Go Zendo

For if you want to be eternally known as “the boring one”. :stuck_out_tongue:


I’ve been playing Disco Elysium the past couple of days, perhaps that explains my “mood”

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Somehow it gave me flashbacks to “Braid”. Which was a very zendo game, to think of it.

Now what…?

Currently €3,74, so I’ve just bought it.

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See you in 20 or 30 hours!

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So, the poll is closed, and you are all correct!

The rule was “it is possible to make a path from one corner to an opposite corner, such that the path avoids all stones of one colour”

Congratulations! :slight_smile:

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Just discovered this thread. It’s a really nice game and I’m impressed that the last rule got solved (did not read the entire thread). Is it ok if I make the next rule, or do I have to solve the last puzzle to go next?

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Go ahead :slight_smile:

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Ok, here’s the koans :slight_smile:

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SOLUTION

The smallest rectangle containing all black stones contains at least 16 squares.

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Lots of symmetry. A hint? Or misguiding???

Unintentionally misguiding I guess, I just made them pretty for no particular reason. You can propose some symmetric and non-symmetric koans, then I can clarify. Here are two chaotic ones:
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Don’t give us too many hints :stuck_out_tongue:

A true Master uses their words sparingly.

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Is that so? :man_facepalming: :rofl:

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:grin:

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Any restrictions to how or what we are allowed to guess?

I conjecture that green koans are those such that all stones of each colour lie on different diagonals (i.e. no two stones of the same colour lie on the same diagonal):


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No restrictions on guesses :slight_smile:

Counterexamples for your guess:
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Perhaps we could allow unlimited requests for and hints, provided that all such exchanges are strictly conducted through only emojis.

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:smile::brain::+1:

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I’d like to ask about the following Koan, which is a slight modification of 417:

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Let’s also get the first quatifier:

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