peterpuzzle

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by peterpuzzle 1y ago
Creator here. I sometimes advise people not to focus on today's date, but a date in the following week. Then you have more time to find a solution!
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by peterpuzzle 1y ago
Creator here. I know, I know, the "rhombuses" are just rotated "squares", but I already had a calendar puzzle "Square", so that's why.
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by peterpuzzle 1y ago
Creator here. Yes I did. Used some existing puzzles as inspiration. See https://praxispuzzles.com/calendar_puzzle_square
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by peterpuzzle 1y ago
Creator here. If there is enough demand I can make a French version. Ordering a new batch of lasercut wood cost me $20, so I have a minimum batch size of 20.
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by peterpuzzle 1y ago
Creator here. That puzzle started my search into this type of puzzle. But in the end my puzzle is harder, because it also contains the day of the week and has the most "irregular" puzzle pieces possible.
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by peterpuzzle 1y ago
Actually I tried a lot of different combinations of piece shapes to find the "hardest" set of pieces that can still solve all possible dates. "Hard" is subjective, but I mean pieces with multiple protrusions.
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by peterpuzzle 1y ago
I wrote 2 solvers in Python. One that loops through all possible dates and searches for a solution. And one that loops through all solutions and checks if they form a date or not. And luckily both gave the same answers.
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UnitTestGame(unittestgame.com)
2 points by peterpuzzle 1y ago|1 comments
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by peterpuzzle 1y ago
Learn to write effective unit tests using Test-Driven Development and Mutation Testing. This game is written by me, a developer who wants better software. Good software is at least thoroughly tested by the developers. Testing software is a
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by peterpuzzle 1y ago
Creator here. No, you can arrange the puzzle pieces to make dates that don't exist, like Monday February 31. Actually there may be "impossible" dates, because I didn't check for them, but I guess all combinations of days
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by peterpuzzle 1y ago
Fixed. On some puzzle pieces there is still a small offset in Firefox, but I can't find the reason...
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by peterpuzzle 1y ago
I sometimes advise people not to focus on today's date, but a date in the following week. Then you have more time to find a solution!
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by peterpuzzle 1y ago
You are right. This puzzle started my search into this type of puzzle. But in the end my puzzle is harder, because it also contains the day of the week and has the most "irregular" puzzle pieces possible.
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by peterpuzzle 1y ago
You can arrange the puzzle pieces to make dates that don't exist, like Monday February 31. Actually there may be "impossible" dates, because I didn't check for them, but I think all combinations of days of the week, day
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by peterpuzzle 1y ago
Yes, I do ship to the US.
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by peterpuzzle 1y ago
Recently I designed a calendar puzzle with 10 tetris-like pieces. When you place all the puzzle pieces on the board, three squares/rhombuses are still open and together they form a date. Can you arrange the puzzle pieces in such a way