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A question about the creation and development of puzzles. Not to be used for requesting the creation of a puzzle.

7 votes
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What is the minimum number of steps to solve this cloning particles on chessboard puzzle?

I'm creating a puzzle based on the idea from this numberphile video: pebbling a chessboard. You can see a working (yet unfinished) version here. I would like to give the user a feedback of how well …
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7 votes
1 answer
544 views

Engel's Enigma Optimals

I'm implementing a Douglas Engel's puzzle, Color Wheels (reproduced with permission) and now I would like to check solutions of users. For those of you that don't know the puzzle, here you can see th …
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53 votes
4 answers
6k views

Is this chromatic puzzle always solvable?

I've created a new puzzle from an Alexey Nigin's idea. It consists of a 8x8 board where each square is randomly assigned one of three colors. A movement is defined by picking any two orthogonal adjace …
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2 votes
1 answer
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Is this two-sliding-block overlapped puzzle equivalent to the 8-puzzle?

I'm creating a new puzzle: two sliding blocks 8-puzzle, one on top of the other. Several pieces are covered and cannot be moved until the covering piece moves away. The objective is to pair colors, no …
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