Knight's Tour 6

[GooRoo]

I just played it through to a "PERFECT!" score... terrible time, since I was doing screen grabs of the 'after' image of the real mini-puzzle squares. The squares which are merely "pass through" at this time are not updated for the 'after' image, so the Wormholes may still be seen. I still have two squares I intend to do; g3 and h3 ... and adding more of a puzzle to b1. But there are still several squares in which mini-puzzles may be created.

BOGO ('buy' one, get one free), for example, look at squares e6 (by Swietymiki) and e3 (the black square version via my cloning effort. Create a 'White' square puzzle and I will clone the 'Black' square version ... and vice-versa ... and you get credit for both.

[swietymiki]

I could have a go at F1 and H2 now.

[GooRoo]

Mar 18, 2022 6:20:18 GMT -8 swietymiki said:

I could have a go at F1 and H2 now.

I will upload the latest version of the WWD. (Not finished in b1 yet.)

b1 changed again @22:20AM PDST

[GooRoo]

Squarez F1 and H2 finalized, square H3 outline pasted in. (Square H3 will have a Coin added to it ... somewhere. It is intended to be tightly timed. )

[GooRoo]

I brought the Warpstone to the King this evening and achieved a "PERFECT!" result. I was taking screen grabs of completed squares as I played, so my time is terrible.

But if this old man can finish it at all, the 'young bucks' should have no problem in doing it in my estimated 48 minutes.

There are still squares that are entirely empty, some others that are "point and click" easy that can be candidates for other Designerz to fill with puzzlez.

[swietymiki]

I could design the next available squares (E5, C6, A7, C8, G8 and F5) this weekend.

[GooRoo]

Mar 24, 2022 5:26:32 GMT -8 swietymiki said:

I could design the next available squares (E5, C6, A7, C8, G8 and F5) this weekend.

A7 was the one into which I added the randomizing factor ... that caught me three times before I got it right. But you may be able to improve on it, for sure.

[GooRoo]

There are still quite a few squares available for puzzlez (and PUZZLERZ!) on the map:

Black Squarez needing MUCH work (point and click right now): A5, B4, B6, B8, C5 and F4 (5 squares available)

White Squarez needing MUCH work (point and click right now): A6, B3, C4, D3, D5, E2 and G6 (7 squares available)

Black Squarez needing SOME work (just find and step on the Blue Switch right now): B2, D2, D8, F2 and F4 (3 squares available)

White Squarez needing SOME work (just find and step on the Blue Switch right now): B7, C2, D7 and F7 (2 squares available)

If you choose to contribute (further?) just respond with the desired square name and it will be stricken from this list.

[GooRoo]

I (belatedly) discovered that the Griddle bridge tile #260 does NOT prevent a Grunt from going into a teleporter. So I am beginning the process of converting squares with that tile associated with an exit teleporter into Black Pyramidz and providing alternative verification tiles.

I first got burned in testing by that when (in a difficult square) I failed to activate the required Switch, but was able to exit and continue the solving process. So I want to ensure that any solver KNOWS that a required Switch has been properly activated.

P.S. The same holds true for a submerged water bridge tile ... so more squares will be changed.
I just remembered that Gruntz will NOT walk into water, as to a submerged bridge tile.

[GooRoo]

Apr 8, 2022 11:42:18 GMT -8 GooRoo said:

There are still quite a few squares available for puzzlez (and PUZZLERZ!) on the map:

Black Squarez needing MUCH work (point and click right now): A5, B4, B6, B8, C5 and F4 (5 squares available)

White Squarez needing MUCH work (point and click right now): A6, B3, C4, D3, D5, E2 and G6 (5 squares available)

Black Squarez needing SOME work (just find and step on the Blue Switch right now): B2, D2, D8, F2 and F4 (1 square available)

White Squarez needing SOME work (just find and step on the Blue Switch right now): B7, C2, D7 and F7 (2 squares available)

If you choose to contribute (further?) just respond with the desired square name and it will be stricken from this list.

G6 is the earliest 'move' square in this list, so I am starting in on it next.
Finished G6 and have B2 & C4 partially complete (tested alone, but not from the beginning).

Now working on square D8.

Now working on square B3.

[GooRoo]

Fourteen Thirteen Twelve squares remain to be made 'puzzling', and only 6 5 enemy Gruntz remain as opponents (2 in team 1 & 3 in team 2).

This is posted on Good Friday , and I have an usher/greeter assignment tonight, so I am done 'Gruntzing' for the day.

[GooRoo]

Fourteen Thirteen Twelve Eleven Ten squares remain to be made 'puzzling', and only 6 5 4 enemy Gruntz remain as opponents (2 in team 1 & 2 in team 2).

B7 is now complete (with an added Toy to be used later) and I am considering a "mirror image" version for square B4 (the black square version of a Pawn ... but no Toy).

I will probably be working on the next 'White' square move #40 (D5) since both B7 and B4 tested as playable. (Getting harder to come up with puzzlez that do not require more Gruntz ... both enemies and for the Solver. Perhaps some Goo Puddlez can be resurrected for one of the upcoming squares. there have been enough enemy Gruntz dispatched so that the game would allow some new entries.)

[swietymiki]

I'll be ready to work on some more squares in the following week.

[GooRoo]

Square D5 is merely a skeleton in which I proved that there can be more than 45 enemy Gruntz in a puzzle ... just no more than 45 at the same time! So, for example, adjoining squares; A6 & B6; B6 & C5 and for my example (C5 and D5) could have a single Resurrection Scroll (moved, refresh to see new location) so placed that several enemy Gruntz could be resurrected, finding themselves on squares with Zap Cola (to renew their strength) and weapons nearby. But what I have seen of resurrected Gruntz, they will not make a move to pick anything up! So they would hardly be opponents to the Solver's Grunt. (That's why I placed them on Purple Multi-Grunt Switches.) Perhaps it is required to have someone to "push them around" to become armed ... and maybe even aggressive.

[GooRoo]

One more thing remains to be done in order to distribute the Quest; create a new folder with Swietymiki as main designer and GooRoo as subordinate, and move everything into the new folder, update links for the new folder, etc. My participation is more on the original idea, and my own poor efforts at placing recognizable chess pieces on the board ... and of course, laying out the sequence of the solution. The real puzzles are all Swietymiki.

[GooRoo]

I added a little something to the Announcement enhancing the statistics section. Tomorrow I will go to work on the various indices, adding this one into Alphabetical, Graphics area, Release Date and (creating) by Designer. I will leave the difficulty index alone pending feedback.

Oh, and besides creating the 2022 Release index, I will add links to 2022 to all of the other by Release Date indices.