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Test of the Pathmaker

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Overview

Design a miniature system of aqueduct towers, and challenge other to connect them in a loop. Living mossy towers (green) require the pipe to pass straight through, but turn adjacent. Dead (black) towers require the pipe to turn in place, but extend straight.

Principles

The Test and Principles can be started from a University of Thought at level 6.

Principles of the Pathmaker will lead you through making one of each type of item needed to build a Pathmaker. Of course, you may trade for the materials, bypassing all of those steps.

  • Dig a Cuttable Stone at a Hole
  • Cut a Stone on a Rock Saw
  • Cut a Hexas Plate Amethyst
  • Cut a Looking Glass Jade
  • Cut a Symmetry Turquoise
  • Cut a Dragyn's Eye Citrine
  • Mine a Huge Diamond
  • Mine a Medium Topaz
  • Mine Silver
  • Build a Pathmaker
  • Open your design for Judging
  • Tear down your Pathmaker, OR do the following:
    • Have 7 Judges solve and rate your Pathmaker
    • Design rated Good by most judges
  • All of the above, OR solve three recent winning Pathmakers

Don't Panic!

All steps regarding cutting a gem and mining gems do not need to be resolved. Once a Pathmaker has been built and Opened for judging, all Construction related steps are automatically completed if not already!


Demonstrate the Principle

Demonstrated by McArine in Shabbat Ab on 09-03-22.

Designing a Puzzle

Cost to build

Built in a Small Construction Site Under Test Menu

Solving a Puzzle

The test description isn't very clear about the rules. Here's some clarification.

A Pathmaker puzzle is played on a two-dimensional grid. Initially, each square either contains a black tower, green tower, or is empty.

You may place pipe segments on a square, including squares containing a tower, by clicking on the square. Clicking on a square again cycles through the possible pipe options for that square:

  • Straight pipe, top-to-bottom.
  • Straight pipe, left-to-right.
  • Pipe with a 90 degree bend (4 possible orientations).

The object of the puzzle is to join all towers into a single closed loop, while obeying these rules:

  • All pipes must connect up correctly to adjacent squares
  • You may only have one pipe segment per square, i.e. you cannot have a "cross" pipe.
  • Pipes on a square with a green tower must be straight.
  • Pipes on a square with a black tower must be a 90 degree bend.
  • One of the pipes connected immediately adjacent to a green tower must be a 90 degree bend. (Note: the rules only require one of the two to be a bend, but both can be bends if you like).
  • The two pipes connected immediately adjacent to a black tower must be straight.

The Pathmaker will not let you place pipes that violate these rules.

Pathmaker Locations

  • Green for recognized (passed) puzzles (use "Gr" prefix on pin)
  • Red for unrecognized (unpassed) puzzles (use "Rd" prefix on pin)


Region Coordinates Designer Passed Remarks RL Date Opened
Saqqarah 785, -757 Fryoj Yes East of CS(by Essence of Harmony)
Shabbat Ab 1472, 1998 McArine Yes Close to UArch
Shabbat Ab 1472, 2013 RosieRazor No Close to UArch
Falcon Bay 4297, -647 Xaxyx Yes Just south of CS
Stillwater 1703, 3690 Tokiryu Yes Just south of cs
Meroe 846, -3645 Malard No 30 coords northeast of CS (Next to Essence of Harmony)
Meroe 830, -3624 Atheus No 30 coords north of CS
Meroe 821, -3624 Oni No 30 coords north of cs
Meroe 811, -3653 Katezinha No West of CS
Meroe 808, -3649 Jadzi No West of CS
Meroe 823, -3606 SunnyOne Yes North of CS along the road May 11, 2009
Stillwater 1714, 3712 Usia No Just east of cs
Stillwater 1712, 3711 Keko Yes Just east of cs
Stillwater 1718, 3713 Yendorhut No Just east of cs
Stillwater 1701, 3690 TheMazeEcho No South of the CS 6 June 2009
Saqqarah 784, -755 Brucette No East of CS(by Essence of Harmony)
Queen's Retreat 583, -6152 Traak No Just north of CS
Queen's Retreat 578, -6154 Shazza No Just north of CS
Falcon Bay 4307, -584 Ariella Yes 50 coords north of CS
Falcon Bay 4305, -587 Pascalito Yes 50 coords north of CS
Queen's Retreat 578, -6151 Wampak No Just north of CS
Queen's Retreat 576, -6147 Serkwati No Just north of CS
Queen's Retreat 520, -5970 Arame No Near SArt north of CS
Shabbat Ab 1472, 2002 Daniels No Close to UArch
Shabbat Ab 1375, 1681 Lill No South of CS near SArt
Shabbat Ab 1425, 1820 Lejoni No Next to ELUG Guild Hall (North of CS) 28 Apr 2009
Shabbat Ab 1415, 1985 Trillian No East of SHarm 24 May 2009
Shabbat Ab 1380, 1710 Numaris Yes South of the CS, at the top of the hill 7 June 2009
Shabbat Ab 1465, 1952 Robare No South of the S of Harmony along the road 13 July 2009
Falcon Bay 4292,-599 Udjai Yes Just North of the CS 15 July 2009
Sinai 3232, 4384 Psychodelica No Close to CS 22 July 2009
Sinai 3231, 4382 EvilSnowman Yes Close to CS
Falcon Bay 4274, -631 Ay Yes Near the CS 26 August 2009
Queen's Retreat 577,-6141 Misty No Near the CS 1 September 2009
Shabbat Ab 1393,-1747 DustiTwister No South of the CS on corner 15 September 2009

Winning Pathmakers

Semi-automatic Recognized Puzzles list