Test of the Pathmaker

2010-06-16T18:54:50Z

Shadamun: /* Solving a Puzzle */

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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 [[Cut Stone|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 ===
* 2 Hexas Plate cut Amethyst
* 2 Dragyn's Eye cut Citrine
* 2 [[Huge Diamond]]
* 10 [[Medium Topaz]]
* 100 [[Silver Wire]]

''Demonstrated by [[User:McArine|McArine]] in [[Shabbat Ab]] on 09-03-22.''

== Designing a Puzzle ==

=== Cost to build ===
* 300 [[requires::Cut Stone]]
* 3 [[requires::Cut Gems#Hexas Plate|Hexas Plate cut Amethyst]]
* 3 [[requires::Cut Gems#Looking Glass|Looking Glass cut Jade]]
* 2 [[requires::Cut Gems#Symmetry|Symmetry cut Turquoise]]
* 1 [[requires::Cut Gems#Dragyn's Eye|Dragyn's Eye cut Citrine]]
* 2 [[requires::Huge Diamond]]
* 12 [[requires::Medium Topaz]]
* 60 [[requires::Silver Wire]]

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 red tower, yellow 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 yellow tower must be straight.
* Pipes on a square with a red tower must be a 90 degree bend.
* One of the pipes connected ''immediately adjacent'' to a yellow 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 red 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)<br><br>
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(GrB) 1472, 1998
Shabbat Ab
By McArine
Close to UArch

(RdS) 1425, 1820
Shabbat Ab
By Lejoni
Next to ELUG Guild Hall (close to CS)

(GrS) 1415, 1985
Shabbat Ab
By Trillian
East of Sharm

(GrS) 1380, 1710
Shabbat Ab
By Numaris
South of the CS at the top of the hill

(RdM) 846, -3645
Meroe
By Malard
30 coords northeast of CS (Next to Essence of Harmony

(RdM) 830, -3624
Meroe
By Atheus
30 coords north of CS

(RdM) 824, -3625
Meroe
By Oni
30 coords north of cs

(RdM) 823, -3606
Meroe
By SunnyOne
Not far north of the cs along the road.

(RdK) 1712, 3711
Stillwater
By Keko
Just east of cs

(GrK) 1703, 3690
Stillwater
By Tokiryu
Just south of cs

(GrS) 766, -373
Saqqarah
by Wrongskian

(GrS) 787, -759
Saqqarah
By Fryoj
East of CS(by Essence of Harmony)

(RdS) 784, -755
Saqqarah
By Brucette
East of CS(by Essence of Harmony)

(RdQ) 583, -6152
Queen's Retreat
By Traak
Just north of CS

(RdQ) 578, -6154
Queen's Retreat
By Shazza
Just north of CS

(GrF) 4307, -584
Falcon Bay
By Ariella
50 coords north of CS

(GrF) 4305, -588
Falcon Bay
By Pascalito
50 coords north of CS

(RdF) 4274, -631
Falcon Bay
By Ay
Just East of the CS

(RdF) 4272, -632
Falcon Bay
By Dreasimy
Just East of the CS

(RdF) 4292,-599
Falcon Bay
By Udjai
Just north of CS

(RdQ) 578, -6151
Queen's Retreat
By Wampak
Just north of CS

(RdQ) 520, -5970
Queen's Retreat
Arame
North of the CS near SArt

(RdQ) 577,-6141
Queen's Retreat
Misty
Just north of the CS

(RdS) 1472, 2002
Shabbat Ab
Daniels
North of the CS near UArch

(RdS) 1375, 1681
Shabbat Ab
Lill
South of the CS near SArt

(RdS) 1393, 1747
Shabbat Ab
DustiTwister
South of the CS on corner

(RdM) 1701, 3690
StillWater
TheMazeEcho
South of the CS

(RdM) 1706, 3691
StillWater
Halana
South of the CS

(RdA) 3232, 4384
Sinai
By Psychodelica
Close to Chariot

(GrA) 3231, 4382
Sinai
By EvilSnowman
Close to Chariot

(GrH) 1043, 6957
Adn
By Hilly
Close to Chariot

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|-
! Region !! Coordinates !! Designer !! Passed !! Remarks !! RL Date Opened
|-
| Saqqarah || 785, -757 || Fryoj || Yes || East of CS(by Essence of Harmony)
|-
| Saqqarah || 766, -373 || Wrongskian || Yes ||
|-
| CCR || -419, 6584 || Zog || No || West of CS || Oct 15, 2009
|-
| Shabbat Ab || 1472, 1998 || McArine || Yes || Close to UArch
|-
| Shabbat Ab || 1472, 2013 || RosieRazor || No || Close to UArch
|-
| 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
|-
| Meroe || 824, -3606 || Aryballa || Yes || North of CS along the road || October 20, 2009
|-
| Meroe || 827, -3614 || Orrin || Yes || North of CS along the road || October 20, 2009
|-
| Stillwater || 1714, 3712 || Usia || No || Just east of cs
|-
| Stillwater || 1712, 3711 || Keko || Yes || Just east of cs
|-
| Stillwater || 1706, 3691 || Halana || Yes || South of cs || 25 October 2009
|-
| 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 || Yes || 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 road REDO || 31 October 2009
|-
| Shabbat Ab || 1482, 1750 || lilinou || No || East of CS, facing Sarch ||
|-
| Shabbat Ab || 1317, 1603 || jazkar || Yes || Run south from cs, near SArt || 29 April 2010
|-
| 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 ||
|-
| Sinai || 3231, 4379 || Timm || No || Close to CS ||
|-
| Falcon Bay || 4274, -631 || Ay || No || Near the CS || 26 August 2009
|-
| Falcon Bay || 4272, -632 || Dreasimy || No || Near the CS || 2 October 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
|-
| Adn || 1043, 6957 || Hilly || yes || Near th CS || 5 February 2010
|-
| Shabbat Ab || 1460, 1950 || Shebi || No || Near The Goods (north of cs) || 20 February 2010
|}

== Winning Pathmakers ==

[[Recognized Puzzles#Pathmakers|Semi-automatic Recognized Puzzles list]]

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