Tatami Maker: A Combinatorially Rich Mechanical Game Board

Year: 2013 Authors: Alejandro Erickson

Core claim

Tatami Maker makes tatami covering constraints physically playable and reveals that simple local rules generate rich, visually appealing combinatorial behavior.

Topics

tatami tilings, mechanical puzzle design, combinatorial game boards, enumerative combinatorics, puzzle games

Domains

combinatorics, enumerative combinatorics, tiling theory, graphical puzzle constraints, game design, interactive installation, 3D printing, physical puzzle artifact

Methods

rectilinear grid coverings, mechanical constraint enforcement, prototype fabrication, game rule design

Media

dominoes, monominoes, desktop 3D printer, modular board pieces

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