Anyone working on this one? I've had a couple ideas, but haven't started on anything.
I was thinking, since participation has been down a bit, maybe this would be a good theme to try and make more broad. Technically, any map on a grid (hexagons, squares, etc.) would count as a tessellation, right? Of course someone who goes all out with a Escher themed map would get some extra bonus points from my votes, but IMO gameplay is the top consideration, so a really fun map on a basic grid could still be a winner.
Found this list of software for making tessellations:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallpaper_group#Web_demo_and_software
I was hoping to put together a triad of escher paintings in a family of maps with similar mechanics... but I stalled out on the second one, and life has been busy. Nonetheless I am working on it.
I have one in production, but haven't worked on it for several weeks... i ran in to a problem so i'll have to backtrack, which always takes me a while to work up the motivation to do.