Thanks!
I was surprised when I wasn&#x27;t forwarded to an existing thread when submitting the URL.

If you like this, it was posted as a very popular Show HN in 2016, so you may be interested in the extensive comments: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=12612246" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=12612246</a>

Caves of Qud uses it extensively, its one of the most fun roguelikes that I&#x27;ve played.

Mmm real images have a very high number of NxN patterns, and copying images with large structures won&#x27;t work out well when only considering local similarity?

Seam carving is cool too, but it uses a completely different algorithm.

It can and has been done:<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;ddunleavy.typepad.com&#x2F;photos&#x2F;uncategorized&#x2F;2007&#x2F;10&#x2F;28&#x2F;seam2.png" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;ddunleavy.typepad.com&#x2F;photos&#x2F;uncategorized&#x2F;2007&#x2F;10&#x2F;28...</a>

The time and memory complexity are pretty severe with this method.

why can&#x27;t this be done with real images?

Very cool how it interacts with fixed tiles.

Tilemap generation from single example using ideas from quantum mechanics