>
> Ever played 3-D noughts and crosses?, 4-D? 5-D? :-)
> you just keep adding boards, like 3d is 3 x 3x3:
>
> xxx xxx xxx
> xxx xxx xxx
> xxx xxx xxx
>
> 4-D is 3 * 3 * 3*3
>
> Oxx xXx xxx
> xxx xxx xxx
> xxx xxx xxx
>
> xxx xXx xxx
> xxx xOx xxx
> xxx xxx xxx
>
> xxx xXx xxx
> xxx xxx xxx
> xxx xxx xxO
>
> where O-O-O and X-X-X are both winning lines.
>
> have fun.
>
> --
> Bill Hails
> http://thyme.homelinux.net/



Well, I am not sure that I understand the OOO relation in that last one. Oh,
I see. You're allowing for superdiagonals. This is why I think Go makes it
so interesting-- the relations between stones remain the same despite the
greater DOF. The the game you point out, I do believe the O's are further
apart in the example you give in 4D. On the other hand, I haven't worked on
my 4D paradigm in a few months, so  my visualization is a bit rusty. I'll
probably post tomorrow saying I am wrong. Oh, well -- you think, you
learn... (and one would think that eventually you would learn to stop
thinking -- my brain hurts!)


Oh, and here's a WIP of th elittle spaceships, but I am afraid it is a
little too cluttered. A close-up shot, maybe, with some heavy focal blur...
but then you can't play anymore. Oh, well. Sacrifices in the name of Art.
(My brother, Arthur, insists I do everything in his name. sheesh.)


Well, I am rambling.


-s
5TF

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