: I just realized no one is commenting because everyone is still busy playing it.
Re: Swarmation: like musical chairs for pixels
#3Wow 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:
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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 you are in any place where the shape can fit.
Re: Swarmation: like musical chairs for pixels
#4Wow I can't believe how FUN this is. Edit: I just realized no one is commenting because everyone is still busy playing it.
It's really made me realize how irritated i can get by gray blocks moving out of formation.
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#5I love how reliable everyone is when Block comes up. WHERE WERE YOU WHEN I ALMOST HAD LOBSTER?!
addicting.
edit: hmm. I think the match-algorithm is a bit too forgiving. Several of the forms can be "solved" by just clumping together. Though, given how many are still missed, maybe that's not a bad thing.
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#6After playing for a while, I think the best strategy is to simply not move.
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#7I love how I have no idea what is going on or what to do, yet it still keeps telling me I win.
Re: Swarmation: like musical chairs for pixels
#8Thanks 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 updating the other players when they move.
Re: Swarmation: like musical chairs for pixels
#9Thanks 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…
Nice... I noticed that, unlike a number of other Node Knockout entries, it worked fine in Firefox. Will have to try that lib.
Re: Swarmation: like musical chairs for pixels
#10Thanks 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?").