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Flatland: Triangle Dancing

Welcome to Flatland!

You're the brown square and you've come to pay a visit to your friend the gray triangle, who is wearing a terrific red, green, and blue outfit.

Use the forward/backward/left/right buttons to navigate, or turn simply by dragging the yellow point and relocate yourself by moving the red point.

When you've pressed Show Spaceland, you can see the view of Flatland from above--like humans would see it. But when you Hide Spaceland and Show Flatland, then you see only your view--the view from your red eye facing toward your yellow corner. In the Flatland view, things appear somewhat darker the farther away they are. Try understanding the Flatland view by comparing it to what you can see in Spaceland. Then, hide Spaceland and try navigating only by Flatland view.


After fooling around for a while admiring the view, see if you can visit each of the spots where these photographs of your friend the triangle were taken. For each photo, use Spaceland to help pose the triangle (adjust its shape) and choose your position and view. If the first one is easy, try hiding the Flatland view while you work on each of the other ones--showing it only once you've found the spot from which you think the photo was taken to check your work.

Photo #1 - Passport photo
Photo #2 - Over the shoulder
Photo #3 - An intimate moment
Photo #4 - Fond farewell

When you're done, go on to the crowd scene.