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- | ===== A Quick Guide to Puzzle Box Solving Methods ===== | ||
- | Many years ago puzzle boxes were introduced to the original version of our game.[sup][font size=" | ||
- | These were 5 x 5 grids meant to emulate a game that first became a popular | ||
- | craze between 1870 and the 1880' | ||
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- | In the game a player is presented with a picture broken into 24 square pieces and subsequently scrambled. | ||
- | the picture looks like when solved. | ||
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- | Learning the general steps of the process can be important to applying them in a real scenario. | ||
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- | The scrambled version of this image could vary significantly but will resemble something like the following image (which is the one we will be using for demonstration purposes). | ||
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- | To illustrate the process we begin by building a numbered reference based on the solved image. | ||
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- | Using this system we then label the images as they appear in the scrambled version above. | ||
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- | Numbers can only be dragged into the grey space (25) at which point 25 will replace where | ||
- | that number once was. | ||
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- | Starting at the top left we begin to solve the array. Notice that, here, several numbers are already in their correct spots (1, 6, 11, 17, 24). | ||
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- | Working left to right be can easily assemble the first 3 numbers: | ||
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- | - Block 7 moves down into what is now block 25, | ||
- | - block 2 moves left into what is now block 25, | ||
- | - block 3 moves up into what is now block 25. | ||
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- | Note that this process winds up with the upper left grid of 4 completed as well! The array as completed so far appears on the right. | ||
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- | Our next task is to move the 4 block into the space currently occupied by the 14 block. | ||
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- | - Block 8 moves up to block 25, | ||
- | - block 10 moves left into what is now block 25, | ||
- | - block 13 moves left into what is now block 25, | ||
- | - block 15 moves down into what is now block 25, | ||
- | - block 9 moves down into what is now block 25, | ||
- | - block 14 moves right into what is now block 25, | ||
- | - Now block 4 is free to move up to into what is now block 25. | ||
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- | The array as completed so far appears on the right. | ||
- | Now we have to bring block 5 into its position. | ||
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- | First we rotate the upper right quadrant to get block 4 into the upper right corner. | ||
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- | - Block 9 moves left into what is now block 25, | ||
- | - block 14 moves down into what is now block 25, | ||
- | - block 4 moves right into what is now block 25, | ||
- | - block 9 moves up into what is now block 25. | ||
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- | Now we go through the process of moving block 5 up to where it needs to be: | ||
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- | - Block 13 moves up into what is now block 25, | ||
- | - block 5 moves up into what is now block 25, | ||
- | - block 23 moves left into what is now block 25, | ||
- | - block 15 moves down into what is now block 25, | ||
- | - block 14 moves down into what is now block 25. | ||
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- | Continuing the process we do a simple 2 x 2 rotation... | ||
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- | - Block 13 moves right into what is now block 25, | ||
- | - block 5 moves up into what is now block 25, | ||
- | - block 14 moves left into what is now block 25, | ||
- | - block 13 moves down into what is now block 25. | ||
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- | Now we do two rotations in the upper right quadrant: | ||
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- | - Block 4 moves down into what is now block 25, | ||
- | - block 9 moves right into what is now block 25, | ||
- | - block 5 moves up into what is now block 25, | ||
- | - block 4 moves left into what is now block 25, | ||
- | - block 9 moves down into what is now block 25, | ||
- | - Block 5 moves right into what is now block 25, | ||
- | - block 4 moves up into what is now block 25, | ||
- | - block 9 moves left into what is now block 25. | ||
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- | As can be seen above, we have now completed the top row as well as the second row excepting the last block on the right. | ||
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- | Using these same general techniques the rest of the puzzle can be completed working left to right on each row going down. | ||
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- | It is generally suggested that puzzle boxes be worked in sections such as appear in the following image. | ||
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- | Note: This Page is a Work in Progress and Under Construction! | ||