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[akralia]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/7781384@N04/2380068829/

I snagged a screenshot of you laby and mashed it to bits. Then I sprinkled confetti all over it.


Note dots denote Wall Team route but not spacing. that will come with more refinement.

After watching Bruce's Laby Run video I had a few more thoughts.

First MAN that's Chaos.

So put each Wall Team into different colors, this will keep some confusion down. Colored Armbands could be a cheap but effective way of doing this. Or having folks wear Tshirts in a common color, black and white are very common.

[momonga]

I think Ikkarus is right. If you look at the little diagram of the labyrinth in Chapter 6, you see that the x's and the dot representing the walls and the runner are placed at the end of the labyrinth instead of the center (the beginning). The x's there are actually blocking the path, instead of being on either side, so it makes sense to me that the walls would actually be directly facing the runner and then turning to open up the way as they approached.

Edit: Err... although I'm not sure why the arrows would be directing the walls to move behind the runner. The labyrinth run starts from the center right?

[Weezel]

Well throughout our discussion on the wall humming, I thought it would still be good to move forward with some sort of visual, and the recent change to the Mytheop. mission seems to indicate that some cheat sheet is needed.

So I reworked my initial beta flash trainer and have one that goes all the way through now if you want to look at it:
http://chaos.greenhead.com/FTLR/3Circuit.swf

The training (for now) doesn't indicate who is humming when. It also assumes that interior walls rotate if possible, to keep facing the runner and not having to move until they are no longer needed. Until we get some results from training, we won't know exactly how some of the movements play out, and if I made the right choices there.

I'm actually thinking that each of the locations people move to can be numbered, just like their starting position.
So that if you started in spot 1, you would know you would be going 1-R-15-22-35. In other words each wall piece would know where they were going or if they were rotating. It breaks down wall movement into distinct chunks, and might be easier for each piece to learn, rather than just the "quickly run to the end" which gets alot of bumping. Again, training will have to answer some of these questions for us, unless Ariadne or her friends have any memories returning and have any additional insight.

[Elizabeth123]

I think it's beautiful, Weezel!!!! (Reminds me of Pacman.)

And I think it'd be a great idea to number the spots...the only issue is that the movements are going to differ based on how many wall-members you have, so with more people, there'll be a lot more confusion and bumping into each other...This'll be extremely helpful for groups of 10 wall members and one runner, but how will that change for groups of only 4 players, or groups of 20 players?

[danteIL]

Nice! I think that we're going to have a hard time, though, convincing a doctor, a priest, and an army general to act as walls for us.

[konamouse]

That is amazing, and very easy to follow.

[Ikkarus]

[hmrpita]

Wow! I am HYPMOTIZED!

Thanks for making this--it's great. Very clear and also entertaining. I should stop watching it. I just find it mesmerizing.

[Weezel]

Thanks for the kinds words folks. Now I just need to update it with real world training data as we get it.

I mean, I certainly think that the rotating in place saves time and is more efficient, but that's just a theory, as I've not been a wall or a runner. Same thing with only some sections moving, not everyone.

So if I get reports back that certain things are helping in training, I'll modify it accordingly.. plus have to do the 7 circuit one later.

[Weezel]

[mr.judkins]

Wow Weezel I'll chip in on the congrats - I'd just spent 5 minutes trying to explain to someone what we were doing today (rather unsuccessfully), and then came across this!

We'll definitely bring the laptop along with us to the training session this afternoon now - this will save us a lot of explaining then too!

Will provide feedback as to how things like the rotating in place and whatnot go...

[Akralia]

 

[Akralia]

oh and it reminds me of pacman meets foosball.

[Weezel]

[ariock]