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SandB0x on Aug 30, 2010 | parent | context | favorite | on: Swarmation: like musical chairs for pixels

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 you are in any place where the shape can fit.

^ http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/rbf/HIPR2/open.htm

v21 on Aug 31, 2010 | [–]

Yaay, Bob Fisher! I once dressed as him for a party, with a cardboard cutout of his face over my face.

I'm sorry, this comment isn't strictly relevant, but I don't get a chance to tell that story very often.

giantfuzzypanda on Aug 30, 2010 | [–]

Everyone's own square appears blue.

DaemonXI on Aug 30, 2010 | [–]

Thank you, panda. That was the joke.

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