Celebration!! - another BD puzzle
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Celebration!! - another BD puzzle
Today I'm getting 10000 days old!
To celebrate this fact, I release a new BD puzzle for all of you to tease your brains with...
You can play this puzzle in 2 "levels" - whether you directly use the help of the maps on my site (or in your memory ) or not.
Cheers!!
Here comes the puzzle:
Arno has recently played 5 Boulder Dash caves. Find out which ones.
- All caves are made by different authors: Peter Liepa, Sendy, RTADash, Falcon Soft and Don Pedro.
- All caves have a different titanium wall color: yellow, red, blue, orange and green.
- All caves have a different time limit (on level 1): 40, 80, 120, 160 and 200 seconds.
- All caves require a different amount of diamonds (on level 1): 15, 20, 50, 75 and 99.
Some hints:
- Don Pedro's cave requires more diamonds than Peter Liepa's cave, but less diamonds than RTADash's cave.
- The orange cave, having 80 seconds of time, was not created by Falcon Soft or Don Pedro, and requires more than 15 diamonds.
- RTADash's cave does not have the highest time limit, and is not surrounded by a green or an orange titan wall.
- Sendy made the red cave. This cave gives the player 120 seconds less han the blue cave, which requires 20 diamonds.
- At least one of the 5 "caves" is actually an intermission!
Good luck!
To celebrate this fact, I release a new BD puzzle for all of you to tease your brains with...
You can play this puzzle in 2 "levels" - whether you directly use the help of the maps on my site (or in your memory ) or not.
Cheers!!
Here comes the puzzle:
Arno has recently played 5 Boulder Dash caves. Find out which ones.
- All caves are made by different authors: Peter Liepa, Sendy, RTADash, Falcon Soft and Don Pedro.
- All caves have a different titanium wall color: yellow, red, blue, orange and green.
- All caves have a different time limit (on level 1): 40, 80, 120, 160 and 200 seconds.
- All caves require a different amount of diamonds (on level 1): 15, 20, 50, 75 and 99.
Some hints:
- Don Pedro's cave requires more diamonds than Peter Liepa's cave, but less diamonds than RTADash's cave.
- The orange cave, having 80 seconds of time, was not created by Falcon Soft or Don Pedro, and requires more than 15 diamonds.
- RTADash's cave does not have the highest time limit, and is not surrounded by a green or an orange titan wall.
- Sendy made the red cave. This cave gives the player 120 seconds less han the blue cave, which requires 20 diamonds.
- At least one of the 5 "caves" is actually an intermission!
Good luck!
Last edited by Arno on Sun Apr 26, 2009 8:36 pm, edited 3 times in total.
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*calculating**calculating* Oh, you're a St Nicholas child!
*check your homepage* Yes, you are! Congrats to your 10000th!
*check your homepage* Yes, you are! Congrats to your 10000th!
Boulder Dash X Rock, Paper, Scissors:
ROCKFORD collects DIAMOND, digs DIRT
DIAMOND outvalues DIRT & BOULDER
DIRT carries BOULDER, blocks FIREFLY
BOULDER kills FIREFLY & ROCKFORD
FIREFLY kills ROCKFORD, guards DIAMOND
ROCKFORD collects DIAMOND, digs DIRT
DIAMOND outvalues DIRT & BOULDER
DIRT carries BOULDER, blocks FIREFLY
BOULDER kills FIREFLY & ROCKFORD
FIREFLY kills ROCKFORD, guards DIAMOND
Re: Celebration!!
Man you don't look a day over 9998!Arno wrote:Today I'm getting 10000 days old!
Happy 10000th Day Arno
Currently playing:
- Crazy Dream Dash 01
- Sendy Dash 02
Quote of the Week: I don't mind having a Bad Reputation...as long as I had fun earning it.
- Crazy Dream Dash 01
- Sendy Dash 02
Quote of the Week: I don't mind having a Bad Reputation...as long as I had fun earning it.
Thanx John and Dustin!
Hope I haven't made the puzzle too difficult!
Yes, born on the 6/12.Dustin wrote:*calculating**calculating* Oh, you're a St Nicholas child!
Hope I haven't made the puzzle too difficult!
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Well, perhaps not too difficult in general, but I think it might cost a lot of time to find out which cave combinations actually exist.
Is it theoretically possible to solve the puzzle without the hints??
Is it theoretically possible to solve the puzzle without the hints??
Boulder Dash X Rock, Paper, Scissors:
ROCKFORD collects DIAMOND, digs DIRT
DIAMOND outvalues DIRT & BOULDER
DIRT carries BOULDER, blocks FIREFLY
BOULDER kills FIREFLY & ROCKFORD
FIREFLY kills ROCKFORD, guards DIAMOND
ROCKFORD collects DIAMOND, digs DIRT
DIAMOND outvalues DIRT & BOULDER
DIRT carries BOULDER, blocks FIREFLY
BOULDER kills FIREFLY & ROCKFORD
FIREFLY kills ROCKFORD, guards DIAMOND
It is of course possible to pick the caves from the maps and then find 5 caves which together match the given properties. This is boring work indeed!Dustin wrote:Is it theoretically possible to solve the puzzle without the hints??
The actual puzzle is a variant of "Einstein's zebra problem". In such a puzzle the hints play an important role. By filling in a scheme you determine which combinations of properties occur, and which are not possible.
