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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.
Related Essays
- 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.
- Recursion as a Puzzle Grammar — The Nested Logic of Patrick's Parabox and Recursed
A box inside a box, and inside it the same board again. From Recursed to Patrick's Parabox and Cocoon, a reading of nested-puzzle design and why recursion runs so deep.
Related Reviews
- Patrick's Parabox
A textbook example of recursive Sokoban, structured as a master class in pedagogy.
sokoban-likemeta-puzzle - Recursed
A 2D puzzle that translates recursion into a tiny pixel-art room. The grandfather of Patrick's Parabox.
puzzleplatformerrecursive - COCOON
A world inside an orb, an orb inside that world, all the way down.
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