30 September 2015

Laizhufu - Sokoban 1982


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Author: laizhufu
Title: 仓库番1982 (致敬今林宏行先生) - Sokoban 1982
Date
: 2015.9.30
URL
: bbs.mf8-china.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=31783&extra=page%3D1&page=3
Difficulty: 7.5
Best moves/pushes: 397/85


A new beautiful puzzle of Laizhufu! Goals: is the Japanese sinogram ("ban"), which is part of the word 倉庫番 ("sōko-ban") and the official logotype of Sokoban. Enjoy!



25 September 2015

"AC Smileys 2" by Andrej Cerjak


"AC Smileys 2" is a new collection of 106 levels of Andrej Cerjak. All levels have the same exterior structure, in the shape of a face. The last levels -approximately from level 60-, more difficult, are really funny and tricky! 

You can download this collection from Let's Logic, here:




06 September 2015

Sokoban lessons - Lines (5-8 boxes)

The "line" is one of the figures most simple and classic of Sokoban. In this post I publish a selection of my favorite "lines", between 5 and 8 boxes.

In some puzzles I accept one or even two boxes of hindrance, but always independent of the "line".

See also:

Lines (four boxes) 

Big lines

You can download all puzzles (except commercial) here:
 





Author: Takahiro Suzushima + Yoshio Sakae
Title: Ultimate Sokoban (1996) Stage 3 Chapter 4 Level 3
Previous versions: Sokoban Deluxe (1990) 4-? stage 7; then in Sokoban Revenge (1991) #286 Long Road
Date: 1990. Remodel: 1996
Difficulty: 5
Best moves/pushes: 277/80

Interesting improved version by Yoshio Sakae of Sokoban Revenge #286 Long Road.





Author: J. Franklin Mentzer + Jordi Domènech
Title: Still more! #20 b
Set: The beautiful world of remodels 5 #58
Comment: redraw map, added 2 boxes, some changes
Date: 1993. Remodel: 2014.3.18
Difficulty: 6
Best moves/pushes: 507/151

One of my favorite puzzles ... After two previous remodels, I have finally found what I was looking for.





Author: monry
Title: monry-light #79 直五シリーズ (Five straight Series)
Date: 1998.12.1
Difficulty: 6
Best moves/pushes: 289/55

Excellent! See also monry-light #74.




Author: Howard Abed
Title: SokoCreation #55
Date: 1999 (Second Set #29), then remodeled in SokoCreation (2000)
Difficulty: 6 (H.A.)
Best moves/pushes: 79/18

Totally classic. A little gem. My difficulty rating: 4.





Author: Kevin B. Reilly + Masato Hiramatsu
Title: sokomind 07 (C)
Date: 2000.2.24
Difficulty: 6
Best moves/pushes: 228/77

Great remodel. Typical problem: to place the first box, previously it is necessary to rearrange all the boxes in the correct position in the cargo area.





Author: Hirohiko Nakamiya
Title: Nakamiya #9
Comment: also published in Monster Sokoban 8-2
Date: June-July 2000
Website: miya.s16.xrea.com/selection/bannin/
Difficulty: 5
Best moves/pushes: 535/150

Nice line. 308 moves are required to place the first box.





Author: Yoshio Murase
Title: handmade #52 小さなひょうたん (Small gourd)
Comment:
下から栓をしないように気をつけて。
Date: 2001.3.6 (creation), 2001.5.20 (publication)
Website: www.ne.jp/asahi/ai/yoshio/sokoban/index.html
Difficulty: 4.5
Best moves/pushes: 81/23

Simple and nice. A little gem.





Author: François Marques
Title: Sokompact #46 Plus - Minus
Date: November 2001
Website: sokoban.online.fr/
Difficulty: 8
Best moves/pushes: 200/58

A line within a cross... A total nightmare! Take it easy... By François Marques see also Kokoban #16 and Sokompact #40 (another difficult compact).





Author: Aymeric du Peloux
Title: Picokosmos #17
Subtitle: Grand Hanoï (Big Hanoï)
Comment: 

Sur le même thème que Picokosmos 12. Une caisse en plus, mais plus compact. Que de mouvements pour un niveau aussi petit!! Soyez méthodique surtout...
Date: December 2001
Website: www.onlinespiele-sammlung.de/sokoban/sokobangames/nabokos/
Difficulty: 10 (A. du P.)
Best moves/pushes: 494/167

This type of puzzle is known as "Fibo" (by the Italian mathematician of the 12th century, Fibonacci, introducer in Europe of the "Fibonacci sequence"). It is one of the most famous puzzles of Sokoban. As in the Fibonacci sequence, each box which you add increases exponentially the number of moves/pushes needed to solve it: see "Theoretical analysis on Picokosmos 17" by David Holland (article published in the old website of Aymeric du Peloux). Many versions of this puzzle have been made. See also Picokosmos #12 (Hanoi).