Here's another example:
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Here's a MS Excel version (with chart) if anyone wants it.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HBA3TPC2
In the meantime, I'll get to work on cracking this also.
One more thing:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HBA3TPC2
In the meantime, I'll get to work on cracking this also.
One more thing:
However, green isn't one of the choices - Is this a trick or a typo?Arno wrote:- All caves have a different titanium wall color: yellow, red, blue, orange and gray.
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- RTADash's cave does not have the highest time limit, and is not surrounded by a green or an orange titan wall.
Boulders are round.
Fireflies are square.
I need to find
a'way out of here.
Fireflies are square.
I need to find
a'way out of here.
Thx for spotting! Definately a typo - should be 'gray' instead of 'green'.RTADash wrote:However, green isn't one of the choices - Is this a trick or a typo?Arno wrote:- All caves have a different titanium wall color: yellow, red, blue, orange and gray.
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- RTADash's cave does not have the highest time limit, and is not surrounded by a green or an orange titan wall.
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Well, I've got 4 parts of the solution - but can't find a remaining cave that meets the requirements. I won't spoil it for anyone, but I'll post it in size 0 text, so you can press the quote button and see what I have if you so desire.
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Sendy Dash 2 - Cave (Int) 10: Red Walls, 40 Seconds, 15 Diamonds
Peter Liepa BD2 - Cave D/1: Orange Walls, 80 Seconds, 50 Diamonds
Rory Agsten RTAD6 - Cave 13(K): Yellow Walls, 120 Seconds, 99 Diamonds
FalconSoft Dark Cave - Cave 21: Blue Walls, 160 Seconds, 20 Diamonds
Don Pedro - ???
I can find multiple DP caves that offer 200 seconds, but not one of those requires 75 diamonds (I searched Masters BD also). However, one requires 70 diamonds.
@Arno: can you locate my mistake?
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Sendy Dash 2 - Cave (Int) 10: Red Walls, 40 Seconds, 15 Diamonds
Peter Liepa BD2 - Cave D/1: Orange Walls, 80 Seconds, 50 Diamonds
Rory Agsten RTAD6 - Cave 13(K): Yellow Walls, 120 Seconds, 99 Diamonds
FalconSoft Dark Cave - Cave 21: Blue Walls, 160 Seconds, 20 Diamonds
Don Pedro - ???
I can find multiple DP caves that offer 200 seconds, but not one of those requires 75 diamonds (I searched Masters BD also). However, one requires 70 diamonds.
@Arno: can you locate my mistake?
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Boulders are round.
Fireflies are square.
I need to find
a'way out of here.
Fireflies are square.
I need to find
a'way out of here.
It's my previous mistake again... I changed 'green' to 'gray', but I should have changed 'gray' to 'green'.RTADash wrote: [size=0]
Sendy Dash 2 - Cave (Int) 10: Red Walls, 40 Seconds, 15 Diamonds
Peter Liepa BD2 - Cave D/1: Orange Walls, 80 Seconds, 50 Diamonds
Rory Agsten RTAD6 - Cave 13(K): Yellow Walls, 120 Seconds, 99 Diamonds
FalconSoft Dark Cave - Cave 21: Blue Walls, 160 Seconds, 20 Diamonds
Don Pedro - ???
I can find multiple DP caves that offer 200 seconds, but not one of those requires 75 diamonds (I searched Masters BD also). However, one requires 70 diamonds.
@Arno: can you locate my mistake?
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*Getting older*
Now your remaining cave (a green one) does exist.
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Now I have the solution (press quote if you want to see it)
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Sendy, Dash 2 - Cave (Int) 10: Red Walls, 40 Seconds, 15 Diamonds
Peter Liepa, BD2 - Cave D/1: Orange Walls, 80 Seconds, 50 Diamonds
Rory Agsten, RTAD6 - Cave 13(K): Yellow Walls, 120 Seconds, 99 Diamonds
FalconSoft, Dark Cave - Cave 21: Blue Walls, 160 Seconds, 20 Diamonds
Don Pedro, BD7 - Cave M/1: Green Walls, 200 Seconds, 75 Diamonds
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Sendy, Dash 2 - Cave (Int) 10: Red Walls, 40 Seconds, 15 Diamonds
Peter Liepa, BD2 - Cave D/1: Orange Walls, 80 Seconds, 50 Diamonds
Rory Agsten, RTAD6 - Cave 13(K): Yellow Walls, 120 Seconds, 99 Diamonds
FalconSoft, Dark Cave - Cave 21: Blue Walls, 160 Seconds, 20 Diamonds
Don Pedro, BD7 - Cave M/1: Green Walls, 200 Seconds, 75 Diamonds
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Boulders are round.
Fireflies are square.
I need to find
a'way out of here.
Fireflies are square.
I need to find
a'way out of here.
Well done!RTADash wrote:Now I have the solution (press quote if you want to see it)
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Sendy, Dash 2 - Cave (Int) 10: Red Walls, 40 Seconds, 15 Diamonds
Peter Liepa, BD2 - Cave D/1: Orange Walls, 80 Seconds, 50 Diamonds
Rory Agsten, RTAD6 - Cave 13(K): Yellow Walls, 120 Seconds, 99 Diamonds
FalconSoft, Dark Cave - Cave 21: Blue Walls, 160 Seconds, 20 Diamonds
Don Pedro, BD7 - Cave M/1: Green Walls, 200 Seconds, 75 Diamonds
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