10 August 2011

Sokoban lessons - Lines (four boxes)

After the "tiny squares", the figure that I like most is the "line", perhaps for being the simple. Now well: there are many good puzzles, and it is very difficult to choose. This is my selection of the most beautiful "lines" (with 4 boxes), in chronological order.

You can download all puzzles here:




Author: Kazuo Fukushima
Title: 06
Set: Scratch levels from Sokoban-ML
Date: October 1998
Difficulty: 4
Best moves/pushes: 207/45

Simple and fun.


Author: monry
Title: monry-light #50 直四シリーズ (Four straight series)
Date: 1998.11.7
Difficulty: 5
Best moves/pushes: 95/27

There are so many boxes as rooms, but it is not obvious...


Author: monry
Title: monry-light #72 直四シリーズ (Four straight series)
Date: 1998.11.25
Difficulty: 6.5
Best moves/pushes: 131/32

A masterpiece, and one of my favorite puzzles from always.



Author: unknown
Title: Souko Hard 02
Date: September 1999
Difficulty: 4
Best moves/pushes: 155/44

We need to think a bit to
rearrange the boxes appropriately...


Author: Hirohiko Nakamiya
Title: Monster Sokoban 5-6
Date: c. June 2000
Website: miya.s16.xrea.com/selection/bannin/
Difficulty: 3.5
Best moves/pushes: 72/26

Incredible simplicity.


Author: François Marques
Title: Novoban #49 For ban 37
Date: March 2001
Website: sokoban.online.fr/
Difficulty: 4
Best moves/pushes: 59/18

Classic line, within a mini cross-shaped structure.


Author: François Marques
Title: Sokolate #15 For ban 12
Date: March 2001
Website: sokoban.online.fr/
Difficulty: 6
Best moves/pushes: 100/26

Another classic line-up.


Author: François Marques
Title: Sokolate #24
Date: March 2001
Website: sokoban.online.fr/
Difficulty: 4
Best moves/pushes: 112/27

Simple puzzle but surprisingly difficult.


Author: Kevin B. Reilly
Title: kevin803 arr.
Date: 2001
Difficulty: 4.5
Best moves/pushes: 675/93

Fun rings-maze.


Author: David W. Skinner + Jordi Domènech
Title: Microban II variations #6
Comment: based on Microban II #29
Date: April 2002. Remodel: May 2012
Website:
users.bentonrea.com/~sasquatch/sokoban/
www.abelmartin.com/rj/sokoban.html

Difficulty: 4.5
Best moves/pushes: 97/22


Author: David W. Skinner + Jordi Domènech
Title: Microban II variations #18
Comment: based on Microban II #62
Date: April 2002. Remodel: May 2012
Website:
users.bentonrea.com/~sasquatch/sokoban/
www.abelmartin.com/rj/sokoban.html

Difficulty: 4
Best moves/pushes: 95/26


Author: David W. Skinner
Title: Microban II #128 arr.
Date: April 2002
Website: users.bentonrea.com/~sasquatch/sokoban/
Difficulty: 4
Best moves/pushes: 155/16

Relatively easy and beautiful line.


Author: François Marques + Aymeric du Peloux
Title: Cosmopoly #6 Align that
Date: 2002
Website: membres.multimania.fr/nabokos/index.html
Difficulty: 6
(A. du P.)
Best moves/pushes: 105/36

Recalls Microban #3...


Author: Kenyam (Kenya Maruyama)
Title: Kenyam Set A #26 CR I
Date: 2003.11.10
Website: www.geocities.co.jp/Playtown-Domino/7999/soko/skrmc_a.htm
Difficulty: 7
Best moves/pushes: 461/106

Puzzle of sustained difficulty from the first move to the last. However, overall is a bit "contrived".


Author: Aymeric du Peloux
Title: Cosmonotes #16
Date: c. 2003
Website: membres.multimania.fr/nabokos/index.html
Difficulty: 7
(A. du P.) 
Best moves/pushes: 212/52

Puzzle structurally similar to the previous monry-light #72 (see above). In fact, it is a "cross" extended, structure which provides all the interest to the puzzle and its strange difficulty.



Author: Aymeric du Peloux
Title: Cosmonotes #18
Date: c. June 2003
Website: membres.multimania.fr/nabokos/index.html
Difficulty: 7
(A. du P.)
Best moves/pushes: 251/32

Beautiful! Similar to Cosmonotes #3.


Author: Roger Delaporte
Title: Clipboard (rd 229)
Date: January 2005
Website: roger.delaporte.free.fr/
Difficulty: 4.5
Best moves/pushes: 45/10

Fantastic line,
within a mini cross-shaped structure!


Author: Thomas Reinke
Title: Anomaly #20
Date: September 2005
Difficulty: 3
Best moves/pushes: 56/18

Simple and beautiful.


