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MAP Inverted: a new variant of picture-forming mazesMonday, December 6, 2004
Conceptis is proud to announce MAP (Maze-a-Pix) Inverted: a new maze variant that enables forming realistic pictures when solved. While still being solved the same way as MAP and other traditional mazes, MAP Inverted requires painting of the false paths instead of the true path. By painting the false paths, MAP Inverted puzzles provide a whole new range of content possibilities, from high-quality portraits to underwater scenes, night pictures and much more. MAP Inverted puzzles are suitable for children and adults alike and require no special rules or learning. A selection of 20 MAP Inverted puzzles with portraits of American presidents can be downloaded from the Puzzles and Classrooms discussion in Conceptis Puzzles and Kids forum. According to Dave Green, president of Conceptis, the new MAP Inverted puzzles are now created on a regular basis to meet our publishers' requirements. "We hope our publishers like this new type of picture-forming maze and will start offering MAP Inverted puzzles in their magazines soon" Says Green. Mazes are amongst the oldest and most popular type of puzzle ever known. The original concept of picture-forming mazes, which led to Maze-a-Pix puzzles, was invented in Japan over 20 years ago. Since then manually created picture-forming mazes became popular in Japanese puzzle magazines published by Gakken, Nikoli, Sun and others. As published in June this year in the announcement of MAP, Conceptis decided to invest its resources and develop a computer algorithm for generating picture-forming mazes. Consequently, Conceptis is the only company worldwide using a computer algorithm to create this type of game. Related resources |
