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2023-10-19 23:32 dustin  
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The US flag is the only one in the world which has the same length/width ratio as a boulder dash standard cave (10:19, not counting the steelwall border)! I definitely wanted to point that out by making a standard-size cave with it, even if this meant that the stripes aren't equally wide (as they should be, of course). It wasn't possible to make all ratios perfect anyway - the length should be divisible by 19 and by 5 (because the length of the blue rectangle is exactly 2/5 of the overall length), the width should be divisible by 10 and by 13, this would require a total minimum size of 1235x650 :D  
  
Meaning of the flag:  
  
| 13 stripes = 13 foundation states of the U.S.A.   
These were the 13 British colonies which declared independance of their motherland on July 4, 1776 ("Independance Day") and founded the United States of America:  
\ New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut (New England Colonies)  
\ New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware (Middle Colonies)  
\ Maryland, Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia (Southern Colonies)  
  
| 50 stars = 50 US states  
The number of stars must always be equal to the number of states, so it increased from originally 13 stars to today's 50. The arrangement of the stars inside the blue rectangle has also been very variable in the past; for the current 50 stars, we have a 6+5+6+5+6+5+6+5+6=50 arrangement, which looks quite nice to me. In case that a 51st state will join the US, there're already arrangements in discussion, including a 9+8+9+8+9+8=51 arrangement.  
  
| Meaning of the colors:  
\ Red: valor and hardiness  
\ White: purity and innocence  
\ Blue: vigilance, perseverance and justice  
Of course, it is also not a coincidence that the colors are the same as in the Great Britain flag, which, as already mentioned, was the motherland of the original 13 colonies which founded the U.S.A.!  
  
| Brief history of the flag:  
\ An early predecessor was the flag of the "Sons of Liberty", which consisted of red and white stripes. I haven't found out if they had indeed taken the colors from the Great Britain flag, or if they just liked fries with ketchup and mayo... ;) But seriously, the "Sons of Liberty" were among the main organizations who fought for the independance of the British colonies in North America.  
\ Shortly before the foundation of the U.S.A., the flag looked already similar to today but with the Great Britain flag in the top-left corner (similar to the Australian flag).  
\ The first official U.S. flag had 13 stars arranged in a circle, otherwise it looked like today already.  
\ From then on, as already mentioned, only the number and arrangement of the stars varied, according to the current number of states.  
  
With this, the U.S. flag is supposed to be a symbol of independance and liberty, which is of course supported by the famous Statue of Liberty!  
  
The cave shouldn't be too hard, but everyone has the liberty to go for speedrunning, with high rewards :D

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2023-10-27 12:15 DarkStoorM  
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Demo free :D

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2023-10-28 19:28 dustin  
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 darkstoorm , that's how my perfect theoretical speedrun went too :d it's almost possible in 10 seconds, but not completely. so i decided to give 15 seconds for a relatively easy run and give a lot of bonus points :d