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The snake is another creation by Nerd Prophet Erno Rubik. I had one as a child and even then I thought it ain't worth the time (compared to the cube). Until now.
The snake consists of 24 isosceles triangular prism wedges in a row. Each prism can be rotated by 90 degrees either CCW or CW. In StarMade it looks like this:
Or (closer to IRL):
There is no goal to 'solve' the snake. You just start twisting it and try to get interesting shapes:
(The Ball is sometimes considered as the 'solved' state of the snake)
(This one is rather hard)
(This one is much easier)
The Blueprint:
The blueprint contains a platform with logic (the white cubic thing), a remote (the blue house-shaped vessel) and a snake (in ball shape on the screenshot, alternate color scheme). Using the remote one can fly around and command the snake. Each prism of the snake has a pair of lights. Lit lights indicate the place where the snake will twist if a CCW or CW command is issued. The pilot of the remote can change this position by using the Next & Prev commands. The zip contains two BPs: the 'plain' scheme and the alternating scheme (closer to real ones). I prefer the 'plain' one. Both are functionally equivalent, but with the alternating you get the option to choose the 'dominant' color of the resulting shape. Thus you can create a 'white' or 'blue' ball, while in plain scheme there is only one ball.
Known limitations:
Due to the shape of the wedges, planar shapes (like the doggy) are almost impossible because wedges' corners collide. This could be easily avoided by making wedges a little bit more spherical, but I find planar shapes to be not so interesting and collisions also add some challenge when making complex shapes.
The snake consists of 24 isosceles triangular prism wedges in a row. Each prism can be rotated by 90 degrees either CCW or CW. In StarMade it looks like this:
Or (closer to IRL):
There is no goal to 'solve' the snake. You just start twisting it and try to get interesting shapes:
The Blueprint:
The blueprint contains a platform with logic (the white cubic thing), a remote (the blue house-shaped vessel) and a snake (in ball shape on the screenshot, alternate color scheme). Using the remote one can fly around and command the snake. Each prism of the snake has a pair of lights. Lit lights indicate the place where the snake will twist if a CCW or CW command is issued. The pilot of the remote can change this position by using the Next & Prev commands. The zip contains two BPs: the 'plain' scheme and the alternating scheme (closer to real ones). I prefer the 'plain' one. Both are functionally equivalent, but with the alternating you get the option to choose the 'dominant' color of the resulting shape. Thus you can create a 'white' or 'blue' ball, while in plain scheme there is only one ball.
Known limitations:
Due to the shape of the wedges, planar shapes (like the doggy) are almost impossible because wedges' corners collide. This could be easily avoided by making wedges a little bit more spherical, but I find planar shapes to be not so interesting and collisions also add some challenge when making complex shapes.
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