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/ \/ \___\
\ /___/
/\_/ \ \
/ \____\
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/ \/ \ /_\/____/
\ / \___\
/ \_/\ / /
/ \/___/
\ _ / /
\/_| /___/
/ \___\
\ /\_/___/
\/___/
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._(~)_._. ._.__. .__._(~)_.
|_ _| (_) |_ (_) _| |_
) ( ) ( )
|~ ~| (~) |~ (~) ~| |~
'~(_)~'~' '~'~~' '~~'~(_)~'Randy Ransom
_______________________________________________________________________
| (_ (_ (_ (_ (_ (_ (_ (_ |
| _) _) _) _) _) _) _) _) |
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|_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |
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| (_ (_ (_ (_ (_ (_ (_ (_ |
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| _) _) _) _) _) _) _) _) |
| (_ (_ (_ (_ (_ (_ (_ (_ |
|_ _ )_ _ )_ _ )_ _ )_ _ )_ _ )_ _ )_ _ )_ _ |
| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_|
| (_ (_ (_ (_ (_ (_ (_ (_ |
| _) _) _) _) _) _) _) _) |
|_______(_______(_______(_______(_______(_______(_______(_______(_______|
Normand Veilleux
From this came the idea to make a real ASCII puzzle for all thoseASCII art
fans out there. So, here is a small puzzle that only contains 22 pieces.
Don't laugh, putting it back together is a lot harder than you might think
at first. All pieces are different and the goal is to assemble them to
produce a rectangle of this size:
_______________________________________________
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
|_______________________________________________|
Got it? OK, here are the pieces:
_ _ ________ _ _ ________
_| |_| | (_ (_ _| |_| | (_ (_
(_ _) _) _) _) _) _) _)
_) (_ ( ( (_ (_ ( (
( ) | 13 | ) ) | 20 |
| 1 | _) _) | 16 | _) _)
(_ (_ (_ (_ (_ (_ (_ (_
_) _) )_ _ ) _) _) )__ __)
(_______( |_| |_| (__ __( |_|
|_|
_ __ __
__| |__| |_| | ________________
_) _) (_ (_
(_ 5 (_ _) 8 _)
) _ _ _ ) (__ __ _ _(
|__| |__| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_|
_ ____ __
_| |_| |_| | _ _ _
| (_ | |_| |____| |__
| 9 _) (_ (_
| _ _ _ _( _) 19 _)
|_| |_| |_| |_| (_______________(
__ __ _ _ ________ _ _
| |_| | _| |_| | | (_ | |_| |_
_) _) | (_ | 4 _) (_ |
(_ 2 (_ | 3 _) | _ _( _) 6 |
)_ _ ) | _ _( |_| |_| (_______|
|_| |_| |_| |_|
_ _ _ _ _ _
| |_| |_ _ _ _| |_| | | |_| |_
(_ (_ _| |_| | | _) (_ (_
_) 7 _) | (_ | 11 (_ _) 12 _)
( _ _( | 10 _) | _ _) ( _ (
|_| |_| |_______( |_| |_| |__| |__|
_ _ _ _
_| |_| | _ _______ | |_| |_
_) _) __| |__ (_ | (_ |
(_ 14 |_ (_ (_ _) 17 | _) 18 |
) _ ) _) 15 _) (_ _ | (_ _ |
|__| |__| (_______( |_| |_| |_| |_|
_ _ _ _
| |_| |_ | |_| |_
_) | _) |
(_ 21 | |_ 22 |
)_ _ | )_ _ |
|_| |_| |_| |_|
Some additional information:
1) if you want to give this a try, a text editor with a block
copy is a must,
2) none of the pieces need to be rotated,
3) consecutively numbered pieces do not touch each other (ex:
7 does not touch either 6 or 8, not even diagonally), and
4) when combining certain pieces it's possible that a parenthesis
or a vertical bar will replace an underscore. For example, when
combining
__ __
| |_| | _ _ _
_) _) | |_| |____| |__
(_ 2 (_ and (_ (_
)_ _ ) _) 19 _)
|_| |_| (_______________(
like this:
__ __
| |_| |
_) _)
(_ 2 (_
)_ _ ) _
| |_| |_|__| |__
(_ (_
_) 19 _)
(_______________(
the underscore over the 1 had to be replaced by the
vertical bar.
Sol'n included below...
