Piston Box Solver
Hello, World!

This website is a tool that analyzes Piston Box puzzle configurations. It can show you animated solution diagrams. Try clicking on one of the colors in the PUZZLES menu at the top of the screen (like red for example) and then click on the "play FWD" button to see it animate the solution for the red puzzle.
About
This site is a work in progress.
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The Dev Team
This project is the brainchild of:

The Puzzle
It's a box! It's a burr! It's more than meets the eye! Click here to go to our sister site Pacific Puzzleworks more information about the Piston Box.
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The Site
This is the development scratchpad sister site of Pacific Puzzleworks

Current project capabilities include:

  • encoding/decoding unique maze plate geometry transformation into URL-safe text string
  • storing records of every maze plate the system has encountered, tagged with a unique plateNum
  • creating/exploring new maze plate geometries using a simple click-to-connect graphic interface
  • storing records of every set of 8 maze plates the system has analyzed, tagged with a unique puzzleNum
  • generating and storing 2D graphic images of every maze plate encountered
  • overlaying red position-marker dots and/or green motion-path-markers onto 2D graphic images of mazes (used for editor and solution diagrams)
  • analyzing individual maze plates for certain basic requirements to meet for solvable puzzle
  • analyzing 8-plate puzzle configurations for total system solvability, with caveat that only rectilinear moves are currently supported
  • 3 modes of solution step counting including:
    • slow mode: only moves one grid dot at a time (even if going further is possible)
    • fast mode: moves each step as far as possible
    • condensed mode: groups all key moves at each plunge level together as one single step
  • displaying the solution steps on web browser graphic interface using "prev" and "next" buttons
  • animating the sequence of solution steps forward/backward
More Puzzles
CategoryName# Used
puzzlegreek key4817
puzzleloops and slalom10766
puzzleloopy4558
puzzleslalom4631
puzzlestraight line5122
puzzlezigzag4843
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Rainbow Puzzles
CategoryName# Used
puzzleblue26059
puzzlegreen14012
puzzleorange27307
puzzlepurple25260
puzzlered15023
puzzleyellow28257
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