Author: Mic + Evgeny Grigoriev (GRIGoRusha)
Title: monthly85a - January 2002 Monthly level remodel
Set: Remodel Club #15
Date: January 2002. Remodel: 2002.10.31
Website: grigr.narod.ru/sokoban.htm
Difficulty: 7
Best moves/pushes: 526/157

Puzzle looks a little ugly and apparently not difficult, but it is necessary to do a lot of maneuvers to place the first box.





Author: David W. Skinner + Jordi Domènech
Title: Sasquatch VI #12 a
Comment: stoned 2 floors
Date: October 2002. Remodel: 2014.12.27
Difficulty: 7
Best moves/pushes: 221/62





Author: Evgeny Grigoriev (GRIGoRusha)
Title: Grigr2002 #135 Mekom
Date: November 2002
Website: grigr.narod.ru/sokoban.htm
Difficulty: 7
Best moves/pushes: 358/115

Difficult line with rooms at the four corners. See also Grigr2001 #30 and #53, and GrigrComet #27.





Author: Kevin B. Reilly + Jordi Domènech
Title: Magic Sokoban 3 #96
Comment: based on kbr1211
Date: November 2002. Remodel: 2012.7.5
Difficulty: 7
Best moves/pushes: 342/79

A lot of non-obvious maneuvers is necessary to place the first box...





Author: František Pokorný
Title: #36 Warm up
Date: February 2004
Website: kantorek.webzdarma.cz/sokobana.htm
Difficulty: 6.5
Best moves/pushes: 186/48

Nice puzzle that reminds Nabokosmos #2 by Aymeric du Peloux. See also the puzzle similar #34.





Author: Kenyam (Kenya Maruyama)
Title: #38 one line below
Comment: Think a way, get away.
Date: 2004.9.26
Website: www.geocities.co.jp/Playtown-Domino/7999/soko/skrmc_a.htm
Difficulty: 7
Best moves/pushes: 266/73

Excellent line! Fun to solve, and puzzle aesthetically very nice. See also #32 and #35, both difficult compact.





Author: Aymeric du Peloux
Title: Cosmonotes #19 arr.
Date: c. October 2004
Website: www.onlinespiele-sammlung.de/sokoban/sokobangames/nabokos/
Difficulty: 8 (A. du P.)
Best moves/pushes: 267/69

Excellent line and fun to solve. My difficulty rating: 6.5. See also Nabokosmos #17.





Author: Thomas Reinke
Title: TBox2 #8
Date: January 2005
Difficulty: 6
Best moves/pushes: 191/74

Typical puzzle in two halves. Funny!





Author: Dries De Clercq + Evgeny Grigoriev (GRIGoRusha)
Title: GrigrSpecial #34 Unfinished Line
Date: 2005.3.30
Website: grigr.narod.ru/sokoban.htm
Difficulty: 7
Best moves/pushes: 318/90

Simple "pillar" with a box of hindrance. Absolutely classic.





Author: Hu Yibin
Title: #2
Date: 2003.4.19, 2004.7.10, 2005.2.26, 2005.4.30
Difficulty: 7
Best moves/pushes: 337/88

Puzzle apparently simple, but unexpectedly difficult...





Author: Thomas Reinke
Title: Calx #2
Date: July 2005
Difficulty: 6
Best moves/pushes: 107/29

Simple and nice line... Cross-shaped structure, with two arms connected by a double ring.





Author: Thomas Reinke
Title: Calx #18 arr.
Date: July 2005
Difficulty: 6.5
Best moves/pushes: 182/34

Excellent! I've taken the liberty to rearrange the initial position of the boxes.





Author: David W. Skinner
Title: Microban IV #47
Date: August 2010
Difficulty: 5.5
Best moves/pushes: 249/64

Logic. Typical problem: previously, rearranges all the boxes in the correct position. See other "lines": Sasquatch V #10 and VII #7.





Author: Thomas Reinke
Title: Quagmire 2 #12 Singlet
Date: November 2011
Difficulty: 6.5
Best moves/pushes: 88/38

Beautiful puzzle: a line within a structure in the shape of a cross of Lorraine.





Author: Thomas Reinke
Title: Quagmire 2 #22 Sovereign Entity
Date: November 2011
Difficulty: 5.5
Best moves/pushes: 144/20

Logic.





Author: Morganine
Title: Sokomet #57
Date: January 2012
Difficulty: 7.5
Best moves/pushes: 240/83

Surprisingly hard! You'll have to put your elbows on the table to solve it.





Author: Přemysl Zíka
Title: First levels #180
Date: February 2012
Website: www.zusbreznice.cz/rozvrhy-zika-premysl-sokoban.cz
Difficulty: 6.5
Best moves/pushes: 218/61

Fun "pillar", not so easy...