_______________________________________________
| (_ (_ (_ (_ |
| 4 _) _) 8 _) _) 17 |
| _ _( (__ __ _ _( (_ _ |
|_| |_| | 20 | |_| |_| |_| | 13 | |_| |_|
| _) _) _) _) _) |
| 11 (_ (_ 2 (_ (_ (_ 21 |
| _ _)__ __)_ _ ) )_ _ )_ _ |
|_| |_| |_| | |_| |_| 16 | |_| |_| |_| |_|
| (_ (_ (_ (_ |
| 9 _) 12 _) _) 7 _) 18 |
| _ _ _ _( _ (__ __( _ _(_ _ |
|_| |_| |_| |_| |__| |__| |_| |_| |_| | |_| |_|
| (_ _) _) _) |
| 3 _) (_ 5 (_ 14 |_ 22 |
| _ _( ) _ _ _ ) _ )_ _ |
|_| |_| | 1 |__| |__| |_| |_|__| |__| |_| |_|
| (_ (_ (_ (_ |
| 10 _) _) 15 _) 19 _) 6 |
|_______(_______(_______(_______________(_______|
Article 8312 in rec.puzzles:
From: fisher2557@iscsvax.uni.edu
Subject: 4x4x4 Puzzle!
Date: 4 Mar 92 06:40:43 GMT
Organization: University of Northern Iowa
Lines: 60
I had a few requests to bring on the next block puzzle, so here it is:
_____ _____ _____
|\ \ |\ \ |\ \
| \ ...\ | \____\ __|_\____\
____| :\ \__ _________| | |___ _|\ \ |
|\ \: \____\ \ |\ : \| | \ |\| \____\ |
| \____* | |__\ | \ ...:____*....|____\ | * | |..|
| | :\| | | | :\ \ : : | | ::| | |
\| : *____| | \: \____\ : : | \: |....| |
*____:____:____| \ | |__:____:____| \ | |__|
\| | \| |
*____| *____|
_____ _____
_|\ \ |\ \
|\| \____\ | \____\
| * | |___ __________ ____| | |
| ::| | \ |\ : _\___ |\ \| |
\: |....| ...\ | \____:.|\ \ | \ ...*....|
\ | |\ \ | | |\| \____\ | :\ \ |
\| | \ ...\ \| | * | | \: \ ...\ |
*____| :\ \ *____| ::| | \ :\ \_|
\: \____\ \: |....| \: \____\
\ | | \ | | \ | |
\| | \| | \| |
*____| *____| *____|
_____ _____
_____ _|\ \__ _____ |\ \
|\___ \ |\| \____\ \ |\ \| \____\
_|\ \.\ | * | |__\ | \....* | |
|\| \____\ \ | ::| | | | :\ :| |
__|_* | |__\ _\:_*____| | \: \____|____|
|\ \| | | |\ : \_| \ | |\ \
| \____*....|__| | \____:____\ \| | \____\
| | : | | | : | *____| | |
\| : | \| : | \| |
*____:____| *____:____| *____|
_____ _____
_____ |\ \ |\ \
|\ \ _____ | \ .._\___ | \____\
| \ ...\ |\ \ | :\ |\ \ | | |
| :\ \| \____\ \: \| \____\ |:| |
\: \ ...* | |___ _\__* | | __|_*____|
\ :\ \| | \ |\ \| | |\ : \
\: \____*....|____\ | \____*....| | \____:____\
\ | : : | | | : | | | : |
\| : : | \| : | \| : |
*____:____:____| *____:____| *____:____|
THERE! Now arrange these blocks to from a cube 4x4x4 units in size.
Extra credit for those who can solve this puzzle in their head!!
