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Chaos Studies
Strange attractors are shapes that exist only in motion.
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Description
Strange attractors are shapes that exist only in motion. Deterministic yet unpredictable, they never repeat and never escape. Three differential equations and a curiosity about what chaos actually looks like. The Playdate is where it found its proper form. Turn the crank and a chaotic system rotates in your hand. An original dynamic soundtrack moves with it, composed on a Teenage Engineering OP-XY — fittingly, the studio that designed the Playdate. The mathematics becomes something you can hold in your hands. Nine systems are included, each set of equations producing a different geometry. Some feel calm. Others feel restless. No score. No puzzle. No goal. Just a chaotic system, a crank, and whatever you bring to it.
- Crank: Required
- Tilt: Not used
- Microphone: Not used
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Made by Field Bureau + Werkstatt, an independent design and technology practice. Concept, design, and music by Alexander Kohlhofer.
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This game uses the A and B buttons, and the crank. It offers light and dark modes.
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