@ 2015-03-20 9:49 PM (#18032 - in reply to #17765) (#18032) TopAn LMI player
An LMI player posted @ 2015-03-20 9:49 PM
| Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest. | Hidoku | |
| Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest. | Summon | |
| Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest. | Statue Park | |
| How balanced do you think the puzzle types of this test were? | Perfectly balanced | |
| What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | |
| What is your opinion about rules, points and scoring for this test? | Fair |
@ 2015-03-20 9:58 PM (#18033 - in reply to #18023) (#18033) Top
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forcolin posted @ 2015-03-20 9:58 PM
tamz29 - 2015-03-20 1:39 AM
Then we have RC-Snake where I honestly don't see any logical way into the puzzle apart from bifurcating and bifurcating.
Then we have RC-Snake where I honestly don't see any logical way into the puzzle apart from bifurcating and bifurcating.
bob - 2015-03-15 4:21 AM
In particular, the Regional Coded Snake was utterly impossible for me, far more difficult than summon (the second hardest). Normal snake puzzles are a bit of a slog, trying out various bits and pieces until all of the numbers fit. But, here there is only a code. So it is trial and error and error and error and error and error... I put in over 6 hours over three separate evenings just on this one puzzle, far more than any of the others, and far beyond when it stopped being fun. I gave up for the first time ever. Just gave up. Ugh do I detest snake puzzles. Every change I tried would break one of the complex rules, usually on the other side of the board.
Bob
In particular, the Regional Coded Snake was utterly impossible for me, far more difficult than summon (the second hardest). Normal snake puzzles are a bit of a slog, trying out various bits and pieces until all of the numbers fit. But, here there is only a code. So it is trial and error and error and error and error and error... I put in over 6 hours over three separate evenings just on this one puzzle, far more than any of the others, and far beyond when it stopped being fun. I gave up for the first time ever. Just gave up. Ugh do I detest snake puzzles. Every change I tried would break one of the complex rules, usually on the other side of the board.
Bob
I found the regoinal snake very beautiful and logical. I have prepared a walkthrough
It' s possible to download it from http://web.freepass.it/sf2l/snake walkthrough.pdf
@ 2015-03-23 4:19 AM (#18062 - in reply to #18033) (#18062) TopPosts: 59
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bob posted @ 2015-03-23 4:19 AM
Thank you stefano for the walkthrough. I came to many of the same conclusions and the overall contour of my snake was similar. My critical error was a false assumption that "E" was the only letter that could represent "2". In all of my trials "A" had to be "3" or higher. And my solutions came close but obviously could not be fixed. But the excellent walkthrough describes the thinking required. Thanks again. Perhaps I will rescind my current lifetime boycott of snake puzzles and risk getting frustrated again. It's the only way to get better.
bob
bob
@ 2015-04-04 10:56 AM (#18164 - in reply to #17765) (#18164) TopAn LMI player
An LMI player posted @ 2015-04-04 10:56 AM
| What is your opinion about rules, points and scoring for this test? | Fair |