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Preben Sonne

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Jan 4, 2010, 7:23:59 AM1/4/10
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Hello puzzlers

I love to solve mind puzzles and have tried to come up with some new
ideas.
The first one : "The tower puzzle" is inspired by solitaire card games
and transformed to towers of discs instead of cards.
The second : "The turnaround balls puzzle" is just crazy but looks
great.
The third : "The rubberband puzzle" is inspired by the "traveling
salesman problem" which is quite a challenge to solve for both
computers and humans.

Goto http://www.skovsnegl.dk/rainydaypuzzles
and click the start-button to launch the java-applet.

Thanks for your interest.
Preben Sonne

me13013

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Jan 6, 2010, 8:23:28 PM1/6/10
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On Jan 4, 7:23 am, Preben Sonne <pk.so...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Gotohttp://www.skovsnegl.dk/rainydaypuzzles

> and click the start-button to launch the java-applet.

Nicely done.

Bob H

Martin DeMello

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Jan 9, 2010, 3:42:40 PM1/9/10
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On Jan 4, 5:23 pm, Preben Sonne <pk.so...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Gotohttp://www.skovsnegl.dk/rainydaypuzzles


> and click the start-button to launch the java-applet.

Nice. Having fun with these.

martin

The Qurqirish Dragon

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Jan 10, 2010, 9:07:45 AM1/10/10
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On Jan 4, 7:23 am, Preben Sonne <pk.so...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello puzzlers
>
> I love to solve mind puzzles and have tried to come up with some new
> ideas.
> The first one : "The tower puzzle" is inspired by solitaire card games
> and transformed to towers of discs instead of cards.
> The second : "The turnaround balls puzzle" is just crazy but looks
> great.
> The third : "The rubberband puzzle" is inspired by the "traveling
> salesman problem" which is quite a challenge to solve for both
> computers and humans.
>
> Gotohttp://www.skovsnegl.dk/rainydaypuzzles

> and click the start-button to launch the java-applet.
>
> Thanks for your interest.
> Preben Sonne

Looking nice. I'll probably go back when I have more time.

BobJordanB

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Jan 11, 2010, 6:46:59 PM1/11/10
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On Jan 5, 1:23 am, Preben Sonne <pk.so...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello puzzlers
>
> I love to solve mind puzzles and have tried to come up with some new
> ideas.
...

Brilliant - just played with the rotating balls puzzles. Really
absorbing.

In fact they seem to have totally absorbed most of the last couple of
evenings :-(

Maybe I should get a life?

Just a couple of minor suggestions.

It is sometimes a little hard to guess whether two balls are actually
touching without exploring with the mouse and analysing the possible
move directions. Could I suggest a small dot on the touching points of
those that are connected.

Secondly a number in each ball would allow one to describe a path
using a short notation 1C means move ball 1 clockwise etc
Thus a full solution could be written down and explore a solution map.

Also sometimes hard to see if a ball is free to move or not - not of
such importance though.

But these are just minor thoughts from someone who has wasted (?
naah!) some hours on them.

Thanks a heap

Bob J.

Preben Sonne

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Jan 12, 2010, 8:42:17 AM1/12/10
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Hi Bob

Im glad you like the rotating balls puzzle. You are making some good
suggestions that it would be possible to implement. I will put it on
the worklist. Thankyou for your comments !

Preben Sonne

E Z Peaces

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Jan 12, 2010, 7:46:02 PM1/12/10
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Thanks. I've been enjoying the tower puzzles.

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