Candy Crush

About this model

This diagram illustrates a complex system designed for resource management and processing through a series of automated and passive triggers. At its core, the system incorporates multiple sources that generate black-colored resources. These resources are then distributed through a network of pools, gates, converters, and drains, each playing a specific role in manipulating the flow or state of resources. A notable feature of this system is the use of probabilistic and deterministic gates to route resources between pools based on certain probabilities, reflecting a nuanced control mechanism over the resource flow. Additionally, converters are used to transform the state or quantity of the resources, further emphasizing the system's dynamic nature.

Special attention is given to the interactions between pools, gates, and state connections, which collectively contribute to a sophisticated resource redistribution mechanism. Such interactions are governed by percentages and conditions that dictate the flow of resources and their eventual consumption or transformation. The inclusion of a register node, operating on input from state connections and processing resources based on mathematical formulas, introduces an element of computation, allowing for more intricate resource management strategies. Overall, the diagram depicts a meticulously designed system for managing and processing resources in a manner that can be tailored to simulate various economic or ecological models.

“Candy Crush” is a public Machinations diagram by coveru, shared in the Machinations Community.

You can open the original diagram in the Machinations app, press Play to watch how resources move through it, and change its values to see how the system responds. Machinations is a visual tool for designing, simulating and balancing game economies and other systems, where resources flow through sources, pools, drains, converters and gates. In a diagram, a source creates resources, a pool stores them, a drain removes them, a converter changes one resource into another and a gate decides where they go next.