Message #1300

From: Andrey <andreyastrelin@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [MC4D] 5D Pacman v 0.1
Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2010 19:02:30 -0000

One thing about the configuration files is that the map of level doesn’t need to be rectangular: segments may go to any direction, and number of seeds in them is calculated by rounded length. They divided to 3D, 4D, 5D only for user’s convenience, you may add level of any dimension to any file. I’ll describe file’s structure later.

Andrey

— In 4D_Cubing@yahoogroups.com, Roice Nelson <roice3@…> wrote:
>
> Very cool :D
>
> On the higher dimensional gaming front, I thought I’d mention that Jesse
> Ziser did a version of minesweeper that works in arbitrary dimension. You
> can play it directly on a web browser (and on some phones) at:
>
> http://www.gravitation3d.com/xezlec/
>
> I think he might be a member of our group, but I know he lives in Austin
> because we got together last year to geek out on this stuff :) The higher
> dimensions can definitely bring some interesting effects to these grid-based
> games!
>
> I like the transparency of your pacman5d configuration files, since it seems
> people could perhaps create custom levels. Myself, I’d be interested to see
> levels that were a progression through dimension of a simple lattice with,
> say, three n-dimensional cubes per side. Then the effects of dimension
> could be studied (e.g. by changing only dimension, how would one set the
> number of enemies to keep the difficulty roughly constant?)
>
> All the best,
> Roice
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 8:39 AM, Andrey <andreyastrelin@…> wrote:
>
> > Enjoy:
> >
> > http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/4D_Cubing/files/MC7D/pacman5d.zip
> >
> > Now there is only one stage for each dimension (from 3D to 5D), but stage
> > description is simple enough.
> > Couple of hints:
> > - pacman tries to go "deep" - in the direction Z closest to the
> > perpendicular to screen.
> > - left-click pauses game. During pause you can reorient the field.
> > - left-drag rotates 3D space
> > - right-drag rotates "color" space (Z-R-G). It’s difficult to use, I use it
> > only when image is too flat.
> > - right-click switches bases between XYZ and RGZ. Strange option, but very
> > useful in manipulations.
> >
> > Andrey
> >
> >
>