Do all solutions require you to have end nodes be connected to a single graph or there exists a puzzle where the solution has disjoint graphs? I'd also specify that no hanging pipes are allowed / utilize all pipes, although that part becomes obvious pretty quickly.
Show HN: Pipes puzzle (a.k.a. Net) on a hexagonal grid
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Re: Show HN: Pipes puzzle (a.k.a. Net) on a hexagonal grid
#132Do all solutions require you to have end nodes be connected to a single graph or there exists a puzzle where the solution has disjoint graphs? I'd also specify that no hanging pipes are allowed / utilize all pipes, although that part becomes obvious pretty quickly.
They all need to be connected into a single network. No hanging connections, no loops, no disjoint parts.
Re: Show HN: Pipes puzzle (a.k.a. Net) on a hexagonal grid
#133Very nice puzzle game
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#134Make a daily one where everyone has the same game for the day and you can share your scores and my entire friend group would play along with the other ones we do like Wordle and NYT Mini Crossword. Let me know if you add this!
Absolutely. I haven't been pulled into a puzzle like this in awhile. I'd pay a very modest amount for an app
Re: Show HN: Pipes puzzle (a.k.a. Net) on a hexagonal grid
#135Reminds me of this game, Entanglement, that I used to play a bunch ~10 years ago. It showed up as a "Chrome App" (when that used to be a thing back then, lol, Google killed those off). Interesting scoring system.
Re: Show HN: Pipes puzzle (a.k.a. Net) on a hexagonal grid
#136Make a daily one where everyone has the same game for the day and you can share your scores and my entire friend group would play along with the other ones we do like Wordle and NYT Mini Crossword. Let me know if you add this!
Absolutely. I haven't been pulled into a puzzle like this in awhile. I'd pay a very modest amount for an app
You might enjoy an existing app called Infinity Loop. It's a similar puzzle game using the traditional square puzzle-piece shape.
Re: Show HN: Pipes puzzle (a.k.a. Net) on a hexagonal grid
#137Right click appears to do nothing... leaving an impossible to solve puzzle, as you've just locked a piece and no amount of left clicking will move it. Very frustrating.
Why would you lock a cell?
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#138Me: "Oh I'm pretty good at Net, this should be easy" Two hours later I finally finish the 40x40. Thank you and I hate you. I've infected my friends with this. Also, since we're bragging about scores: 39s for the 5x5 wrapping, but I'll definitely be coming back to this.
Wow, did you really start with a 40x40? I only solved like two of them ever. It's pretty time consuming). And good time on the wrap! Small wrap boards can actually be harder than larger ones because there's less chance of finding some seed tiles to start from.
I did a couple of 5x5 to warm up and learn the strategies, but then went off the deep end. The middle was rough, but the ending part got me into the same meditative state that regular Net does, so I'd call that a win!
Re: Show HN: Pipes puzzle (a.k.a. Net) on a hexagonal grid
#139Right click appears to do nothing... leaving an impossible to solve puzzle, as you've just locked a piece and no amount of left clicking will move it. Very frustrating. Why would you lock a cell?
You can right click again to unlock it.
It's fairly handy when you're certain it is the only possible orientation and you want to prevent accidental rotations.
Re: Show HN: Pipes puzzle (a.k.a. Net) on a hexagonal grid
#140Great game! I humbly suggest that you flesh out the rules just a bit more. I struggled to figure out if pipes were allowed to run out of bounds, whether they all had to be connected into a single network, and the significance of the bulb-ended ones. I'm not totally dense and could make some guesses, but this still made the puzzle less than approachable for me at first. Basically I just guessed at these things, tried…
Fair enough, I'll think how to word all this.
a pic of a before and after puzzle would answer these questions intuitively as well.