Comments on: Makers 5x5 tile game http://boingboing.net/2009/09/23/makers-5x5-tile-game.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Mon, 20 May 2013 14:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: ronitb http://boingboing.net/2009/09/23/makers-5x5-tile-game.html#comment-596366 ronitb Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-596366 Interesting discussion here about the mathematics of this tile array: http://www.ephblog.com/2009/08/06/play-with-tiles/ Best quote: "It seems quite reasonable to say, then, that the number of free-form tile arrangements when using all 81 exceeds by many orders of magnitude the number of atoms in the universe." Interesting discussion here about the mathematics of this tile array:

http://www.ephblog.com/2009/08/06/play-with-tiles/

Best quote: “It seems quite reasonable to say, then, that the number of free-form tile arrangements when using all 81 exceeds by many orders of magnitude the number of atoms in the universe.”

]]> By: jfrancis http://boingboing.net/2009/09/23/makers-5x5-tile-game.html#comment-596113 jfrancis Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-596113 I was thinking pretty much the same thing back when I was exploring these interlocking tiles. http://www.digitalartform.com/archives/2009/05/make_a_maze_in.html I was thinking pretty much the same thing back when I was exploring these interlocking tiles.

http://www.digitalartform.com/archives/2009/05/make_a_maze_in.html

]]> By: jfrancis http://boingboing.net/2009/09/23/makers-5x5-tile-game.html#comment-596114 jfrancis Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-596114 If you design it right, you can even have unrelated tile array 'overlays' co-existing in the same space to add interest and complexity. If you design it right, you can even have unrelated tile array ‘overlays’ co-existing in the same space to add interest and complexity.

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