Having recently recaught the dwarf fortress design bug, I was again messing around with fractal designs and the holy grail of fractal bedroom design, the raynard fractal. Studying on wikipedia I found that the raynard fractal was probably based of some sort of Vicsek snowflake (see:
this). I decided I wanted a tall square tower, that was fractal and square. Neither Vicsek or raynard allowed such goals. So I decided to alter the Menger Sponge and Sierpinski carpet to fill my needs (<-- redundant statement is redundant and not an expression of hubris [from wikipedia information overload] I swear
)
This is what I got
Incredibly space inefficient, path finds like a blind man whose just had his eardrums popped, and completely unoptimized (which I will change I promise
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It also looks like mana from heaven tastes.
Things todo: shrink main corridor sizes and give cross corridor to all sectors, do SOMETHING with that HUGE empty space, count how many rooms there are; doors required; and maximum/mean walking distances. All for tomorrow.
Also, shrink it... just a bit
, and make a wall contruction version.
Version 2: Now with more border!
This way you can easily make use of the empty spaces, invert the image for a construction diagram instead of a dig diagram, or delete the undesignated portions for a clean and inneficient design. Your choice!
Version 2S: What is this, Apple?
Smaller so that
realistic dwarves can dig this thing out. Due to the nature of the fractal, sizes are in powers of 3 making this size 81x81. A total of 44 bedrooms are made per floor. However 40 more can be added by joining the inside portions, and another 1 large room is available around the edge if you designate this instead of build it.
Octopod SeriesWorking file - The file I used to plan, design, and measure out the workings. Colors are wrong and base units are included for reference
Open Rooms - These pods have walls too thin to make proper room designations. Use for stockpiles, barraks, hospitals, other loose designations.
Bedrooms - These were designed as bedrooms. Maximum space with minimal construction, shared doors and spare rooms in center lobby. NOT CONNECTED. These pods require access to eachother through the lobby level, for security reasons.
Lobby - Open areas, minimal walls, and plenty of space to enable security and freedom of design.
Jacobian Zipper
104 rooms, door inefficient, pathing is simple however. Up/down staircase in centre and corners, statues/falls in spare 3x3s.
Larger (not for designation) size for viewing:
PolyStar Bedroom Series:
Each unit is a circle hallway with 12-3 3x3 bedrooms contained therein. Each polystar bedroom pattern is made from 12-3 bedroom units of corresponding bedroom numbers. Pathing will be long, unless you place one polystar bedroom pattern in another to get a central hallway.
One confirmed combination is the 8 polystar placed inside the 12 polystar.
