Rene's Puzzles

[Rene]

JF, great solution for Spyglass! You use the same constuction to detect the value at the top, but have a different way to deliver the value to the bottom. I like the "mini vulcano" you use for that.
Here is my solution:

    Solution for Spyglass: zumohug

[Rene]

Due to all the crates falling onto it, the Glass Floor was broken. A construction company needed to come and put in new glass tiles. Unfortunately, the construction workers did not have enough of the proper tiles. They put in new tiles of a darker glass. So now the Glass Floor is back, but with a vengeance! Can you still make out the crate moving beneath it?

    Glass Floor Vengeance: nubusix

[Rene]

Glass Floor Vengeance has been on the forum for 2 weeks now, without a solution being posted. I fear it might have been too difficult. Because I created the puzzle already knowing the solution, I guess I had an advantage
Here is my solution.

    Solution for Glass Floor Vengeance (nubusix): rymymub

At the same time, here is a more straight-forward new puzzle:

    Peep Hole: tehysof

[jf]

I've been working on Glass Floor Vengeance since it was posted. I have a general idea how I want to solve it, but I keep running into roadblocks. I am going to just give it more time, without looking at your solution -- now that I know there is a possible solution. 

[Rene]

JF - I applaud your perseverance, and I am happy to hear that somebody was working on it. Glass Floor Vengeance is hard. It took me a long time to find a solution myself, and I could change the puzzle if it suited me better 

Here is a simpler Glass Floor variant. The construction workers have again replaced transparent glass tiles with dark ones, leaving even less space to look through. But now you have two chances to see the crate!

    Glass Floor Returns: batesas

[jf]

Here is my solution for Peep Hole tehysof: symuryh. What a great puzzle! Besides looking impossible to solve, it has a really nice graphical texture to it. I could have sped up my solution, but the mechanisms reminded me so much of Mississippi Steamboats that I could not bear to part with them. I could almost see turn-of-the-century wallpaper on the walls, under the flicker of those gas lamps lighting the two rooms.

[Rene]

I can see the Mississippi steamboat slowly chopping away in your solution. The steampipes releasing puffs of steam, flaming occasionally. The wallpaper you have to imagine; maybe Kevan could introduce the possibillity to have wallpaper: empty tiles with texture (or even photo's  ).

My boat has been upgraded with more modern diesel engines missing the nostalgia, but they are neatly hidden under the floor:

    Solution to Peep Hole (tehysof): hyrypev

[jnz]

My solution for Peep Hole (tehysof): fusisif. 

[Magilvia]

Rene, here's my solution to Glass Floor:
kefixok
Not really neat but it's my first attempt to a custom level

[20eight]

glass floor - guhexik:cekybak
spy glass - porucel:jutygal (works only if no F's) and xozyviz (works only if no zeros)

I often find myself struggling with the F's and zeros.  I guess that's why I end up fantasizing about a -1 barrel.

[Rene]

jnz - nice solution to Peep Hole. You use the same principle as me, but you managed to shrink the right side machinery to the bare minimum.

Magilvia - good solution to Glass Floor! If you want some more light puzzles, try some of Bucky's or Lazyone's puzzles. Highly recommended are also Magimaster's ones.

20eight - highly imaginative solutions! I like the magnetic transport belt in the Spy Glass solutions. Also, using the spy glass itself as part of a counter is quite inventive. You can probably get around the 'F' problem by careful cleanup: force the crate from the counter when '0' is reached.
When there would be a '-1' barrel, you would probably have problems with '-1' crates - which would then require a '-2' barrel......

[Magilvia]

Here are:
 
SpyGlass: pocobem
Peep Hole: bulygez

Wow these were not easy  Synchronization tooks hours 

Magilvia - good solution to Glass Floor! If you want some more light puzzles, try some of Bucky's or Lazyone's puzzles. Highly recommended are also Magimaster's ones.

Thank you  but now I have a special taste for your puzzle, I'll try these first 

[Rene]

A good, happy and creative 2007 to all of you !

I thought I would kick of the new year with two little brain teasers with surprising solutions:

    Through the Doors: fohukan
    Gate Keeper: hadidac

Enjoy!

[jnz]

For Through the Doors (fohukan): behogan
For Gate Keeper (hadidac): jumunac

Those were fun.  I'm not sure how Through the Doors works exactly.  Some sort of race condition?

[Magilvia]

fohukan:begugys
hadidac:tunaxik
I feel jnz found much better ones No idea that ? > F (spoiler, select to show)