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3337623 No.3337623 [Reply] [Original]

for those of you that were playing along in the chess transformer puzzle, i have made a new one. this is possible with no mutations at all (be a rook) but it takes a lot of moves.
try to get to the end as fast as you can, each transformation adds 2 moves to your total. get to the end in as few moves as you can.

>> No.3337650

I got it in 18 (using 2 transformations). I'll see if I can do better.

>> No.3337657

>>3337650

Now I got it in 14.

>> No.3337673

just transform to queen

>> No.3337681

>>3337673
with knight you can make giant shortcuts

>> No.3337683
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3337683

>>3337657

Here was my result. Can anyone beat it?

>> No.3337700

I havent seen this type of puzzle before so I have a question about the rules. Do you start out as a specific type of piece or do you just choose what you start out as "penalty free" ?

>> No.3337702

>>3337683
Yes, immediate start as a knight (add 2 moves since you start as a gay shitty rook), then take these steps (making pic now)

>> No.3337704
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3337704

>>3337683

>> No.3337708

>>3337683
If queen counts I can do it in 10.

>> No.3337712
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3337712

cut a bit off yours
>>3337683
I believe

>> No.3337718

>>3337704

Oh nice. Yeah, I was derpin'.

>> No.3337720

>>3337704
This was the solution that i reached too.

>> No.3337723

>>3337712
didn't read the transforming adds +2
nevermind

>> No.3337725
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3337725

>>3337673
ah, sorry i forgot to mention.
same rules as before apply, so kings and queens are not allowed (actually, i will allow kings, they move slowly anyway)
queens are not allowed, as they negate the necessity of rook/bishop transformations.

>>3337681
true, but a knight can not cross large distances quickly, and it is difficult to finish wit ha knight without mutating, which wastes another 2 moves.

>> No.3337727
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3337727

Black Line = You are a knight.

Red Line = You are a rook.

This is the shortest possible route.

>> No.3337730

>>3337712

The knight moves at the end are better as in
>>3337704
but starting as a bishop takes more moves because changing to the rook then takes two more moves.

>> No.3337731

>>3337727
Ignore the fragmented red line btw, I'm not sure what the fuck caused that, you are only a rook for the last three moves.

>> No.3337735

>>3337704
oh! nice solution!

>> No.3337736
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3337736

>>3337683
Teal: knight, purp: queen. 2 knight, 2 conversion to queen, 8 queen.

>> No.3337738

>>3337727

nope.jpg

Your knight once skips the hook part.

Josef has the shortest.

>> No.3337744
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3337744

>>3337738 Josef has the shortest.

>> No.3337746

>>3337736

EK said no queens.

>> No.3337751

>>3337746
EK is the only queen!
:3

>> No.3337753

Chess transformer puzzle you are better than transformers movie.

>> No.3337771
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3337771

>>3337753
lol, did i just invent this type of puzzle, or is it actually even a thing?

>> No.3337784

>>3337738
Looking now I see I could have gone down and over and then transitioned into a bishop, but on arrival would need to transmute (two transmutes in a row = 4 additional moves).

How is that shorter?

>> No.3337789

well Josef has it in 12 moves (10 steps + 2 for the transformation)
can anyone do better?

>> No.3337791

>>3337771
you sounding like the guy who played amnesia, the best video too
"what even is that thing"

>> No.3337804

>>3337771
I dunno, never seen it before but its got potential!

>> No.3337809

>>3337791
nah, i never played it.
(or maybe i did and i have amnesia. ba-dum-tsch!)

>> No.3337838
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3337838

14 ... if i'm doing right!?

>> No.3337865

Hi guys. Newbie here.

What is this puzzle called? Is this the game which has something to do with biology one? Just asking.

>> No.3337876
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3337876

8.

>> No.3337885

Newbie here. What are the rules? How do we play?

Two other newbies would also like to know:
>>3337865
>>3337700
Everyone seems to be ignoring us...

>> No.3337904

>>3337885
I am also new to this but by using my eyes and looking at the pictures and previous replies, inferring the rules has been easy. Why don't you try that.

>> No.3337923

>>3337865
i think i just invented it, +50 internets to anyone who can find the puzzle already in existence somewhere else. i call it 'chess transformers'
can traverse white squares with none-queen chess pieces, but grey squares block you. the objective is to move green to red, but any transformation you do add extra moves to your counter. (i might modify this in future threads, for example, becoming a knight might cost you more than becoming a rook, etc)

i'm gonna have to go, i have company. apologies if this thread gets deleted, its unintentional, but i said 'nigger' earlier, and was apparently reported, so that might catch up with me later.

cya

xxx

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3337928

>>3337923
>xxx
What does The Diesel have to do with anything?

>> No.3337941

>>3337838
Can anyone find a program that generates mazes like this at random?

