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[yv3]

Hello guys,

fractals are facinating for me since ive played around with Fractint when i was a boy. After years i am exploring fractals again with a self-made software. Its very exciting for me to play around with formulas, the results are some times facinating. But i knew few about math. Im rather a game programmer. There seem to be some smart guys out here. I would like to gain more experience and share my own work with you.

thx in advance.

[kram1032]

A game programmer?
I'd love to see a game on fractals

[Sockratease]

Hello and Welcome!

I've made a few games myself, but mostly just flash games and a waste of time.  Some had fractal art for backgrounds, etc., but not actually involving fractals in the gameplay.

I look forward to seeing what you do   

[Thunderwave]

Hello, yv3!

A game programmer?
I'd love to see a game on fractals

That would be an infinitely complex game! 

[yv3]

Yeah i thought about procedural map generation. I could add some fractal iterations to it

[kram1032]

procedural map generation is fractal related but too usual...
Do you have a crazier idea where fractals play an actual big role in gameplay?

(procedural maps are nice aswell, though)

[Thunderwave]

How about fractal mazes, dungeons and fractal monsters that just keep transforming as you kill them? 

[Millennium Nocturne]

In the beginning of Times (1984!) there was a game called "Rescue on Fractalus!":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rescue_on_Fractalus!
The terrain was made of fractals..

But if you want fractal mazes, visit project Daedalus (download it from sourceforge):
http://www.astrolog.org/labyrnth/daedalus.htm
it supports several types of fractal mazes (nested and recursive), that very few can solve
(only the most powerful fractal minds can find a way throught those maniacal fractal mazes  ).

[Millennium Nocturne]

Oh..if you don't believe me, check that fractal maze:
http://www.astrolog.org/labyrnth/maze/fractal.gif
the entrace is on the upper left side (a missing wall section), and the exit is on the lower right (another missing section)
Only a fractalist could perceive the self-similarity in there..

[yv3]

Thank you guys for the intresting impressions. Currently im not really sure about the concept how the map will be made. Probably this will be a mix of procedural terrain generation and human made buildings with a built-in editor. I spent a lot time to finish the rendering and user interface engine and now i am finishing a sub-project called yFractalExplorer, then i will continue to making the game stuff.
Check out the experimental version of my fractal explorer if you are intrested: http://yv3.bplaced.net/files/yFractalExplorer.exe. Sorry, joystick support is not implemented yet but it will be Ill keep you updated.

[Nahee_Enterprises]

    Hello guys,   fractals are facinating for me since ive played around with
    Fractint when i was a boy.  After years i am exploring fractals again with
    a self-made software.  Its very exciting for me to play around with formulas,
    the results are some times facinating.

Greetings, and Welcome to this particular Forum !!!   

One tends to learn a lot more about fractals when they do their own programming.  I found it interesting in the beginning to do such coding, but since I am a professional programmer, I soon got tired of doing for both work and pleasure.  Now it is almost a full time job just keeping up with the 600+ fractal related applications that are available.  Not to mention the thousands of formulas.