Description
A collection of playable, colorful, and often *very challenging* generative-art mazes.
V2.1 is a hybrid analog-vs-digital generative-art collection, re-released with a fully populated features-list for collectors, and *improved in-game physics* for gamers!
One of 2 distinct color-aware maze-generator algorithms build your unique and fully-playable mazes, choosing their path by sampling pixels from the background-image chosen from a portfolio of 35 original works of art, created by PureMattness between 2019 and 2022. Each maze's solution and color-palette are unuique; Both are created on-the-fly by the generator.
** There are billions of possible mazes to be generated! **
Mazes also have distinct physics in gameplay mode.
... oh yeah, did I mention that these mazes are PLAYABLE??
After the genesis animation completes, on PC, press 'g' to play, or 'h' to reveal the solution.
On mobile, touch below or left of the maze to play, above or right for the solution.
In game mode:
On PC, use [W,A,S,D] to move. To return to the maze overview, hold 'q' for 3 seconds.
On mobile, touch the maze to move. Remain still for 30 seconds to quit.
Because these mazes are sometimes difficult to solve, each one is equipped with visual "hints"
to help you along your way. Some maze's hints are easy to see and pop up frequently,
others are difficult to see and rarely appear.
Keep an eye out for them!
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Features:
4 levels of grid 'tidiness' (clean, lived-in, untidy, squiggly)
5 maze sizes (small, medium large, macro, full)
5 levels of roominess (Claustrophobic, Tight, Small, Roomy, Spacious)
2 generator algorithms:
- Growing Tree
- Blobby Recursive Likeness-following Subdivider
5 Color-sample radii (used to colorize grid-vertices)
5 color-affinities (oblivious, indifferent, observant, interested, obsessed)
35 base images (listed below)
136 position/size/rotation combinations are possible for each image.
Game-mode Features:
1800+ combinations of hint-types (7 styles, 6 rates, 3 durations, 3 envelopes, 5 likelihoods)
3 levels of player traction
4 player acceleration-rates
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Base images:
Necromancer (Acrylic on 4x4 tile)
Fae (Acrylic on 4x4 tile)
Solar Squid (Macro photo: 3D sculpture [Acrylic in gel])
Bolt (Acrylic on 4x4 tile)
Dhalgren 1 (Acrylic on 4x4 tile)
Big Bang 1 (Acrylic on 4x4 tile)
War of the Worlds (Acrylic on 4x4 tile)
Eats Everything (Acrylic on 8x10 canvas)
Giving Tree (Acrylic on 4x4 tile)
Big Bang 2 (Acrylic on 6x6 tile)
Dhalgren 2 (Acrylic on 4x4 tile)
Lola (Acrylic on 4x4 tile)
Trips (Acrylic on 4x4 tile)
Dark Tower (Acrylic on 4x4 tile)
Primordial (Acrylic on 8x8 board)
Gods and Men (Acrylic on 4x4 tile)
Wiccan Moon (Acrylic on 4x4 tile)
Puppeteer (Acrylic on 4x4 tile)
Dhalgren 3 (Acrylic on 4x4 tile)
Breakfast with Lupa (Acrylic on 4x4 tile)
Jupiter 3 (Acrylic on 4x4 tile)
Wizardry (Acrylic on 4x4 tile)
Tessaract 2 (Acrylic on 12x12 canvas)
Cow (Acrylic on 10x10 board)
Shogun (Acrylic on 12x12 canvas)
Three Kings (Acrylic on 4x4 tile)
Alice (Acrylic on 8x8 board)
Aether (Acrylic on 4x4 tile)
Reaver 1 (Macro photo 3D sculpture [acrylic in gel])
Self Portrait (Section 1) (Acrylic on 14x20 canvas)
Self Portrait (Section 2) (Acrylic on 14x20 canvas)
10000 Leagues (Macro photo: 3D sculpture [Acrylic, seashell in gel])
Scarlett's Lair (Acrylic on 8x8 board)
Reaver 2 (Macro photo: 3D sculpture [Acrylic in gel])
Maze Cat 3 (Photograph: Maze Cat)
Images are also available on the permaweb:
https://app.ardrive.io/#/drives/09e0146d-37cc-450e-8b12-d20f8845b41e/folders/5d16d9ff-5a68-4a6a-b35a-20cc406fb595
Thanks again to Jamis Buck for the inspiration and information. (See LICENSE.md for more info)