-=[ puzzle ]=- 3/99
________________________________________________________
| _) (_ _) (_ _) (_ _) (_ |
| (_ __ _) (_ __ _) (_ __ _) (_ __ _) |
| _)_( )_(_ _)_( )_(_ _)_( )_(_ _)_( )_(_ |
|_) (_ _) (__) (_ _) (__) (_ _) (__) (_ _) (_|
|_ _) (_ __ _) (_ __ _) (_ __ _) (_ _|
| )_(_ _)_( )_(_ _)_( )_(_ _)_( )_(_ _)_( |
| _) (__) (_ _) (__) (_ _) (__) (_ _) (__) (_ |
| (_ __ _) (_ __ _) (_ __ _) (_ __ _) |
| _)_( )_(_ _)_( )_(_ _)_( )_(_ _)_( )_(_ |
|_) (_ _) (__) (_ _) (__) (_ _) (__) (_ _) (_|
|_ _) (_ __ _) (_ __ _) (_ __ _) (_ _|
| )_(_ _)_( )_(_ _)_( )_(_ _)_( )_(_ _)_( |
| _) (__) (_ _) (__) (_ _) (__) (_ _) (__) (_ |
| (_ __ _) (_ __ _) (_ __ _) (_ __ _) |
| _)_( )_(_ _)_( )_(_ _)_( )_(_ _)_( )_(_ |
|_) (_ _) (__) (_ _) (__) (_ _) (__) (_ _) (_|
|_ _) (_ __ _) (_ __ _) (_ __ _) (_ _|
| )_(_ _)_( )_(_ _)_( )_(_ _)_( )_(_ _)_( |
| _) (__) (_ _) (__) (_ _) (__) (_ _) (__) (_ |
| (_ __ _) (_ __ _) (_ __ _) (_ __ _) |
| _)_( )_(_ _)_( )_(_ _)_( )_(_ _)_( )_(_ |
|_) (_ _) (__) (_ _) (__) (_ _) (__) (_ _) (_|
|_ _) (_ __ _) (_ __ _) (_ __ _) (_ _|
| )_(_ _)_( )_(_ _)_( )_(_ _)_( )_(_ _)_( |
| _) (__) (_ _) (__) (_ _) (__) (_ _) (__) (_ |
| (_ _) (_ _) (_ _) (_ _) |
jgs |___)______(______)______(______)______(______)______(___|
From: llizard
In article <3820E328.2E4B9870@gtcom.net>, Krogg
wrote:
>
> The pieces are made like this:
> two pieces that fit togather like so:
> ,-------.----.
> | __/ |
> | (_ |
> | _/ |
> | ( |
> `----`-------'
> are drawn like so:
> ,-------. .----.
> | __/ __/ |
> | (_ (_ |
> | _/ _/ |
> | ( ( |
> `----` `-------'
>
> here are the pieces:
> /\__
> /\____ __/\/\/ (
> | ( ) /
> | ) \____/\/\/
> | /
> ___ |/\/\/
> | / /\ ,------------,
> _ | \_/\_/\ / \ | ______/
> / \ `--------' _ \/\//| \ \__
> \_/ ,. / ) / | )(\ /
> ______/ | / (/) ) `-,(__)\__)
> \__ | \__/ \__/
> / | (\
> ) | _ )\
> \ | / \ / \
> \_ / _/\_ _/ _/ /\/\/ /
> _ )/ / | / / | /
> / \ (/ / | \_/ |\`------'
> _/ ( '------' ,----'(
> / ___/ _ / _ _ )
> \/ / \ \/ \/ \/
> _/ _/ ,----,
> / / / /
> \_/ ) / ,------.
> ,--------, (____) / |
> | _/ \ (
> | / /\ |\ \ /
> |____/ /\/\/ | | )(\ \___/
> \ | |(__)\__
> _ \ | | \
> / \ _/\_ \_/\_| | \
> _/ _/ / ) \__ _ /
> / / \____( \/ \/ __ _
> \_/ ( \/ \
> /\____ /\ ) _ \_
> ) / ____) \ / / \ /
> \/\__/ / \ (_/ / /
> / / \/\)
> ___ (| ( ,------'
> / \_/\_ /| \|
> '----. __/ ___/ |
> | ) / |
> |/ '------'
Good one, Krogg!
/ ha
\,^^%--- ha
<\ \ ha
>/ And this one took a little longer
> to solve... very interesting shape
/|^^
ejm / \
,------------,.
,----,------. | ______/ |
_/\_ / / | |\ \__ |
/ ) /\ (| | )(\ / |
/\____(____) \ /| |(__)\__) |
) / \___/ | | \ |
\/\__/ / | | \_ /
( ,------'------' |\__ _ / )/
/\| ,--------,----'( \/ \ (/)
/ \_ | _/ _ _ ) _ \__/
\/\/ \ | / \/ \/ \/ / \ /|
____/ _/ |____/ _/ _/ (_/ / / |
| / / \ ___/ / / ___/ \/\) `-,
| \_/\_/\/ \_/\_/\/ /\__ \__/
`--------'----. __/\/\/ (
| ) /\
|/\____/\/\/ |
| (\ |
| )\ |
| / \_/\_|
|/\/\/ / |
| / |
`------'------'
,^^%---
/<| \ I had to really work to
/ <\ get some of the pieces to
< fit though.
