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Kithyane
Posts: 49
Country : France | mstang - 2020-04-12 2:44 AM
Puzzle 9: Are Fillomino rules in effect, where polyominoes of the same size must not be orthogonally adjacent? Or can they be adjacent?
They can be adjacent. |
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anurag
Posts: 136
Country : India | anurag posted @ 2020-04-12 12:47 PM LOL.. sloppy work. I suspect the testers didn't have a look at the file. |
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anurag
Posts: 136
Country : India | anurag posted @ 2020-04-12 12:49 PM Yes, 2x2 areas are fine, but give no points. 1xN streets will earn you points. I suppose the admin has vowed not to reply to any of the questions, but to take down posts.
Edited by anurag 2020-04-12 12:50 PM
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athin
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Country : Indonesia | athin posted @ 2020-04-12 2:04 PM athin - 2020-04-11 6:58 PM
Puzzle 11:
If for example I only use 5 rows x 10 columns table, should I just put only the contents in row 1 to 5? And should I just put 10 characters in one row?
Sorry before, but this question hasn't replied yet. I'm afraid it's missed because of the puzzle 10 discussion. Thanks |
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DanAvi
Posts: 23
Country : India | DanAvi posted @ 2020-04-12 2:07 PM 2 is the easiest solve, I guess, since even I have solved it |
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anurag
Posts: 136
Country : India | anurag posted @ 2020-04-12 11:43 PM Puzzle 11: If the solution has multiple occurences of a card, but only one that does not share borders with other cards, is it acceptable? |
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EoHeongMat
Posts: 7
Country : South Korea | Puzzle 5:
1. In example, is there reason that [0,0] should be used?
2. Should "ALL" dominoes are placed? If so, why is there no [1,1]?
Edited by EoHeongMat 2020-04-13 12:13 PM
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anurag
Posts: 136
Country : India | anurag posted @ 2020-04-13 12:59 PM EoHeongMat - 2020-04-13 12:12 PM
Puzzle 5:
1. In example, is there reason that [0,0] should be used?
2. Should "ALL" dominoes are placed? If so, why is there no [1,1]?
1. It is simply that examples are illustrative and some authors usually make examples without putting much effort into it. There is no specific reason why [0,0] has to be there. It has multiple solutions. However, I would think it is advisable to have the example illustrate all rules.
2. Most likely not. I believe all are to be used. But I could not make progress beyond the right-most column, so I can't tell for sure.
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anurag
Posts: 136
Country : India | anurag posted @ 2020-04-13 1:18 PM What about the answer key for Diamonds? How can we specify the borders and numbers? |
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anurag
Posts: 136
Country : India | anurag posted @ 2020-04-13 1:28 PM athin - 2020-04-11 6:58 PM
Puzzle 11:
If for example I only use 5 rows x 10 columns table, should I just put only the contents in row 1 to 5? And should I just put 10 characters in one row?
Yes, that should be fine. |
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anurag
Posts: 136
Country : India | anurag posted @ 2020-04-13 1:55 PM Puzzle 11: The instructions miss one more detail: All cards must be connected.
Or is that not required? |
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athin
Posts: 11
Country : Indonesia | athin posted @ 2020-04-13 4:53 PM I'll try to help answering some queries:
Puzzle 5:
- You should put ALL cards. That's why [0,0] are in the example. I have solved this puzzle so the rules should be good.
Puzzle 11:
- All cards are not required to be connected. And surely, if the solution has multiple occurences of a card, but only one that does not contradict with the rule (i.e. not sharing an edge), it is acceptable. Because.. some cards are basically subset of another card.
- For the answer key, we don't need to specify the border and number because the instance of the puzzle is just a grid with some diamonds in some cells. |
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anurag
Posts: 136
Country : India | anurag posted @ 2020-04-13 5:53 PM athin - 2020-04-13 4:53 PM
I'll try to help answering some queries:
Puzzle 11:
- All cards are not required to be connected. And surely, if the solution has multiple occurences of a card, but only one that does not contradict with the rule (i.e. not sharing an edge), it is acceptable. Because.. some cards are basically subset of another card.
- For the answer key, we don't need to specify the border and number because the instance of the puzzle is just a grid with some diamonds in some cells.
There is some confusion about the answer key, as I mentioned earlier. I would like this to be cleared. |
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Riad Khanmagomedov
Posts: 234
Country : Russia | EoHeongMat - 2020-04-13 12:12 PM
Puzzle 5:
1. In example, is there reason that [0,0] should be used?
2. Should "ALL" dominoes are placed? If so, why is there no [1,1]?
There's an obvious typo. In the lower right corner should be 1-1. Please note that I do everything manually and do not access programs. I'll fix the example and update the file. |
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Kithyane
Posts: 49
Country : France | WTM - 2020-04-11 10:28 PM
Puzzle 8: As I understand it, the sides along the entire grid don't need to be filled in, is that correct? Otherwise it would have no solutions, if I'm looking correctly. But still, even if they don't all have to be filled in, can at least some of them be filled in?
