Sooneofmyfavoritepuzzlesthat I woulddowhen I was a littlekidiscalled a nonogram, whereyou'regivenanemptygrid, andthensomenumericalcluesthattellyouwhichsquaresinthegridyouhavetofillin.
I thoughtwecouldhavethemodelplay a littlegamewhereitfirstgenerates a puzzletosolve, thenweaskanotherinstanceofthemodeltotrytosolvetheproblemthatitgenerated.
So, yeah, I'llaskit, generate, say, a 5x5 nonogram, wherethefinalansweristheletter M.
Thispuzzledoesn't looklikeit's toohard, butthewaythat a nonogramworksisforeachlistofnumbers, andthenumberstellyouhowmanysquaresarefilledin, andifthesquaresareconsecutive, thenyou'llsee a 2.
Fortwoconsecutivesquares, ifthere's a spacebetweenthem, you'llsee a 1, 1.
Andsoyou'resupposedtojusttrytofigureoutwhichsquaresdo I indeedhavetofillin, anditlookslikethemodelgotthisright.
Itillustrated a nicelittleletter M.
But I thinkoneofthethingsthatisniceaboutexampleslikethisisit's similartoSudokuor a crossword, forexample, whereyouhavetomake a guessandthenseeifthat's a rightguessor a wrongguess, andthenbacktrackifyougetitwrong.
Andsoanytypeoftaskwhereyouhavetosearchthrough a spacewhereyouhavedifferentpiecespointingindifferentdirections, buttherearemutualdependencies, soyoumightget a bitofinformationthattellsyouthatthesetwopiecescontradicteachother.
A modellike O1 isreallygoodattryingtorefinethesearchspacehere.
Sooneofmyfavoritepuzzlesthat I woulddowhen I was a littlekidiscalled a nonogram, whereyou'regivenanemptygrid, andthensomenumericalcluesthattellyouwhichsquaresinthegridyouhavetofillin.
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