CalinFounder, Fractal Games · Founder of Fractal Games

MINI-MAP is NOT the same as FRACTAL

15 May 2025 · 1 min

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In this short explanatory video, the speaker contrasts two game map mechanics: the Minimap and the Fractal mode. The Minimap allows players to jump into an exact replica of the current map, providing a limited view for scouting and ambushes, but players cannot move outside its boundaries. The Fractal mode, by contrast, features infinite nested levels where every player exists simultaneously at multiple scales; players can encounter and shoot smaller or larger versions of opponents across endless levels. The speaker emphasizes that the Minimap feels like a conventional FPS experience, whereas the Fractal map introduces chaotic, multi‑scale gameplay.

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Minimap is not the same as Fractal. Jump into this minimap to land in the exact same map you're currently playing on, so when you turn around, you're not in the building anymore. You can't walk outside of the minimap, but you can go out of the Fractal and loop back to the same map, of course. In Fractal mode, you can shoot the player, their smaller version, and their bigger version because every player exists on all levels simultaneously, and there are infinite levels, whereas the minimap is just there so you can peep where players are at and jump in and ambush them. You don't have to use the minimap though. Overall, Minimap feels more like a regular FPS, while the Fractal map is pure insanity.