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Location: Russia | Nikola - 2023-04-19 4:27 PM
Okay, but in his example he still got a result 1 (in one direction). Another example: 9x2=6x3= ... I don't want to put =18 because it would give 81 in the opposite direction. Maybe confirmation would be useful.
I gave an example with 1 to demonstrate three equal signs. This example is more successful: 7-6=5-4=3-2=7-6=5-4=3-2= etc. |
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Location: Russia | L00ping007 - 2023-04-19 4:47 PM
In puzzle 10, there is a digit missing in the "Answer key" sentence
"68=45_PLUS_23, 32_PLUS_54=8" should be ", 68=45_PLUS_23, 32_PLUS_54=86" ;-)
I'll correct it, thank you! |
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Location: France | On Puzzle 11; does the minesweeper part in itself have to be unique or can it have multiple solutions but only one mine-loops pairing? |
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Location: Russia | Barbitos - 2023-04-19 10:22 PM
On Puzzle 11; does the minesweeper part in itself have to be unique or can it have multiple solutions but only one mine-loops pairing?
Quote from the text: "Create a Minesweeper puzzle with a unique solution". |
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Location: France | thanks :) i figured that was probably the case but wanted to make sure
also thanks for hosting this contest, i'm having a blast solving those devilish puzzles |
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Location: France | Riad Khanmagomedov - 2023-04-19 10:39 AM Barbitos - 2023-04-19 10:22 PMOn Puzzle 11; does the minesweeper part in itself have to be unique or can it have multiple solutions but only one mine-loops pairing? Quote from the text: "Create a Minesweeper puzzle with a unique solution". |
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Location: United Kingdom | In Puzzle 6, I'm a bit confused by the "vice versa" in the instructions for Turns. Is it saying that if the loop doesn't turn and enters a cell without a circle, then it must turn in the next cell (so you can't have more than one straight in a row)? |
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Location: Russia | auroux - 2023-04-20 12:54 AM
Riad Khanmagomedov - 2023-04-19 10:39 AM Barbitos - 2023-04-19 10:22 PMOn Puzzle 11; does the minesweeper part in itself have to be unique or can it have multiple solutions but only one mine-loops pairing? Quote from the text: "Create a Minesweeper puzzle with a unique solution". Oh, that's so disappointing. It would have been more elegant to have to create a puzzle whose solution is unique when one takes into account the requirement that there should exist a loop (but which may have multiple solutions as a pure minesweeper puzzle ) -- so much so that I assumed that it was actually the task. Oh well, I shall redo it to make something that is also unique as a minesweeper puzzle. I was so happy with my submission, but it's definitely not unique at all as a minesweeper.
Denis, I will check the uniqueness of the Minesweeper puzzle, and then watch a loop. |
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Location: Russia | pinkagape - 2023-04-20 10:57 AM
In Puzzle 6, I'm a bit confused by the "vice versa" in the instructions for Turns. Is it saying that if the loop doesn't turn and enters a cell without a circle, then it must turn in the next cell (so you can't have more than one straight in a row)?
In this part of the grid, the line behaves like in the puzzle "Every second turn". If there was a turn in a circle, then the next turn will be in a cell without a circle, then again in a circle, etc. |
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Location: France | Puzzle 6
"It is also possible for the line to make a turn and leave the grid, in this case it can turn in the next grid before meeting a circle."
Is there a vice versa too ? When the last turn before leaving the grid is a circle ?
Isn't it more accurate to say :
"It is also possible for the line to make a turn and leave the grid, in this case :
- if the last turn in the grid isn't a circle, it can turn in the next grid before meeting a circle.
- if the last turn in the grid is a circle, it can turn in the next grid at a circle"
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Location: India | A new puzzle booklet has been uploaded with changes to the text in Puzzle 10's rules, to reflect the discussions here. |
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Location: India | L00ping007 - 2023-04-20 5:18 PM
Puzzle 6
"It is also possible for the line to make a turn and leave the grid, in this case it can turn in the next grid before meeting a circle."
Is there a vice versa too ? When the last turn before leaving the grid is a circle ?
Isn't it more accurate to say :
"It is also possible for the line to make a turn and leave the grid, in this case :
- if the last turn in the grid isn't a circle, it can turn in the next grid before meeting a circle.
- if the last turn in the grid is a circle, it can turn in the next grid at a circle"
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Yes, this is what is intended to be conveyed. |
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Location: South Korea | Puzzle 12
Must all words be connected? |
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Location: Russia | EoHeongMat - 2023-04-21 12:02 AM
Puzzle 12
Must all words be connected?
Yes, of course. |
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Location: France | Riad Khanmagomedov - 2023-04-20 11:35 PM EoHeongMat - 2023-04-21 12:02 AMPuzzle 12Must all words be connected? Yes, of course. |
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Location: Russia | auroux - 2023-04-21 3:39 PM
Riad Khanmagomedov - 2023-04-20 11:35 PM EoHeongMat - 2023-04-21 12:02 AMPuzzle 12Must all words be connected? Yes, of course. Well, that's not what the PB says. "Each name should intersect with at least one other" is not the same thing, and would be redundant if all words were connected.Another 12 hours of time wasted on solving one of these with the wrong set of instructions, and this time I don't think it was entirely my fault... (Sorry for being negative. But it is extremely frustrating. )
PB says make a crossword. One, not several crosswords. If the words are not related to each other, then you will get several crosswords. |
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Location: Spain | Congratulations Riyadh. Hours of fun await me at your expense. |
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Location: Spain | -..ferchx..- - 2023-04-21 7:15 PM
Congratulations Riad. Hours of fun thanks to you. |
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Location: India | Consider it as 23:59 on 24th. |
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Location: France | Puzzle 11
"Create a Minesweeper puzzle with a unique solution in the 9x9grid"
Do we agree that the instructions to solve a Minesweeper include a given number of mines to find ? As in Puzzle 6 for exemple
A grid could have multiple solutions without that number of mines, but when it is given as an instruction, the solution can become unique
The grid I submitted needs that number to have a unique solution
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Location: Russia | L00ping007 - 2023-04-22 6:56 AM
Puzzle 11
"Create a Minesweeper puzzle with a unique solution in the 9x9grid"
Do we agree that the instructions to solve a Minesweeper include a given number of mines to find ? As in Puzzle 6 for exemple
A grid could have multiple solutions without that number of mines, but when it is given as an instruction, the solution can become unique
The grid I submitted needs that number to have a unique solution
Create a classic Minesweeper puzzle in which the number of mines is not given. |
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Location: United Kingdom | Created a Minesweeper puzzle with a unique solution in the 9x9grid |
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Location: ITALY | puzzle 12. is it acceptable if two words partially overlap? eg 0L6ARANCE if so how many times will the 6 count?
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