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solvability: moderate lookahead
Puzzle Description:
Forbidden City in Beijing, China. Having 9,999 rooms, the Forbidden City is the largest palace complex in the world. This palace is the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
#1: Teresa K (fasstar) on Apr 23, 2009 [SPOILER]
This is a photo of Harmony Square and the Hall of Supreme Harmony, seen from the Gate of Supreme Harmony: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/Forbidden_City1_%28square%29.JPG#2: Adam Nielson (monkeyboy) on Apr 26, 2009 [HINT] [SPOILER]
Cool picture. Fun to solve. No guessing required, but I used smile logic at the very end (on each end of the 12th row).#3: Teresa K (fasstar) on Apr 27, 2009 [HINT]
Thanks. It's a very symmetrical structure, but I tried to break up the symmetry to make it more challenging, and it turned out to be a bit more difficult than I wanted, but I didn't want it to be too easy either. :-)#4: Adam Nielson (monkeyboy) on Apr 27, 2009
It was just right. Well done.#5: Shae (shaekin) on Apr 27, 2009
I agree with Adam, no guessing. Very nice!#6: Teresa K (fasstar) on Apr 27, 2009
Thanks to both of you.#7: Ga Hendrick (GaHendrick) on Apr 28, 2009 [HINT]
I disagree - in the end I could have placed the numbers for horizontal lines #20 & 22 with vertical lines 3 & 4 and 35 & 36 in two different places.#8: BlackCat (BlackCat) on Apr 28, 2009
The image, however, is spectacular.
Very clean lines.#9: Shae (shaekin) on Apr 29, 2009 [HINT]
Ga, I believe that's what Adam was referring to as "smile logic". It's still logical and therefore no guessing.#10: Adam Nielson (monkeyboy) on Apr 29, 2009
Exactly, Shae. Thanks.#11: Ga Hendrick (GaHendrick) on Apr 29, 2009
Obviously "smile logic" still escapes me. But I'll keep trying.#12: Shae (shaekin) on Apr 30, 2009 [HINT]
Don't worry, it took me awhile to catch onto it too. Jan may have an explanation of smile logic that would be more helpful than me trying to recreate it. I have a bad habit of babbling and assuming everyone else knows what I'm talking about.#13: Web Paint-By-Number Robot (webpbn) on Sep 2, 2009
Found to be logically solvable by Gator.#14: Linda Martin (ilovethispuzzle123) on Mar 20, 2011
beautifully done - i like how you incorporated the existing grid into the stair design.#15: Diana W (aeris) on Apr 19, 2011 [SPOILER]
The smile logic was nice. It was an interesting solve. :)
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