Comments on Puzzle #34568: I can't decide.
By Brian Bellis (mootpoint)
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Puzzle Description:
Should I make a candy chute or a candy shooter for Hallowquaranteen?
#1: besmirched tea (Besmirched Tea) on Oct 12, 2020 [SPOILER]
Wrist Rocket (powerful slingshot)#2: Donna McFarland (Baby Jade) on Oct 12, 2020
Open wide, kiddies!
Depends if you are tricking (shooter) or treating (chute)!#3: BlackCat (BlackCat) on Oct 12, 2020
Great color logic. Fun to solve. I vote for shooter.#4: Spot (Pspaughtamus) on Oct 13, 2020 [SPOILER]
If you do the shooter, make sure that it has a reliable trajectory, so candy doesn't wind up hurting someone off to the side, or it doesn't get lost in bushes.#5: Kristen Vognild (kristen) on Oct 13, 2020 [SPOILER]
Speaking on behalf of all the uncoordinated kids out there, who get really nervous when put on the spot to attempt to catch a flying object, please choose the chute. :)#6: Brian Bellis (mootpoint) on Oct 13, 2020 [SPOILER]
I've got two about two weeks. I'll make both.#7: Brian Bellis (mootpoint) on Oct 13, 2020 [SPOILER]
A reliable trebuchet can deliver a candy payload to within a few centimeters of an X on a table every time. I think funsize M&M & skittles would be most beanbag like.
For the chute, I'm think a string of blinking LEDs along the chute will make the delivery or Snickers, Milky Ways, and Three Musketeers more dramatic.
A Rube Goldberg device might be fun too. But what candy? It would have to be easy to reset or self-resetting. That might be "tricky" to make.#8: Kristen Vognild (kristen) on Oct 13, 2020 [SPOILER]
I suppose a single Hershey's Kiss would be anticlimactic. :)#9: Beep (Boop) on Oct 13, 2020
I'd be surprised if I get a single kid at my door this year.#10: Brian Bellis (mootpoint) on Oct 13, 2020
I've built the trebuchet. Now I need about a 10 bag of fun size peanut M&Ms (for testing purposes)#11: Carol Brand (KarylAnn) on Oct 14, 2020
Oh I want to see a picture of this candy delivery device!!#12: Web Paint-By-Number Robot (webpbn) on Oct 14, 2020
Found to be solvable with moderate lookahead by gator.#13: Gator (gator) on Oct 14, 2020 [HINT]
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view hints#14: Brian Bellis (mootpoint) on Oct 15, 2020
As long as I load the same candy, the trebuchet is very consistent. The problem is, my wife bought the assortment pack. Many will have to go down the chute.#15: Kristen Vognild (kristen) on Oct 16, 2020 [SPOILER]
You'll have to have a drop basket and a toss basket. For the chute and the 'chet.#16: Valerie Mates (valerie) on Oct 18, 2020
Re #5: Kristen, sometimes you sound so much like me that it's scary!#17: Kristen Vognild (kristen) on Oct 19, 2020
^_^#18: Allie Blake (Lil' Squish) on Oct 20, 2020
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hmm, I get C A N D Y / I H O O T E R Ö
S is ... :)
It took some doing, to find a chart with ---. That's the Ö
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