I managed to solve it considering that every external border is a wall (like in the example ).
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Riad Khanmagomedov
Posts: 234
Country : Russia | anurag - 2020-04-12 11:43 PM
Puzzle 11: If the solution has multiple occurences of a card, but only one that does not share borders with other cards, is it acceptable?
Cards may not overlap. |
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Country : India | Updated Puzzle Booklet
An updated version of the Puzzle Booklet is available now.
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Puzzle 5 : Example fixed
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TiiT
Posts: 139
Country : Estonia | TiiT posted @ 2020-04-13 9:57 PM What happens if I miscalculate something in optimizers? Lets put here some concrete examples to make my question more clear:
1. Puzzle 10 Town. What if I accidentally sum up the given digits wrong? But the rest of the puzzle is correct.
2. Puzzle 11 Diamonds. What if I count the amount of diamonds wrong, but my solution is valid and is described correctly with (WWRWRW...)
3. Puzzle 12 Opti-battle with losses. What if I calculate the equation wrong although the puzzle describe is valid.
4. Puzzle 12 Opti-battle with losses. What if I miss some of the possible solutions. Let's say I get 3 solutions, but I actually have 6. (Therefore my equation also gets wrong). But the puzzle created is valid.
5. Puzzle 11 Diamonds. Can 2 cards touch each other by corners? |
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Riad Khanmagomedov
Posts: 234
Country : Russia | TiiT - 2020-04-13 9:57 PM
What happens if I miscalculate something in optimizers? Lets put here some concrete examples to make my question more clear:
1. Puzzle 10 Town. What if I accidentally sum up the given digits wrong? But the rest of the puzzle is correct.
2. Puzzle 11 Diamonds. What if I count the amount of diamonds wrong, but my solution is valid and is described correctly with (WWRWRW...)
3. Puzzle 12 Opti-battle with losses. What if I calculate the equation wrong although the puzzle describe is valid.
4. Puzzle 12 Opti-battle with losses. What if I miss some of the possible solutions. Let's say I get 3 solutions, but I actually have 6. (Therefore my equation also gets wrong). But the puzzle created is valid.
5. Puzzle 11 Diamonds. Can 2 cards touch each other by corners?
1-4. All calculations are double-checked, don't worry.
5. Cards can touch each other by corners. Edited by Riad Khanmagomedov 2020-04-13 11:40 PM
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anurag
Posts: 136
Country : India | anurag posted @ 2020-04-13 11:41 PM TiiT - 2020-04-13 9:57 PM
What happens if I miscalculate something in optimizers? Lets put here some concrete examples to make my question more clear:
1. Puzzle 10 Town. What if I accidentally sum up the given digits wrong? But the rest of the puzzle is correct.
2. Puzzle 11 Diamonds. What if I count the amount of diamonds wrong, but my solution is valid and is described correctly with (WWRWRW...)
3. Puzzle 12 Opti-battle with losses. What if I calculate the equation wrong although the puzzle describe is valid.
As always, there will be no problem with that. It is only a little overhead for the author to report back claimed and actual scores.
4. Puzzle 12 Opti-battle with losses. What if I miss some of the possible solutions. Let's say I get 3 solutions, but I actually have 6. (Therefore my equation also gets wrong). But the puzzle created is valid.
Score should be based on the submitted solution.
5. Puzzle 11 Diamonds. Can 2 cards touch each other by corners?
Cannot.
Edited by anurag 2020-04-13 11:42 PM
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anurag
Posts: 136
Country : India | anurag posted @ 2020-04-13 11:43 PM I did not see your reply before posting mine. Cards can touch? In the squares puzzle, squares cannot touch. I thought the same rule applies here. Are you sure? |
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TiiT
Posts: 139
Country : Estonia | TiiT posted @ 2020-04-14 12:58 AM It would be nice if only author answers the questions. In that way we can be sure that the answers are correct and it doesn't get messy.
Thanks Riad for the answers! |
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Mihalich
Posts: 26
Country : Ukraine | ??????
Subject: Re: Riad Khanmagomedov's April Contest — 8th to 16th April 2020 @ 2020-04-09 2:21 PM ( #27898 - in reply to #27892 ) ( #27898 )
Puzzle 11:
1 ) Can the corners of the cards touch?
2 ) Can diamonds go one on top of the other?
1 ) Yes
2 ) In the example, cards 3 and 5 share a common diamond. |
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cyberx60
Posts: 15
Country : United States | In puzzle 8 of the contest does the direction on the bottom, 2nd from left, end before the edge of grid intentionally, or is this an error? |
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chaotic_iak
Posts: 241
Country : Indonesia | Considering the "white streets may not form 2x2 area" rule in 10 is actually not part of the Town ruleset, but a requirement for the author (that we must form a unique Town puzzle, which happens to have no 2x2 white area), I'll have to ask the same for 11 too: is the rule "cards may not share borders" part of the Diamonds ruleset (if there are multiple ways to reconstruct the contours, but only one of them also has no cards sharing borders, then the solution is unique) or is it a requirement for the author (the solution in the previous case is not unique)? |
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