Mapping techniques / Flow
Flow
Flow is a mapping concept that describes natural and intuitive movement patterns of a player's cursor during gameplay. ... beatmaps, mappers are able to direct a player's cursor around the playfield in various ways, yielding different effects on the gameplay experience. ... In such patterns, the player's cursor may follow a smooth curve throughout. ... Linear movement may also be considered another form of smooth flow, albeit less common, since it does not enforce any specific cursor trajectory type. ... Due to the subjectivity of flow and the amount of possible cursor movement patterns, there is no clear consensus regarding how flow should best be used