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Re: Show HN: SlideCross – a combination of a crossword and Rubik's Cube

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Post by evanb »

I do the NYT crossword every day (current streak = 1079), and I loved to solve a rubik's cube as a kid.

This game is absolutely incredible. In about 10 minutes I've done a bunch of 3x3s and a 4x4 to see how it works with black squares. I'd encourage you to tweet this at the Wordplay / NYTGames accounts and to make lots more of these!

Actually, a little feedback:

- on my iPad the bottom row of a 9x9 gets clipped in a way that makes it very difficult to play https://imgur.com/a/EpSPiz1

- Some clues reference 14-across or 16-down or whatever, but I don't see the numbers in the squares / a full list of clues to compare with.

- I wish tab took me to the next clue and space changed me from across to down.

Re: Show HN: SlideCross – a combination of a crossword and Rubik's Cube

#23

Post by c0balt »

mattmar96 wrote: post #19
sea-gold wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't see a license. Is this just source available?

I’m not familiar with licenses really. I should look into that. I guess what I want is for people to be able to use it but not republish it as their own without modification.

Take a look at https://chooser-beta.creativecommons.org/. It's a simple Question based selector for Creative Commons licenses. It asks you about what you want others to (not) do with your work and recommends you a license.

Re: Show HN: SlideCross – a combination of a crossword and Rubik's Cube

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Post by mattmar96 »

c0balt wrote: post #23
mattmar96 wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I’m not familiar with licenses really. I should look into that. I guess what I want is for people to be able to use it but not republish it as their own without modification.

Take a look at https://chooser-beta.creativecommons.org/ . It's a simple Question based selector for Creative Commons licenses. It asks you about what you want others to (not) do with your work and recommends you a license.

Thank you!

Re: Show HN: SlideCross – a combination of a crossword and Rubik's Cube

#25

Post by mattmar96 »

evanb wrote: post #21

I do the NYT crossword every day (current streak = 1079), and I loved to solve a rubik's cube as a kid. This game is absolutely incredible. In about 10 minutes I've done a bunch of 3x3s and a 4x4 to see how it works with black squares. I'd encourage you to tweet this at the Wordplay / NYTGames accounts and to make lots more of these! Actually, a little feedback: - on my iPad the bottom row of a 9x9 gets clipped in a…

Thank you very much! I appreciate the detailed feedback. I’ll be sure to address those.

I’ve just added some new 3x3s and a 9x9, all at the top of their respective sections. Thanks for playing!

Re: Show HN: SlideCross – a combination of a crossword and Rubik's Cube

#26

Post by dayjaby »

prometheus76 wrote: post #2

This is a great puzzle and I am not smart enough to figure out the patterns.

You can try to find combinations that only permutate parts of the whole thing, with the rest staying as before.

Let me give an example if the last row of a 3x3 is already correct.

MU - UL - MD

Middle Up: you break the correct row temporarily with this.

Up Left: you do something with the other tiles

Middle Down: re-correct last row

Re: Show HN: SlideCross – a combination of a crossword and Rubik's Cube

#28

Post by mattmar96 »

aodonnell2536 wrote: post #27

Really fun, done mostly 3x3s (a couple 4x4s) but have yet to figure out how to swap two adjacent letters. Keep getting stuck right at the end on some!

Oh yes this is a tricky part.

What you want to do is find what I call a "donor letter".

Say you have:

BOAR UPTO MUTT PSSA

Where you want to swap the last SA to make PSAS.

What you'll want to do here is find a 'donor letter' of either S or A. In this case we have the A of BOAR. You'll put the BOAR's A in the place you want the A in PSAS, in this case the third slot. Then put the S that is now floating down into the last slot of PSAS.

I understand that this is probably a bit headache inducing to read, so I recorded a clip! https://youtube.com/shorts/SqGgcPXevE4

Thank you for playing by the way!

Re: Show HN: SlideCross – a combination of a crossword and Rubik's Cube

#29

Post by aodonnell2536 »

mattmar96 wrote: post #28
aodonnell2536 wrote: post #27

Really fun, done mostly 3x3s (a couple 4x4s) but have yet to figure out how to swap two adjacent letters. Keep getting stuck right at the end on some!

Oh yes this is a tricky part. What you want to do is find what I call a "donor letter". Say you have: BOAR UPTO MUTT PSSA Where you want to swap the last SA to make PSAS. What you'll want to do here is find a 'donor letter' of either S or A. In this case we have the A of BOAR. You'll put the BOAR's A in the place you want the A in PSAS, in this case the third slot. Then put the S that is now floating down into the la…

Thank you for the exhibit! Time to revisit the incomplete puzzles and put this to use!
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