Author: Přemysl Zíka
Title: First levels #183
Comment: Joke problem
Date: February 2012
Website: www.zusbreznice.cz/rozvrhy-zika-premysl-sokoban.cz
Difficulty: 4.5 (P.Z.)
Best moves/pushes: 1715/623

Incredible soko-toy! Přemysl Zíka is an craftsman inventor of fantastic "mechanisms" of Sokoban... My difficulty rating: 6.5.





Author: Přemysl Zíka
Title: First levels #198
Date: March 2012
Website: www.zusbreznice.cz/rozvrhy-zika-premysl-sokoban.cz
Difficulty: 6 (P.Z.)
Best moves/pushes: 349/69

One of my favorite puzzles in this set...





Author: Přemysl Zíka
Title: First levels #238
Date: April 2012
Website: www.zusbreznice.cz/rozvrhy-zika-premysl-sokoban.cz
Difficulty: 5.5
Best moves/pushes: 742/201

Relatively easy, but very nice and fun to solve.





Author: David W. Skinner
Title: Sasquatch XII #40
Date: April 2012
Difficulty: 6
Best moves/pushes: 1167/178

Another soko-toy. It is an extension of Microban #71 and #124, and Sasquatch IV #8.





Author: Přemysl Zíka
Title: Primus gradus ad Olympo #39
Date: December 2012
Website: www.zusbreznice.cz/rozvrhy-zika-premysl-sokoban.cz
Difficulty: 4 (P.Z.)
Best moves/pushes: 216/47

Simple and nice. You have to dismantle the line and rebuild it again...  the difficulty is the box of hindrance.





Author: Přemysl Zíka
Title: Primus gradus ad Olympo #51
Date: December 2012
Website: www.zusbreznice.cz/rozvrhy-zika-premysl-sokoban.cz
Difficulty: 3.5 (P.Z.)
Best moves/pushes: 331/101

Puzzle looks a bit ugly, but you have to sweat to solve it... My difficulty rating: 6.





Author: Přemysl Zíka
Title: Secundus gradus ad Olympo #13
Date: December 2013
Website: www.zusbreznice.cz/rozvrhy-zika-premysl-sokoban.cz
Difficulty: 4.5 (P.Z.)
Best moves/pushes: 293/110

Amazing line! Entirely logical. My difficulty rating: 6.5.





Author: Thomas Reinke
Title: Quagmire 3 #32 Iniquity
Date: April 2014
Difficulty: 6.5
Best moves/pushes: 340/117

Excellent! Very original and tight!





Author: Thomas Reinke
Title: Quagmire 3 #90 Ionization
Date: April 2014
Difficulty: 7
Best moves/pushes: 344/74

Fantastic maze!
A line at the intersection of two double rings... You have to give a lot of turns...


In addition to the levels above-mentioned, see also:


- Howard Abed
Second Set #15

- Serg Belyaev
svb096, 144, 334

- Dries De Clerq
Sokodries1 #41
Fibo #8, 10

- Jordi Domènech
Magic Sokoban 1 #69, 97; 2 #93; 4 #39, 58; 5 #42, 101
Microban variations III #18

- Sven Egevad
SE 914, 967, 1140, 1163, 1351, 1679

- Evgeny Grigoriev
Grigr2001 #27, 30, 53
GrigrComet #27

- Marcus Hof
Revenge 34 #64

- David Holland + York Shen
bagatelle #1a

- Hiroki Kanou + Ken'ichiro Takahashi (Takaken)
kanou #5

- Kenyam #1, 32, 35, 37

- Aleksey Krupenko
Sonic #4

- François Marques
Sokolate #39
Kokoban #16
Sokompact #40

- Ghislain Martin
SokoStation #139, 248

- monry
FirstStep 502, 603 (F) (remodel by Hir)
monry-light #54, 74

- Aymeric du Peloux
Microcosmos #11
Myriocosmos #6
Nabokosmos #17
Picokosmos #12

František Pokorný #58

- Kevin B. Reilly
kbr501, 634, 667, 833, 872, 873, 876, 1197, 1402, 1403, 1462, 1501, 1504, 1508, 1516, 1599

- Thomas Reinke
81 #17
Quagmire #48, 50; 2 #41; 3 #83
Anomaly 3 #7
Scoria 3 #4
TBox #12, 14, 21, 35; 2 #10, 21; 5 #28, 41, 50

- Shaggath
Mulholland 2 #68
Mulholland D #13, 16, 20
V2009 #86
V2010 #25
V2014 #62

- David W. Skinner
Microban #106; II #97, 120, 127; III #34, 39; IV #10
Sasquatch V #10, VII #7

- Thinking Rabbit
Sokoban Perfect #230
Sokoban Revenge #15 (Hiroshi Yamamoto), 22 (Yoshio Sakae), 49 (Yoshio Sakae)
Sokoban Deluxe (1990) 3-B
Sokoban Nanmon Shinan (1999) #81

- niwa
Square Dance #17

- Premysl Zíka
First levels #100, 108, 114
Primus gradus ad Olympo #46, 54
Secundus gradus ad Olympo #21