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giant spider
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nesdori
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NESDORI                           2019-08-08 20:36
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OH NO! MRS. ROCKFORD IS IN TROUBLE! SHE HAS BEEN ENTANGLED IN A SPIDER WEB.. AND THE GIANT 8-LEGGED SPIDER HAS ALREADY SPOTTED HER AND IS APPROACHING. HURRY UP AND SAVE HER! RUMOUR SAYS THAT GIANT SPIDERS ALSO DEVOUR DIAMONDS, MAYBE YOU CAN FIND SOME?!  
  
(IT'S POSSIBLE TO MOVE STRAIGHT UP AN ENTIRE GROUP OF 5, 6, 7 AND AS SHOWN HERE, UP TO 8 FLIES. THIS IS PROBABLY NOT THE LIMIT YET..)

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NICOL                             2019-08-08 21:33
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ROCKFORD IS SAFE! WE CAN CONTINUE TO ENJOY THE GAME!  
  
NICE CAVE nesdori VERY PLAYABLE! THANK YOU!

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NESDORI                           2019-08-08 21:34
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nicol, YOU'RE A HERO! THANKS FOR SAVING MRS. ROCKFORD :)

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ARNO                              2019-08-09 09:34
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FANTASTIC nesdori! :-)  
  
YOUR "SPIDER" IS REALLY INTERESTING. I'VE BEEN INVESTIGATING HOW THIS DANCING COMBINATION WORKS BY SKETCHING ALL STAGES ON PAPER. I FOUND THAT THE FIRST 4 FRAMES ARE UNIQUE AND END UP IN A REPEATING LOOP OF 3 FRAMES WHERE THE GROUP MOVES 1 POSITION UPWARDS WITHIN EACH LOOP.  
  
WHILE EXAMINING THIS LOOP IN DETAIL I NOTICED THAT THIS COMBINATION ACTUALLY CONSISTS OF 2 INDEPENDENT SETS OF 4 FLIES, LIKE IN TUBE 3 OF MY CAVE (arno 1000). BOTH MOVE ASYNCHRONOUSLY (I.E. THEY ARE MUTUALLY IN A DIFFERENT STAGE DURING EACH FRAME), BUT THEY MOVE SO CLOSELY TOGETHER THAT IT LOOKS LIKE A SINGLE GROUP OF 8 DANCING FLIES. AT THE POINTS WHERE FLIES FROM BOTH GROUPS TOUCH EACH OTHER, THEY DO NOT INFLUENCE EACH OTHER'S NEXT MOVE. WHENEVER THERE IS A CONFLICT FOR THE NEXT POSITION, THIS IS ALWAYS SOLVED WITHIN THE SAME FRAME; ONE FLY MAKES ROOM FOR THE OTHER. THEREFORE, BOTH SETS MOVE INDEPENDENTLY.  
  
IT IS POSSIBLE TO "CONNECT" EVEN MORE OF SUCH SETS IN A SIMILAR WAY. I'VE TESTED IT WITH 12 AND 16 FIREFLIES BUT THERE IS THEORETICALLY NO LIMIT.  
  
I'M CURIOUS TO SEE YOUR 5, 6 AND 7-FLY COMBOS. I'VE TRIED TO "DERIVE" THE 5-SET FROM EXISTING FORMATIONS, BUT HAVEN'T BEEN SUCCESSFUL UNTIL NOW.

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NESDORI                           2019-08-09 09:48
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GREAT ANALYSIS, arno! I THOUGHT ABOUT THE SAME THING THAT MAYBE THE SPIDER ACTUALLY IS A VISUAL TRICK WHICH LOOKS LIKE A SINGLE GROUP BUT ACTUALLY THERE ARE TWO GROUPS CLOSE TO OTHER. I DIDN'T CHECK THE INTERACTIONS THOROUGHLY YET SO I WASN'T 100% SURE.

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ARNO                              2019-08-09 13:36
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THX nesdori! CAN YOU GIVE ME A HINT HOW YOU FOUND THE 5, 6 AND 7 COMBINATIONS?

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NESDORI                           2019-08-09 15:54
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5 AND 7 ARE CLEARLY COMBINATIONS OF TWO GROUPS, 6 IS MORE INTERESTING, I HAVE TO CHECK IT LATER AND I'LL POST DEMO OF IT IF IT'S GENUINE