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Sudoku for the digital age. A community to come up with and solve together Zacktronics-like games that can be solved only with a pen and a piece of paper (Zachtronics-like games are engineering-oriented puzzle video games and programming games).

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PaperBugs Puzzle "Waltz" (medium) (feddit.org)
submitted 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) by blueberry@feddit.org to c/zach_like_on_paper@feddit.org
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Game Description:

PaperBugs is a puzzle where you control bugs on a grid by writing a simple program. Each bug executes the same program step-by-step to reach their targets. The key challenge is that ALL bugs run the SAME program simultaneously!

Puzzle:

Available instructions:

  • MOVE - move forward one cell
  • LEFT / RIGHT - rotate 90 degrees
  • IF FLOWER - execute next line only if flower ahead
  • IF EMPTY - execute next line only if path clear
  • IF WALL - execute next line only if wall ahead
  • IF GEM - execute next line only if gem ahead

Board:

Legend:

  • Flower (blocks movement)
  • Gem (collectable)
  • Wall (blocks movement)

Goal:

Write a single program that guides both bugs to collect gems and reach their targets safely.

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[–] blueberry@feddit.org 2 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Tbh I came up with idea of the game and then played around with Claude a bit. I will also try to come up with my own levels, but if the puzzle works and is good, I actually think AI can be a good assistant here. But yeah, I will try to invest more work of myself in it :)