It's unlikely that I'll be posting again before it's time to run Carnival of the Canucks this Tuesday.
In the meantime, why don't you give this little puzzle a shot:
Addendum: For those of you viewing this post through an RSS aggregator, the puzzle won't actually do anything. You'll have to visit the site to play.
How to play:
The object is to turn all the [X] buttons into [.] buttons by toggling them. But be careful: when you toggle a button, the four buttons around it are toggled as well. When all the buttons are turned into [.]'s, you win. But the point of the game is to win after the smallest possible number of moves.
There are more mind-benders to be found at perplexus.info.
See you on Tuesday!
Comments
Amusez-moi, indeed. Thanks for the teaser.
Posted by: France | May 30, 2004 12:47 AM
4 moves...second try. Enjoy the weekend.
Posted by: Steve | May 30, 2004 12:48 AM
Well, since the cat's out of the bag. Four moves, first try. Just look at it and visualize which neighbors of four single click-points are not shared.
Posted by: France | May 30, 2004 12:55 AM
Look at it? Visualize?
I just randomly clicked around, thinking only 1 or 2 steps ahead, and got it within 18 clicks. Probably took me as long altogether (because I left out the thinking)
Posted by: Eva | May 30, 2004 2:02 AM