Author: Lee J. Haywood + gyjgw
Title:
SokEvo #38 Katie Leatherby
Comment: add a box
Date: c. 2006
Difficulty: 3.5
Best moves/pushes: 79/16

Simple line within a mini compact structure.

Author: Thomas Reinke
Title: Scoria 2 #20
Date: November 2007
Difficulty: 5
Best moves/pushes: 184/42

Original and interesting underground line...



Author: Aymeric du Peloux
Title: Myriocosmos #9
Date: 2007-2008
Website: membres.multimania.fr/nabokos/index.html
Difficulty: 4.5
Best moves/pushes: 173/59

Fantastic! One of the best puzzles in this style.


Author: Shaggath
Title: V2010 #44
Date: December 2009
Difficulty: 4.5
Best moves/pushes: 311/98

Simple but nice.


Author: Jordi Domènech
Title: Miniatures - Part One (easy) #40
Date: December 2010
Website: www.abelmartin.com/rj/sokoban.html
Difficulty: 4.5
Best moves/pushes: 120/21


Author: Marcus Hof
Title: Revenge 22 #18
Date: May 2011
Difficulty: 5
Best moves/pushes: 132/39

Structure in a "T". Very nice and fun.


Author: Přemysl Zíka
Title: Level 67
Date: 2011
Website: www.zusbreznice.cz/rozvrhy-zika-premysl-sokoban.cz
Difficulty: 4
Best moves/pushes: 172/93

Fun spiral structure.


Author: Morganine
Title: Sokomet #30
Date: January 2012
Difficulty: 4.5
Best moves/pushes: 273/57

Laborious to solve but good!


Author: Přemysl Zíka
Title: Primus gradus ad Olympo #28
Date: December 2012
Website: www.zusbreznice.cz/rozvrhy-zika-premysl-sokoban.cz
Difficulty: 5.5
(P. Z.)
Best moves/pushes: 297/90

Amazing labyrinth of rooms!


Author: Přemysl Zíka
Title: Primus gradus ad Olympo #29
Date: December 2012
Website: www.zusbreznice.cz/rozvrhy-zika-premysl-sokoban.cz
Difficulty: 6.5
(P. Z.)
Best moves/pushes: 300/56

Move this, top down...



New additions

Note: These puzzles are not included in the downloadable file


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Author: Shaggath
Title: V2014 #55
Date: January 2014
Difficulty: 6
Best moves/pushes: 177/50



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Author: Jordi Domènech
Title: Magic Sokoban 6 #14
Date: June 2015
Difficulty: 3.5
Best moves/pushes: 79/22


Other lines with four boxes:

- Howard Abed
h79 (Third Set #15 arranged)

- Serg Belyaev
svb280

- Roger Delaporte
Peloton d'exécution (rd315)

- Jordi Domènech
Miniatures - Part One (easy) #25
Magic Sokoban #17 Easy line, #28 Now a line, #44 Impossible line, #63, #81 Line up
Magic Sokoban 2 #71 Prision Break 2, #80 The box


- Sven Egevad
SE 650, 814, 868, 1008

- Alberto García + Jordi Doménech
Alberto Garcia remixed #10

- François Marques
Sokolate #12, 30

- monry
FirstStep 405, 410

monry-light #48, 51

- Hirohiko Nakamiya 
Practice levels #11

- Aymeric du Peloux
Microcosmos #13 Tête de mort

Myriocosmos #2
Cosmonotes #3, 15

- Thomas Reinke
 
Anomaly #27
Anomaly 2 #1, 3
Scoria 2 #10

- Erim Sever
erim196-fourth collection

- David W. Skinner
Microban #60, 64, 100, 102, 118, 140
Microban II #92
Microban III #13, 27, 40

Microban IV #6, 24, 25
Sasquatch IV #3
Sasquatch V #2
Sasquatch X #3
Sasquatch XII #11
 
- David W. Skinner + Jordi Doménech
Microban III variations #13
Microban IV variations #1


- Sokoban Revenge
#35 (Hiroshi Yamamoto)

- Takaken
Key 

- Ultimate Sokoban 
Stage 2 Chapter 4 Level 4 

- Přemysl Zíka
#68
Primus gradus ad Olympo #23


06 August 2011

Jordi Domenech + zhenying


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Author: Jordi Domenech + zhenying
Title: Mini Sasquatch XI #48 (c) a
Date: 2011.3.2 J.D, 2011.5.31 zhenying
URL: blog.163.com/changkai_8428/blog/static/7745191820115541841101/

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Author: Hu Yibin + stopheart
Title: #12 a
Date: 2011.8.6
URL: bbs.mf8-china.com/viewthread.php?tid=37579&extra=page%3D1&page=62