Thread - Forsmarts 3² Anniversary Squared Contest

forsmarts - 2011-12-07 7:11 PM

rob - 2011-12-07 4:54 PM
I'd love to see some hints on how to solve the dotted snakes.

The intended order of solving was starting from bottom right and going clockwise: in that case every single puzzle could be solved uniquely.

Thanks, I got through now. It turns out the two solved grids were ok. I realized some new things about dotted snakes in the process (particularly how they're close to "star battle" in some ways), though I didn't actually manage to prove uniqueness.


	@ 2011-12-07 7:11 PM (#6158 - in reply to #6157) (#6158) Top
forsmarts Posts: 33 Country : Belarus	forsmarts posted @ 2011-12-07 7:11 PM rob - 2011-12-07 4:54 PM I'd love to see some hints on how to solve the dotted snakes. I managed to guess possible solutions to the left two puzzles by now, but I find snakes hard enough to solve without the added interactions between the grids. The intended order of solving was starting from bottom right and going clockwise: in that case every single puzzle could be solved uniquely.
	@ 2011-12-08 1:27 AM (#6159 - in reply to #6158) (#6159) Top
rob Posts: 171 Country : Germany	rob posted @ 2011-12-08 1:27 AM forsmarts - 2011-12-07 7:11 PM rob - 2011-12-07 4:54 PM I'd love to see some hints on how to solve the dotted snakes. The intended order of solving was starting from bottom right and going clockwise: in that case every single puzzle could be solved uniquely. Thanks, I got through now. It turns out the two solved grids were ok. I realized some new things about dotted snakes in the process (particularly how they're close to "star battle" in some ways), though I didn't actually manage to prove uniqueness.