It's also been a while since I participated in GWJ because of time, I understand :/
Technically, you are kind making the “line”, but segment by segment. hahaha But if you can make it work (I don't doubt it c:), it would be cool. A fade-out/fade-in would also be nice, like a little teleportation. :D
I like dictionaries too, but not so much it seems hahahaha