OddThinking

This article focuses on that message-passing system and the variants I have tried in the puzzle-solving architecture that has evolved over a number of pet projects.

This article includes some Slitherlinks tips for players who understand the basics and want to tackle the medium and hard examples.

Virus 2 is a flash game with a disturbing name, but quite simple game-play.

I set out to solve it under some arbitrary constraints.

Meantime, I started negotiating a deal. Grace would persuade Ben to give up the secret to the binary trick…

Could McDonald’s afford to charge $50 for a hamburger?

Just how many laser pointers would it take to fake a red eclipse?

The challenge is to calculate every integer value between 0 and 100 using only the number 4.

Here’s a real life puzzle that I haven’t solved yet; how to choose lollies to maximise distance between flavour repetitions.

Can you come up with two different words (spelling irrelevant but different meanings) which are pronounced exactly the same except that the “th” sound is voiced in one and not in the other?

In what direction does the sun set?