Message #2379

From: Roice Nelson <roice3@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [MC4D] Escher-style puzzle on Hyperbolic plane
Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2012 11:52:30 -0500

Cool, thanks for passing this along Nan.

Strange coincidence. Shortly after seeing your message, a friend made a G+
post about another hyperbolic plane game called HyperRogue III. Looks like
it has Android support.
http://roguetemple.com/z/hyper.php

I tried out Circull, and it is fun to play! I think it could benefit from
the hyperbolic panning that Don came up with (copied in MT), rather than
the purely geodesic panning. The latter causes material near the center to
move very quickly when you drag near the edge of the disk. That’s just a
minor comment though, and I think the game is really well done.

You asked about whether MT could support twisty puzzles of this style. By
that, do you mean puzzles where the faces are Escher-style images? It
would take coding since the program currently has no concept of sticker
orientations, but it’d certainly be possible with some effort.

seeya,
Roice

On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 2:26 AM, Melinda Green <melinda@superliminal.com>wrote:

>
> On 9/5/2012 12:08 AM, schuma wrote:
> > Hi guys,
> >
> > Today I discovered an app on iOS, called Circull
> >
> > http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/circull/id392042223?mt=8
> >
> > For review, see:
> >
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sm8QwdslC2U
> >
> > It’s a match-three game. It’s quite easy but I really like the
> illustration. In the back end there are tessellations including {6,4},
> {7,3} etc. Different levels have different tessellations.
> >
> > Is it possible to make a twisty puzzle of this style? That would be a
> great plus for MagicTile.
>
> I really like all the little artistic touches like the embossed edges
> and the sounds. It seems like an interesting idea to add to MT if it
> could easily support it. Or perhaps it would be better as its own puzzle
> built to share the MT engine. What I wonder even more is whether
> Andrey’s MagicTile633 or its engine could be easily adapted to support
> the 3D version of Circull. And people shouldn’t fear it because it’s
> only a 3D puzzle after all. OK sure, it’s hyperbolic but it’s still
> just 3D. :-)
>
> -Melinda