>> No.3337960
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3337960

one of my mates is a programmer, i might get him to make this as some sort of interactive flash game, so you can play it live and it automatically keeps a move count. people could play, and post screenshots as proof.
maybe an interactive maze creator as well, so they can make their own mazes and challenge other people.
ooh, this is so cool!

>> No.3337982

>>3337960
put it on the iphone. id pay a couple of bucks for something like that, im sure many others would too.

>> No.3337993

>>3337904
because I am an idiot, and you are a jerk.

>> No.3338015

sage this shit, unfucking believable that this fucking trip fag will start a thread and believe it is not shitting up /sci/

reported

saged

emailed missingno

>> No.3338019

>>3337960
Better get it done quick then, because I'm already starting on creating the game with my friend now.

thanks for giving me the idea

>> No.3338039

>>3338019
lol whoops, maybe i should have patented it or something. all my rage if this goes viral and i missed out on making a fuckton of cash

>> No.3338047

>>3338015
its just a bit of fun, nothing wrong with puzzle threads really, beats the hell outta troll, religion, and homework threads.

>>3337982
oh yeah! iphone users clearly have a lot of extra cash they seem intent on throwing away on useless shit, sell an app a few thousand times, thats quite a lot of cash...
like that simple vibration, app, loads of people got that one.
http://www.tomsguide.com/us/microsoft-xbox-rumble-massage-vibrator,news-3393.html
lol, everyone knows what its REALLY used for...

heheh...horny bitches =p

>> No.3338067
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3338067

i got it in 13, no queens and i actually added 2 for changing a piece

>> No.3338072

>>3338067
black is rook red is knight

>> No.3338075

currently coding it in C++ w/ SDL to get the idea fully functioning first, then will port it over to the iphone and android

just want to say thank you again because we have been wanting to create a kick ass game for the iphone/android ever since the start of this summer, but could never come up with a good idea

>> No.3338079

>>3338075
pls make it free
note: otherwise will be pirated and your face will be all like ok.jaypeggg

>> No.3338083

>>3338067
Bitches don't know that Josef's answer is shorter.

Josef modified my original 14 to get 12. If you stop the rook 1 fewer squares up, the knight can get to the end more efficiently.

>> No.3338156

Can someone give me the link that was on the sticky?

>> No.3338164

>>3338156
https://sites.google.com/site/scienceandmathguide/

>> No.3338168

>>3338075

I hope you're joking because there's infinitely many random ass puzzle games you can invent...

>> No.3338174

>>3338075
fuck, you have a head start, i'm not seeing the programming guy til tommorow. (seeing someone else tonight)
will be nice just to see my design come to fruition even if i dont end up profiting...

>> No.3338269

this is a job for A* search, with taxicab distance to the end as a good metric.

>> No.3339185

its hard

>> No.3339190
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3339190

>>3339185
thats what HE said

>> No.3339200

>>3339190
is that really your real face

>> No.3339209

>>3339200
nah, i'm too shy to put my real face here, so i use reaction images or trollfaces or cartoons.

>> No.3339216

>>3339209
youre probably just as ugly as the girl you posted

>> No.3339226

>>3339216
>FvR
>Ugly

Son....

>> No.3339237

>>3339226
dont know who the fuck fvr is, but if you find that image attractive you're pretty fucking weird

it looks more like a man than a woman, i actually had to look twice to make sure

>> No.3339250

>>3339237
well i'm bisexual and i think she's fucking cute, so fuck you, i mean if you're out fucking several supermodels every night ill shut my fucking mouth, but i think shes rather interesting to be honest.

>> No.3339263

>>3339237
>uglychickwouldn'tbang.jpg

>> No.3339267

>>3339216
she looks a little like me, she just has lighter hair. i kinda see myself in her, so shes a good enough substitute for reaction images if i dont quite wanna post myself.

>> No.3339275

>>3339209
why do you always use the same face?
the face that belongs to that youtube broadcaster who does atheism videos and the like?

>> No.3339278
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3339278

I don't get why we can't just do this? How is this even a puzzle???

>> No.3339290
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3339290

>>3339278

>> No.3339306

>>3339278
lurk moar newfag, there are rules

>> No.3339310
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3339310

Knight then queen at the end.

>> No.3339311

>>3339275
just seems really animated in her videos, seems very interesting and likeable. i dont really know why i do, i just do...

>> No.3339319

>>3339306
the rules are vague and/or not even mentioned in this thread. Post them please

>> No.3339329
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3339329

>>3339209
/sci/ won't judge you

>> No.3339337

>>3339329
why would you go to the bother of choosing that file for that post?

>> No.3339340
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3339340

Why som much moves?

>> No.3339342

>>3339319
see: >>3337725

you start on the green square, move as chess pieces move, and it costs 2 moves to transform.

