Comments on: Puzzle 307 (Castle Wall) [Hexagonal]

By: linked_puffbird

linked_puffbird — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 00:39:32 +0000

Nice job with the hexagonal graphics. And a fine Monday puzzle. But it seems like the hexagonal format does not agree very well with Casle Wall. (One of my favorite puzzle types, by the way.) The “no sharp turns” rule ate up the empty space very quickly. And I assume that without it, you had trouble getting enough constraint out of the individual clues for a good puzzle. Very interesting.

By: David Scherzinger

David Scherzinger — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 01:20:28 +0000

Thanks, you and Melon pointed it out at the same time XD

By: David

David — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 02:00:06 +0000

If they’re the same three solutions I got on my first attempt (with the problematic cells being… hmm, how do I notate this? The two cells directly south of the centre black cell, the cell touching both of these on the left and the one above it, and the one touching both of the central cells on the right and the one below it), you’re ignoring the black zero pointing upwards.

By: Georgi

Georgi — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 15:31:12 +0000

I agree. That does seem to be a very constrictive rule. Which means that you could probably make do with fewer givens. It could make for quite a hard puzzle.

By: MellowMelon

MellowMelon — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 01:02:56 +0000

I can’t find them. There’s a 1 pointing into that area that constrains everything for me.

By: David Scherzinger

David Scherzinger — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 21:41:14 +0000

I must be doing something wrong, because I’m getting 3 distinct solutions. I’ll send you a picture if you want, but they diverge in the bottom center of the puzzle.

By: zyzzyva

zyzzyva — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 14:31:00 +0000

New geometries! The no sharp turn rule constrained the loop way more than I thought it would. This was fun and I’m looking forward to more hexagonal puzzles.