Comments on Puzzle #206: Don't Panic
By Jan Wolter (jan)
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difficulty: solvability: line logic only
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quality: difficulty: solvability: line logic only
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#1: Jan Wolter (jan) on May 13, 2005
This turned out much harder than I expected, but I took the title to heart and in the end plain old line solving did suffice to discover the solution.#2: Mark Conger (aruba) on May 13, 2005
Wow, that was tough. I couldn't get it by line solving - I had to do trial-and-backtrack. Could the autosolver do it?#3: Jan Wolter (jan) on May 13, 2005
Yes, the autosolver (which does strictly line solving and not very smart line solving at that) was able to solve it - though it took it longer than it usually takes it to solve puzzles of similar sizes.#4: Sheri Swartz (sheris) on May 14, 2005
Fortified by the knowledge that the autosolver could do it, I too managed to find a way to solve it purely by line solving. It's pretty tricky though. There are places where spotting one non-obvious bit is the only way forward.
I solved it by logic alone though it took me awhile. I love the hard ones! Thanks!#5: Jan Wolter (jan) on May 14, 2005
I wish I was good enough at this to have much ability to control the difficulty of my puzzles. I like hard ones too, but not many come out that way.#6: Mark Conger (aruba) on Jun 3, 2005
I did this one again. It's still hard!#7: Rachel R (rachel) on Jul 24, 2007
That was so hard!#8: Gypso (Gypso) on Feb 6, 2008
It amazes me when I dig back to your early puzzles Jan, how many are subjects that have been repeated by other authors years later. I had no idea this was here as I'm too easily distracted by the more recent selection of puzzles.#9: Jota (Jota) on Jul 28, 2008
It's fun to reach back and find your puzzles to solve. Thanks Jan! ^>^
Very challenging!#10: Levi Ross (rhodyboy888) on Aug 13, 2008
Excellent puzzle. Solvable by logic alone, although it did take me some time. Well Done!#11: Mary Ellen Brockett (maryellen) on Jan 20, 2009
Excellent logical puzzle! It took me a while, but I really enjoyed it.#12: Adam Nielson (monkeyboy) on Jun 10, 2009
Second time around, it was still just as hard. Sometimes finding one pixel at a time was all I could do. It was bordering on tedious with such searching, one pixel at a time.#13: Byrdie (byrdie) on Oct 17, 2009 [HINT]
Overall, a fairly decent image, though.
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view hints#14: mathnasium (mathnasium) on Jun 1, 2010 [SPOILER]
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view spoilers#15: Jota (jota) on Jun 2, 2010
http://ciccoricco.net/teaching/FinalProject06/ArgumentVictoria.jpg#16: Jan Wolter (jan) on Jun 2, 2010 [SPOILER]
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view spoilers#17: Teresa K (fasstar) on Oct 5, 2011
Fun challenge!#18: Kristen Vognild (kristen) on Dec 30, 2011 [SPOILER]
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view spoilers#19: Andrew Schulz (LPguy) on Jun 30, 2012 [HINT]
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view hints#20: Norma Dee (norm0908) on Feb 15, 2017
Great solve and great puzzle. Nothing new about that with one of Jan's puzzle. Always a pleasure.#21: BlackCat (BlackCat) on Nov 9, 2017 [HINT]
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view hints#22: Velma Warren (Shiro) on Jan 29, 2020
Fun solve.#23: Valerie Mates (valerie) on Jan 30, 2020
I don't usually tackle big puzzles, but since this one was by Jan (and I think I may have watched him creating it, many years ago), I gave it a try. The image is from one of my favorite books ever -- fun!#24: Jota (jota) on Jan 30, 2020
Jan would be 61 tomorrow. Sigh.....
(((HUGS)))#25: Pam Tucker (grammypam) on Nov 12, 2022
Nice puzzle. Had to do a little guessing, but not too much.
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