Plumbin' is a game of sorts. The goal is to connect a faucet to a spout. The images on each tile can change. A drop appeared at a spout the moment the path is complete.
Plumbin' has a direct manipulation interface. One arranges assorted tiles by dragging them with the mouse. When dropped, the tile aligns itself percisely with the rest of the mosaic. A shift-drag pulls off a copy of a tile. This makes for an endless supply of material.
Plumbin' is also a simulator. Each tile models a device capable of propagating both pressure and flow. A right-click on the faucet gets a menu for changing the pressure. We offered a pressure tank as an add-on. It relates pressure to flow and vice-versa. The level of the tank (state held within the tile) is animated as the simulation progressed.
Tile Faucet Spout StraightPipe TeePipe ElbowPipe ReverseElbowPipe PressureTank
One launches the Plumbin' application by sending edit to a mosaic. The mosaic class will create an example on demand. It creates mosaics preloaded with one of every kind of tile.
Mosaic example edit