A Puzzling Addition to our Platform

[Harriet Bazley]

On 27 Feb 2024 as I do recall,

If you're interested in puzzles (or if you stopped at my stand in Bristol on
Saturday), then you might be aware of Simon Tatham's Portable Puzzle
Collection: if you're not, then see
https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/puzzles/

[snip]

If anyone does have a play with the games, I'm interested in feedback and
bug reports -- there's a list of known issues in the RISC OS documentation.
Please assume that all bugs are in the RISC OS-specific code, and report
them to me.

Well, I managed to complete "Fifteen" without reading the instructions
in an unimpressive 290 moves, but without encountering any bugs. :-)

[Paul Sprangers]

Post by Harriet Bazley
Well, I managed to complete "Fifteen" without reading the instructions
in an unimpressive 290 moves, but without encountering any bugs. :-)

I gave up on Fifteen after 188 moves, because such puzzles drive me crazy.
However, I did finish a number of 'Guess' games. Its user interface is a
bit unintuitive, but I didn't need the help file to master it. No bugs
whatsoever. This is a very nice addition to my limited games directory.

Paul

[Harriet Bazley]

On 27 Feb 2024 as I do recall,

Post by Paul Sprangers

Post by Harriet Bazley
Well, I managed to complete "Fifteen" without reading the instructions
in an unimpressive 290 moves, but without encountering any bugs. :-)

I gave up on Fifteen after 188 moves, because such puzzles drive me crazy.
However, I did finish a number of 'Guess' games. Its user interface is a
bit unintuitive, but I didn't need the help file to master it. No bugs
whatsoever. This is a very nice addition to my limited games directory.

Ah, Mastermind...

It completely foxed me as I had forgotten that it was possible for the
same colour to appear more than once in the answer!

[Harriet Bazley]

On 27 Feb 2024 as I do recall,

Post by Harriet Bazley
On 27 Feb 2024 as I do recall,

[snip]

Post by Harriet Bazley

Post by Paul Sprangers
However, I did finish a number of 'Guess' games. Its user interface is a
bit unintuitive, but I didn't need the help file to master it. No bugs
whatsoever. This is a very nice addition to my limited games directory.

Ah, Mastermind...
It completely foxed me as I had forgotten that it was possible for the
same colour to appear more than once in the answer!

Finally managed to successfully finish a game of 'Guess' within the
moves limit (the answer was Blue, Red, Blue, Blue!)
This game is incrementally more difficult with repeated colours... I
might have to disable that option. :-)

[Harriet Bazley]

On 27 Feb 2024 as I do recall,

Post by Harriet Bazley
Finally managed to successfully finish a game of 'Guess' within the
moves limit (the answer was Blue, Red, Blue, Blue!)
This game is incrementally more difficult with repeated colours... I
might have to disable that option. :-)

I had to resort to looking up the instructions for 'Flood', though,
before I could work out what the game was supposed to do!
https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/puzzles/doc/flood.html

[Harriet Bazley]

On 27 Feb 2024 as I do recall,
Harriet Bazley wrote:

[snip]

Post by Harriet Bazley
I had to resort to looking up the instructions for 'Flood', though,
before I could work out what the game was supposed to do!
https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/puzzles/doc/flood.html

"Inertia" reminds me of Repton... though I don't remember being able to
move diagonally in Repton!