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Recursive Puzzles

Recursion is a concept from math and programming, but Patrick's Parabox and Recursed showed it could become a game verb. COCOON extended it into 3D spatial experience. This hub follows how far a single nesting operation can unfold.

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2026-05-20 · essay
The Lineage of Meta-Puzzles — When Rules Themselves Started Moving
Where did the idea of manipulating the rules themselves come from? A short genealogy from the single verb of Sokoban to the language of Baba Is You.

Related Reviews

2022-03-29 · Patrick Traynor
Patrick's Parabox
A textbook example of recursive Sokoban, structured as a master class in pedagogy.
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2016-12-07 · Portia Putnam
Recursed
A 2D puzzle that translates recursion into a tiny pixel-art room. The grandfather of Patrick's Parabox.
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2023-09-29 · Geometric Interactive
COCOON
A world inside an orb, an orb inside that world, all the way down.
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