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"Langton Cubes (4 values)" by N7DOT

added 14 Nov 2013 00:17

Solved 1/1

Cooked 0/1

Difficulty 3.00

Style 4.00

Rigidity 7.00

Shortest Solution
Name Original

Length 70 moves

By N7DOT

On 14 Nov 2013 00:17

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18577 Langton Cubes (4 values) N7DOT (2227) Thu 14 Nov 2013 01:36

Moved to graveyard:
Back to the drawing board for anti-cooking purposes...

(also, I completed antoher implementation, but the solution is long enough due to the puzzle's length itself that I can't upload it yet)

18576 Langton Cubes (4 values) N7DOT (2227) Thu 14 Nov 2013 01:33

That is an oops! That's going to be a pain to fix... (I'm not going to settle for 3 values since that is too easy...)

18575 Langton Cubes (4 values) Dave (2400) Thu 14 Nov 2013 01:04 SPOILER

Added solution "Oops!."

18574 Langton Cubes (4 values) N7DOT (2227) Thu 14 Nov 2013 00:17

'Langton Cubes (4 values)' uploaded by N7DOT:
Here is a implementation of the puzzle mentioned earlier. The original version I was working on had 8 different values, but that was going to require a lot of tedious copying and remote destination setting in a huge jungle of a D-map. So I decided that I should at least make a simpler version that wasn't such a mess. And how much simpler it is.

Before I go any further, I should probably state what's being implemented in the first place! The puzzle is this:

Place N pairs of cards in a row with values 1 to N, and then rearrange the cards such that for any two cards with value X there are exactly X cards separating them.
In the case of N=4 (as it is here) there is only one solution, ignoring its reflection. This means that the rigidity should be very high; maybe around a 9.

Grey=1, Blue=2, Red=3, Green=4

(and I know, calling them cubes then cards is silly; cards are an easy way to try the puzzle yourself, and the cubes bit... well, I'll leave that to you)

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18577	Langton Cubes (4 values)	N7DOT (2227)	Thu 14 Nov 2013 01:36
	Moved to graveyard: Back to the drawing board for anti-cooking purposes... (also, I completed antoher implementation, but the solution is long enough due to the puzzle's length itself that I can't upload it yet)

18576	Langton Cubes (4 values)	N7DOT (2227)	Thu 14 Nov 2013 01:33
	That is an oops! That's going to be a pain to fix... (I'm not going to settle for 3 values since that is too easy...)

18575	Langton Cubes (4 values)	Dave (2400)	Thu 14 Nov 2013 01:04	SPOILER
	Added solution "Oops!."

18574	Langton Cubes (4 values)	N7DOT (2227)	Thu 14 Nov 2013 00:17
	'Langton Cubes (4 values)' uploaded by N7DOT: Here is a implementation of the puzzle mentioned earlier. The original version I was working on had 8 different values, but that was going to require a lot of tedious copying and remote destination setting in a huge jungle of a D-map. So I decided that I should at least make a simpler version that wasn't such a mess. And how much simpler it is. Before I go any further, I should probably state what's being implemented in the first place! The puzzle is this: Place N pairs of cards in a row with values 1 to N, and then rearrange the cards such that for any two cards with value X there are exactly X cards separating them. In the case of N=4 (as it is here) there is only one solution, ignoring its reflection. This means that the rigidity should be very high; maybe around a 9. Grey=1, Blue=2, Red=3, Green=4 (and I know, calling them cubes then cards is silly; cards are an easy way to try the puzzle yourself, and the cubes bit... well, I'll leave that to you)