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Doombreed
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Welcome If you are here, you probably saw this pop up in the main page and decided to check what it is about. Or maybe you didn’t. In any case, I will get right on it!
The most gracious team of knights to have ever graced this gracious land with their gracious presence (that is, @ivanxxxxxxx and myself of course ) has decided to host a fun puzzle game for this noble community xD

Specifically, ivan has worked on some logic puzzles that will be posted here. Anyone may try to solve them.

Rules

  • The puzzles will be hard but created from scratch by @ivanxxxxxxx This means googling won’t help you! You will have to work hard to solve them
  • Do not take wild guesses. Support your answer with images if you can and explain your way of thinking.
  • At times you may be given a proper format for the solution. You can solve the puzzle a different way but try to convert that into the format for easier judging
  • Hints will be given out on regular occasions.
  • Each time there is a new puzzle or sets of puzzles, they will be uploaded.
  • There is no set time period in which the puzzles need to be solved.

Example:

- First puzzle (solved by @Doombreed and @Swarmlord2 ), posted on January 10th 2017. Originally posted here:

How Many Triangles Do You See?
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/d7d55db7b294dffdd24a65d26eb085698b3605bb1760b30475197fe267520017.png

Answer: 88

Current puzzle to be solved:
ivan's dungeon - floor 2 (details)
https://s24.postimg.org/7kjbezryd/Ivan_Puzzle2f.png

With all that in mind, let's slide right into this! Best of luck

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Doombreed
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They missed at least four and counted another twice. I would have set the number at 78, but because some lines are very nearly parallel, the actual count can be up to 92.

That's the thing there are lines that are not exactly, well, straight. Because they are made up of 2 separate lines that are supposed to both converge to one spot and also make up one straight line. According to ivan, with whom we were communicating while solving it, 3 of the 4 'near-straight' lines were supposed to be considered a straight line but the other 1 wasn't. That's because he couldn't make that puzzle perfect. That's why the count goes up to 88. Ivan noticed that we counted one twice and told me so the next day but he said the solution doesn't change either and that the answer is still 88. I suppose this means we missed one, counted another one twice, but the total to be considered remains the same.

In your solution, you are counting one triangle twice as well. Specifically one of the &quototential" triangles, the large right one, which is marked Black in one shape and purple in another

There are exactly 19. 20 if you include one picture being higher than the other.

You have missed one tiny difference Keep trying.

Swarmlord2
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https://s29.postimg.org/witqi5xef/Ivan7x_Puzzle2.png

Doombreed
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Ok, I am going to close the challenge here

@FishPreferred and @Swarmlord2 there is no need to nitpick your solutions. You were both very close but with a minor difference each. So I am going to count you both as winners

Fish: You missed one dot which Swarm pointed out in his solution. Specifically, in the left road, in the bottom image there is an extra dot. However ivan confirmed this was unintentional but a slight difference to be considered. Still, given the circumstances, we both think you deserve to be counted among the winners

Swarm: The whole Earthquake crack is different, not just what you pointed out as a missing branch. Take a look right below that difference you've marked there. The other branch is also different. This is to be counted as one difference, a difference in the crack of course and since you technically submitted your image earlier than Fish, we decided you can be considered a winner of this fairly Congratulations

Another puzzle and an OP update is coming soon. Stay tuned ^^

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Armor Games Courtyard

We've got a 15x15 board With several 'entry points' and 'exit points':

https://s23.postimg.org/bbbsgz5yj/Ivan7x_Puzzle3.png

Your job is to start from one of the entry points and move through every single square in the board once, finally exiting from one of the marked exit points. You can only move to adjacent squares and you can only move in numerical order. This means you can only go from 1 to 2, from 2 to 3, etc. from 9, back to 1 and start again.

Remember: Start from an Entry Point, move through every square in the board, then land in an exit point. You can only move through each square once. You can only move to adjacent squares horizontally and vertically (not diagonally) and only in the manner described above (from 1 to 2, from 2 to 3...from 8 to 9, from 9 to 1 again, etc.). This will not be easy only one set of entry and exit points is correct the rest will not work!... Good luck xD

Swarmlord2
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Thanks Doom. I didn't think that it would be necessary to include the whole crack.

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https://s23.postimg.org/i2f0j8kpn/Ivan7x_Puzzle3.png

Last4Skull
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Hahaha I think I've Saw it too late Congrats @SwarmLord2

I've done it too

https://s24.postimg.org/793abpv1x/sketch_1485098947565.png

Doombreed
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There are more than 1 ways to solve this. @Last4Skull and @Swarmlord2 are both correct But I will leave this up for a while to see if any other user can discover another way

FishPreferred
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I did it nearly the same way:
http://imgur.com/S2DExgq.png

Doombreed
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Well done @FishPreferred

If anyone is interested, this challenge is going to close tomorrow, possibly with a new puzzle Until then there is at least one more way of doing this xD

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Challenge closed. Winners: @Swarmlord2 @Last4Skull and @FishpPreferred Well done

Stay tuned. New puzzle is in the works. Sorry for the delay!

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@Fishpreferred you mean

Doombreed
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Alright the new one, has a wee bit of backstory.

Ivan's Dungeon

https://s28.postimg.org/akt4nj2vh/Ivan7x_D_Dv3.png

Picture this. You wake up in a cold underground stone cell, all of you. Ivan, the dread lord has you trapped! This dark, slimy dungeon does not look promising at all. You have to work together to figure the way out.

There is a large door that is the only way out of the dungeon. The door bears a complex mechanism. You can easily guess that the mechanism opens the door. There seems to be a num pad to the left of the door.

With some thorough searching, you find an item that can be of use. A piece of cloth with some numbers on it. You can bet it's related to the door.

https://s29.postimg.org/dc0gebszb/Untitled_1.png

Can you figure out the sequence?

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Can we please make this RPG? If we can, then how about we all work together, with all who contribute getting acknowledgement once an individual puzzle is solved. An AG chat would also be great for that.

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No we can't, for obvious reasons someone may pop up, solve it and go away. Others may not want to participate. Half the people who solve these don't even use the chat that much and even if they did, they would have to coordinate and come online together and stuff

The backstory is there to create something around that puzzle. I don't know all the details myself but I assume it's going to be a series of puzzles that are connected.

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