RegEx Crossword
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RegEx Crossword
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#2Oh man. This broke my brain just trying to get one of them without breaking all of the ones that crossed it. I love this.
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#3This is awesome. I wish there was a way to rotate the cells so you could see them straightened out. Otherwise, this is like the final boss to every Regex Golf game I've seen
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#4Well, there went my weekend.
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#5Any reason why this is implement as a hex instead of the traditional crossword style?
There isn't a technical reason why the traditional crossword format can't have clues in the shape of regex right?
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#6Any reason why this is implement as a hex instead of the traditional crossword style? There isn't a technical reason why the traditional crossword format can't have clues in the shape of regex right?
Does the hex mean each cell has more adjacencies?
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#799pct of the challenge is counting the positions for things.
Would be nice if they had a couple hand mande puzzles instead of random ones.
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#8This puzzle was originally written by Dan Gulotta for the 2013 MIT Mystery Hunt.
https://web.mit.edu/puzzle/www/2013/coinheist.com/rubik/a_re...
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#9Any reason why this is implement as a hex instead of the traditional crossword style? There isn't a technical reason why the traditional crossword format can't have clues in the shape of regex right?
The hexagonal layout allows three regex constraints to be imposed on each cell rather than two for a rectangular layout, providing additional challenge.
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#10These sort of games are great as an educational tool, a simpler one would be a nice intro before going to hard mode though.