37 votes

Browser puzzle game: enclose.horse

11 comments

  1. QOAL
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    You can play the previous days as well, from the menu. There's also a level editor, and browser. And it looks like a portal object was added recently, too.

    You can play the previous days as well, from the menu.

    There's also a level editor, and browser.
    And it looks like a portal object was added recently, too.

    4 votes
  2. [2]
    scarecrw
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    Alright, I've been effectively sniped. Anybody have an idea for solving this? My current thought is to model this as a graph with the horse as the source and the border as a sink and search for a...

    Alright, I've been effectively sniped. Anybody have an idea for solving this?

    My current thought is to model this as a graph with the horse as the source and the border as a sink and search for a cut less than the number of walls, optimizing for the number of nodes remaining connected to the source. This almost matches a min-cost flow problem, but not exactly. It should be able to be modelled as an ILP problem, but I'm hoping there's a better approach I'm not seeing.

    2 votes
    1. chocobean
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      From the About: So the solution should be in an advent of code?

      From the About:

      I originally conceived this as an interesting Leetcode/Advent of Code optimization problem. But then, after playing around with it, it seemed interesting enough to develop into fully-fledged game.

      So the solution should be in an advent of code?

  3. [8]
    chocobean
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    Enclose the horse in the biggest possible pen! The Rules Click grass tiles to place walls. You have limited walls. Horses can't move diagonally or over water. Bigger enclosure = bigger score, but...

    Enclose the horse in the biggest possible pen!

    The Rules

    • Click grass tiles to place walls.
    • You have limited walls.
    • Horses can't move diagonally or over water.
    • Bigger enclosure = bigger score, but you only have one chance to submit!

    Tip: Hover or tap the horse to see how he'll escape!

    1 vote
    1. guissmo
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      Oh god. I just managed to get more time by being more productive but this is too fun to pass. XD https://enclose.horse Day 10 🥇 Excellent! 🥇 98% Always one off the optimal!

      Oh god. I just managed to get more time by being more productive but this is too fun to pass. XD

      https://enclose.horse Day 10
      🥇 Excellent! 🥇 98%

      Always one off the optimal!

      3 votes
    2. [6]
      RheingoldRiver
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      https://enclose.horse Day 9 🥇 Excellent! 🥇 96% edit: did tomorrow's too https://enclose.horse Day 10 🥇 Excellent! 🥇 98%

      https://enclose.horse Day 9
      🥇 Excellent! 🥇 96%

      edit: did tomorrow's too

      https://enclose.horse Day 10
      🥇 Excellent! 🥇 98%

      2 votes
      1. [5]
        chocobean
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        I got Diamond 💎 for day 8 but did not do well on a couple others, so now I'm too scared to submit. It it cheating to ask for optimal solution number then try to hit it? I think so....

        I got Diamond 💎 for day 8 but did not do well on a couple others, so now I'm too scared to submit. It it cheating to ask for optimal solution number then try to hit it? I think so....

        1 vote
        1. [4]
          RheingoldRiver
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          i think it would be cool if you had the option but then your results shows that you asked for the option, kinda like hints in strands

          i think it would be cool if you had the option but then your results shows that you asked for the option, kinda like hints in strands

          2 votes
          1. [3]
            chocobean
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            Yes! Make your own goals, right? That'd be a nice feature.

            Yes! Make your own goals, right? That'd be a nice feature.

            1 vote
            1. [2]
              RheingoldRiver
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              Started doing past puzzles (starting from 1 going up) and finally got a perfect on one of them https://enclose.horse Day 3 💎 PERFECT! 💎 100%

              Started doing past puzzles (starting from 1 going up) and finally got a perfect on one of them

              https://enclose.horse Day 3
              💎 PERFECT! 💎 100%

              2 votes
              1. chocobean
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                Nice! I'm wrecked by wanting perfect diamonds and not wanting to submit now. You can also browse other puzzles for practice too https://enclose.horse/levels

                Nice! I'm wrecked by wanting perfect diamonds and not wanting to submit now.

                You can also browse other puzzles for practice too

                https://enclose.horse/levels

                1 vote