>>3339329
yes 5they fucking will, a more shallow bunch of fucks i have never seen. one even fapped over my reaction imag and posted it to me, and that isnt even me, i hate to think what they'd do if i posted the real me.

>> No.3339357

>>3339342
Okay so >>3339278 wins because that's only two moves for a rook.

>> No.3339368

>>3339357

1. It's only one move for a bishop, idiot.
2. EK forgot the rule that only knights can go over grey squares.

>> No.3339374
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3339374

>>3339357
fcking stupid negro cunt...
ONLY WHITE SQUARES ARE TRAVESIBLE!!! DO YOU UNDER-FUCKING-STAND!!???

>> No.3339379

>>3339374
>ONLY WHITE SQUARES ARE TRAVESIBLE!!!

lol you never said that. Don't try to back out of your mistake now.

>> No.3339388

>>3339368
yeah the odd arrangement of white and grey made me think it wasn't a perfect diagonal.

>> No.3339389

>>3339379
*you're

>> No.3339398

>>3339389
That mistake is considerably less significant. I know the difference between your and you're but I have a habit of typing the sound I'm thinking off instead of the word. Your attempts to divert attention from your mistake onto me is pathetic. You failed to explain the rules. Accept it.

>> No.3339406

>>3339398
>typing the sound I'm thinking off
*of
>Your attempts
*You're

>> No.3339413

>>3339406
>of

I accept that mistake

>you're

lol no I was right the first time.

>> No.3339426

>>3339413
>I accept that mistake
*exccept
>lol no I was right the first time.
*rite

>> No.3339432
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3339432

I think 12 moves is the shortest trip.
There are no horizontal runs of 9, which is what is needed to beat the knight for horizontal movement along the bottom of the board.
Horizontal movement is not possible across the top of the board. The rook covers the vertical distance most efficiently.

>> No.3339438

>>3339432

Yes. This is what Josef answered earlier, and is the best answer, as I have said repeatedly.

>> No.3339440
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3339440

>>3339406
>>3339413
>>3339426

AHAHAHHA!!!
OH GOD I SERIOUSLY NEARLY DIED FROM LAUGHING, MY STOMACH ACTUALLY HURTS. I FUCKING LOVE WHICHEVER ANON IS TROLLING RIGHT NOW!
AHAHAHHEHEHHEH!

>> No.3339447

>>3339438
I'm agreeing with you.
I'm also saying why I agree with you.

>> No.3339452

>>3339447

Very well. I was just wondering why you posted a new image if you were agreeing with a previous one. Disregard.

>> No.3339453

>>3339447
no, you went exactly against what Joself said! fuck you!! how could you do that!? Josef had a good answer, fuck you, unless your gonna provide a better one. to be honest, i dont think you're skills are good enough!

>> No.3339458

>>3339438
god damn it when will /sci/ just start accepting everything Josef says as the truth

>> No.3339468

>>3339452
A) I wanted to try it myself.
B) I didn't like the color changes as transformation markers.
C) I didn't like right angles as knight motions.
D) My solution doesn't have a scribble through the right half of it where there was a mistake.

>> No.3339470

>>3339440

Do you love me enough to show tits?

>> No.3339476

>>3339468

D) He was correcting a mistake in the one I had posted early in the thread.

>> No.3339483

>>3339470
hah, nah, if i posted them then everyone else would see them as well. to be honest my tits arnt particlarly great, they are like the one part of me i would probably chage...are actually a bit small. i mean i know neauty isnt all aboyt tits, but still..m aybe i should fatten up a bit.

but i lol'd so hard, seiously, thanx!
XxXxX

>> No.3339489

>>3339483
We like delicious flat chest too.

>> No.3339500

>>3339489
orly? seems a bit paedophilic to me, brah...
i'm still tall and womanly, so tits arnt the only identifyer, i guess.

>> No.3339518

>>3339483
>>3339500

How about ass, then? I'm actually more of an ass man myself anyway. I just asked for tits because of meme.

>> No.3339528

>>3339500

>tall
>womanly

pick one

>> No.3339545

>>3339518
erm, i'm a bit of a skinny ass to be honest, but apparently thats okay.

>>3339528
whats wrong with that? i know men are taller on average, but tall women are still okay, rite?

>> No.3339561

>>3339545

Define tall. I prefer <170 cm, ideal is 165ish.

>> No.3339568

>>3339545
>but tall women are still okay, rite?
*right
*wrong

>> No.3339574

>>3339500
> seems a bit paedophilic to me
Tits or underage b&, then.

>> No.3339598

>>3339561
whatever 5 feet 9 inches is. i have no idea.

>> No.3339619

>>3339598

It's roughly 175 cm. Only way to legitimate that length is with killer legs.