^^|\
ejm / /
From: Przemyslaw Brojewski
Hmmm, to make things a little bit more interesting, let
us allow flipping pieces horizontally and vertically.
Here is how characters behave when flipped:
. | . ( | ) \ | / _ | _ - | - ` | '
---+--- ---+--- ---+--- ---+--- ---+--- ---+---
| ( | ) / | \ | | , |
| | | + | + v | v
---+--- ---+--- ---+---
| | | + | + ^ | ^
empty place for other |
"flippable" characters: ---+---
|
There are missing entries in the above chart. This
means that piece containing charactes with missing
entries cannot be flipped in certain direction.
Pieces containg characters not in above chart
cannot be flipped at all.
For example, flipping upside-down an underscore "_"
or dot is forbidden.
Flipping horizontally a comma "," is forbidden too,
but you can flip it upside down, and then the
resulting "`" can be flipped in both directions.
After any flipping has been applied, Krogg's
rules apply:
> two pieces that fit togather like so:
> ,-------.----.
> | __/ |
> | (_ |
> | _/ |
> | ( |
> `----`-------'
> are drawn like so:
> ,-------. .----.
> | __/ __/ |
> | (_ (_ |
> | _/ _/ |
> | ( ( |
> `----` `-------'
And finally, here are the pieces, some of them
flipped, most are not:
v--+ |-_ /\____/\ /\ v-----------.
/ | | \ \ / +---' ( \ _-|
/ | | \ / \ | / \ /
\ ) | \ | / | / \ /
/ | |/\ ( ^----.-+ | / /\__ \ /
\ | \/ | / ) | )/
\ | /\/\ .--'| `-+ \/\ |
^--^ v-v \ \/ | v------v \|
v----v / ( ( | ) /
| \_ / ) \ /`-' / / __ /\
| _-' / / \ / \____/ / `--'\
|__-' `--' \/ /( `----+ \
/ \ v---------. | \
_ __ (`----+ ) ) \_ __--__ | ( |
/ \/ | \ / ' (| ) |
/ ( v-----v \/ || ^--------'
/ ) ( ) ||
^-------------^ \ ( / \ /\__ /\__
\____/ ( \/\ ) __| ) __|
__---__ \ \ \/ \/
)____ `-_ /`-----| `--'\ |
)____ `-_ / | \ | v-----v
) / \,------^ \| | \_
\ ( /\ | __/
/`--'\ \| ____ / \__ | _|
( \ ` ____) | \ __) | /
\ \ ( | / / | / +-.
) .----\ \/\ .--' ^--^ |/ | |
(_/ \/ ^ .-` |
____/\ /`-'| .----\ ( |
/\ / / / | _/ \ \ |
/ | \ \ / | | \ |`-+ \ |
/ | | \ | | \ .---' | | \ |
\ | ^-----^ | /\__| \__/ v' / \/`
\ | \) \_)
( | /`--'\ __
/ | ( / ___/ \ .---'\ ) \
/ | \ \ | ) / \ | )
\___| \ + \ (_ __) \ | |
\ | \ | / \ +---'
,-----| \.--` \ / ^-------------^
\ | \/
\ | ,---v /\ (\
\ | | \ / \ / \
\ | | / / \ \ \
^-^ | / / | \ \
| / + | \ \
| / | / ) (
|/ \__ ( `--'
|/
From: VK
After applying my trusted old knife to some of the pieces...
...and breaking the rules for a couple of them...
...I finally came to this result:
.----------v----v--v------v-----v-v-----------.
| __---__ _/ | \ ( ) \ _-|
|)____ `-_ | \ \ ( \ / |
| (____ `-__| /\____/\____/\ \ / |
| ) / ( \ \ /`--'\ / |
|`--. /\/\ ( | / / \ )/) /\|
| \/ /\| | / | / / \/ |
| ) `---+--^-----^----.-+ / / |
|`-'\ /\ | | | / /\ |
| \ / \ | | '--./ / \ |
| \/ \ | | ) ( ( |
| || \ | | /`--'\ / |
|__/\ || +-'| | / )/ |
| (/ \ | | | / / \___|
| /\/ ) __/\ `v-----v------'\/----. ( |
|/ /\|__ (_/ | / \_) /|
| /`--' \/\__ |-----./ | / |
| / +----') __|_ | /`---. /\ / |
|/ | \/ \ | / \__/ \/ |
| ) \ | / (__ / |
| ( \| / \ \ |
`--------^-------------^-^-------------^--^---'
From: Krogg
The pieces are made like this:
two pieces that fit togather like so:
,-------.----.
