A grid of pictures, sorted into groups. Free moves. Everyone lands on the same one.
A grid of pictures is shown. Behind the scenes, every picture belongs to one of a small
number of groups. The audience is given a short sequence of free instructions —
“move up or down to the nearest square in group one,” “now left or right to
the nearest square in group two,” and so on. Nobody is told which direction to go, only
what to look for. However people start, everyone finishes on the same square.
Colour is what the logic reads, but it doesn't have to be what anyone sees. A group can just
as easily be a theme — robots in one, vegetables in another — since a square's
word or emoji is already separate from its colour here. Pick whatever theme you like; the
colour underneath keeps track of the groups for you.
Colours
Each square's background colour is what the instructions key off — the picture on it
is never part of the logic. Add as many colours as you like. Set a minimum for a colour to
make sure “Randomise” scatters it around the grid rather than leaving it sitting
on one obvious square.
The grid
Pick a colour below, then click squares to paint them. Click a square's
label to edit its word or emoji.
Searching…
Hover any square any time to see arrows for the path it takes through your instructions,
and the same path spelled out below.
Result
Checked automatically, every time the grid or the instructions change — not searched
for, walked through and confirmed for every single square.
Instructions
Each line is one instruction, given to the whole room at once. It moves everybody within
their own row (left/right) or column (up/down) to the nearest square of the colour named
— or, with a fixed direction, keeps going that way until it finds one.
