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William Leue
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Posted: 07:58pm 17 May 2021
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Attached is the Zip file for the "Sunset" block puzzle. This is a sliding block puzzle akin to the famous "15" sliding block puzzle. Like the 15 puzzle, blocks can be slid left, right, up, and down if there is a suitable space to accomodate them. No blocks can be rotated.

Unlike the 15 puzzle, the blocks are of 3 different sizes. The object of the puzzle is to somehow maneuver the large 2x2 "Sun" piece with the red dot down to the bottom center of the board, highlighted by a blue line.

In the physical version of this puzzle, there is a slot in the frame at the bottom center that allows the Sun piece to escape from the frame. The slot is thick enough for the Sun piece but all the others are too thick and are captured in the frame.

It takes a few hundred moves to solve the puzzle. Navigate around the frame using the arrow keys. To move a piece, navigate to it and press the spacebar, then use the arrow keys to move the piece. Press the spacebar again to release the piece.

Pressing the Home key will restart the game; pressing Escape will quit.

A physical vrsion of this puzzle was shown and solved by "Mr Puzzle" on YouTube; view it if you get stuck.





Sundown.zip
 
mclout999

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Posted: 08:43pm 17 May 2021
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It is also reminiscent of the Gridlock Video game. That game had a lot of levels.
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