| __/ |
| (_ |
| _/ |
| ( |
`----`-------'
are drawn like so:
,-------. .----.
| __/ __/ |
| (_ (_ |
| _/ _/ |
| ( ( |
`----` `-------'
here are the pieces:
_/\
\_/
/\ /\_/\ /\
\/ /\ \___/ \/
) ) /\_
(_/ __/___)
_/\ \_/
_ / / _/\__
/ \__ \ / ___ \/\_/
\/\ / " / (
" /\ \__/
_) \
/\ \__/ /\
`-" \_)
/\_ ,--,
/ _/ / /
\/ / _/ /\
/ \ / /
/\ \__/ \/
\/
/\
\ \ /\
\/ / \ __
/ / \/
\ / ,--.
\/ / \
\____/
/\_
\_/
/\ _
_ "--" /\ / )
_// ) \ / /
\/ /\ \_/ \/
/ / __
\ \ ) \
\ \ \_/
\/ /\
\ \
/ \
/\_ \ /
/ / \/
"--'
From: mic
Krogg wrote:
>HEH...got ya'll stumped.....
>
>Here's a tiny piece as a hint.
> _/\___
>_// / ) \
>\/\/ /\_/\
> \/\_/\/
thanks... needed that.
,--,--.
/ / \
/ _/\____/\
/ \/\_/\/ \
/\__/\___/ /\
/ _// / ) \ /\ \
/\/\/\/ /\_/\/ / \
\/\_) \/\_/\/\ \ /
\/\__/___) ) \ \/
\ \_/ (_/\_/\/
\/ \__/ /\_/
\/\ /\ / /
`-"--"--'
From: Gerfried Fuchs
Krogg wrote:
> I gots a puzzle for ya.The pieces are made like this:
> two pieces that fit togather like so:
> ,-------.----.
> | __/ |
> | (_ |
> | _/ |
> | ( |
> `----`-------'
> are drawn like so:
> ,-------. .----.
> | __/ __/ |
> | (_ (_ |
> | _/ _/ |
> | ( ( |
> `----` `-------'
>
> here are the pieces:
>
>
>
>
>
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> )##\/##\ ___
> (__####__) \##)
> /####\ _/#(__
> /######\ (_/\###|
> '--------' \##|
> ___ /##| ,-----,
> __ ___ (###) '---' |####/
> /##\ (_##) )#( |###/
> \###\ /#/ (###) |###\/\
> )###\/##\_ __)#( |#####/
> \###__####\__ (_____) |__/\#\
> /\/##( )####__) .--------. (__)
> \____/ \___/ \___####|
> )###|
> (__##|
> \_|
> __ ,-----------, ,----.
> )#\_ /##########_/ (######\
> (####| /##########(_ \#####(
> ____)###| \/\__####___#\ __/\ \#####)
> \#######| \##(_ )#\ |###(__ /__##(
> \######| \##/ /##/ |######\ (/ \__)
> \___##| \/ \_/ |####/\/
> )#| |_###\__
> (__| ____ __ \##__/
> /####) /##\ \/
> /####(__)##(_
> __ \__#####___#/ _ ,-----,
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> __/##\___/##\ \##/ |##\/##\ (_#######\
> /#########___/ /#/ |####__/ \#######\
> \#########) \/ |###(___/\ \____##/
> __/########(__ ___ /\ |#########) )(
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> )######/ /#######/
> '------' \####__/
> /\ \##(_
> __/##\ __)##/
> (_###_/ \###/
> /##(_/\ \#/
> /#######\ '
> /########/
> '--------'
>
>
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| / (_ \ ( ) |
| \/\__ ___ \ \ ) (__ |
| / \ (_ ) \____ /__ ( ) \_|
|__/\ \ \ / / / )(/ \__) ( |
| (__) \/ \_/ (__) (_____) |
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|_ \____/ \___/ \ / /\___ |
| \ __/ ___/ /\ __/ \ ) |
| \/ \ ) \/ \ (_ _/ (__|
| __/ (__ __) / (_/\ |
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