Message #2791

From: Roice Nelson <roice3@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [MC4D] RE: MagicTile {∞,3} solutions
Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2013 00:40:01 -0500

Here is the documentation page for configuring colorings (made for Eduard a
while back):

http://www.gravitation3d.com/magictile/info/identifications.html

I’ll be the first to admit that creating new colorings is not the easiest
thing. I’m happy to answer questions though, or to discuss how it might be
improved.

Cheers,
Roice

On Oct 24, 2013, at 11:39 PM, Melinda Green <melinda@superliminal.com>
wrote:

OK, good to know, thanks Andrey. It surprises me a bit that puzzles with
more colors are harder. That seems counter to the pattern where for
example, the Rubik’s cube with 6 colors seems harder than the Megaminx with

Hopefully Roice will jump in with additional documentation on his
puzzle file format. I would like to see what sort of fascinating new
puzzles you come up with.

-Melinda

On 10/24/2013 4:46 PM, andreyastrelin@yahoo.com wrote:

Melinda,

I’ve solved some of puzzles a couple of months ago, but there was nothing
new for me - just versions of tetrahedron and cube. For something new we
should try new coloring (with 12,24,36 colors etc.). Unfortunately I don’t
understand Roice’s notation of puzzle definition, and can’t add good
puzzles to MT.

Andrey

—In 4d_cubing@yahoogroups.com, <melinda@…> <melinda@…> wrote:

Dear Cubists,

It’s been a while now since Roice added several (approximately) infinite
polygons to Magic Tile under "Hyperbolic > Large Polygons", and I’ve not
seen or heard of any solutions to the ones with more than three colors.
Has anyone done that? Even with 5 random twists I find myself hopelessly
lost, but then I’m not a strong solver. These new puzzles sure look
fabulous. How do they compare to the rest?

-Melinda