Puzzle Talk

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  STcial Mod plex

  GREAT!

  January 10 2021 at 19:56
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    Mike Daas Pro

    @STcial Mod plex: Thank you :D

    January 12 2021 at 12:15
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  kjs722 Pro

  Sokodries #14

  January 10 2021 at 15:05
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    qdywcaexs

    @kjs722: (And Dries / 696 #23)

    January 10 2021 at 21:03
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  39cool Pro

  All this for a couple of cherries?

  January 10 2021 at 03:10
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  qdywcaexs

  Definitely tricky and nice puzzle! It was quite hard for the first time.
  (This level can also be found among Dries de Clercq's ones, so I already knew the solution. This is just a comment from me, because you wrote under another of your puzzles that you haven't solved Dries's levels. I am actually curious how you found this pattern: by trial & error, or with the help of a level generator?)

  January 10 2021 at 01:33
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    Mike Daas Pro

    @qdywcaexs: Cursed Dries! Every time xD I used to build my puzzles completely by hand, but these days I use a level generator to give me puzzles I can try to solve. I then look for interesting patterns and lay-outs that I try to mold into a stand-alone puzzle, using the example from the generator as a guide. It's always a little sad to see that someone found the exact same puzzle before me. I really don't steal them D:

    January 10 2021 at 13:51
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    qdywcaexs

    @Mike Daas: That's right, and I like your puzzle anyway! I'm sure Dries also used level generation and 'pattern selection' to create level sets like 696, Sokodries, Unfinished and Zone 26.
    I'm interested in the way you create these little puzzles because after solving many medium/hard levels, I wish to create new ones. I've already got some classic levels in YASC by combining known patterns and my ideas by hand. I check their solution with YASS, and modify them until they become interesting.

    January 10 2021 at 16:36