01 July 2012

laizhufu - 311一周年 - "start with end position" style


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Author: laizhufu
Title:  311一周年 (3.11 - The first anniversary)
Date: 2012.3.11
URL: bbs.mf8-china.com/viewthread.php?tid=72538&extra=page%3D1&page=3

The other day I was reviewing the puzzles of "laizhufu", and I found this one without solve. Probably, I copy it and then I forgot about it. It is a very nice and interesting puzzle "start with end position".

But the arrangement of the boxes have some meaning? Are Chinese characters? I wrote to "laizhufu", but I could not understand your kind reply in Chinese. Then I asked helps Yang Chao (sokoban.ws), who gave me the following explanation of the puzzle:

Hi Jordi,

The level is to remember the Fukushima (福岛) nuclear accident in March 11, 2011.
 
The Japanese city of  Fukushima is written as 福岛 in Kanji (that is Chinese characters).

Fuku = 福 (means happy and luck)
Shima = 岛 (means island)

岛 in Chinese sounds the same as another character 倒 (which means collapse).

So in the level, it is a Chinese character (or you can say it's a Japanese Kanji) of 福. But the character can be seen only if you turn the whole level 90 degrees to the left, and adjust the levels a little. Therefore it is a fallen down and broken character of 福.

Best regards,

Chao

I would like to express my appreciation to "laizhufu" and Yang Chao for his clarification.

The "start with end position" style are based on a "bug" of many programs of Sokoban: a puzzle only is considered solved if you have made 1 push, as a minimum.

This "new style" was "discovered" by Erim Sever, which unveiled for the first time in the Yahoo group (30 June 2004): see http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/sokoban/message/1030 See also http://www.erimsever.com/sokoban4.htm

Erim built a series of 12 levels "start with end position". I like most this:


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Author: Erim Sever
Title: erim171-StartWithEndPosition-second collection

However, Sven Egevad built some puzzles of this style prior to Erim (see http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/sokoban/message/1034), but the only ones I've seen belong to the "Sven Plus" collection, to SokoMind.

By Sven Egevad highlights this excellent remodel:


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Author: Erim Sever + Sven Egevad
Title: erim081a-StartWithEndPosition-sharpen collection

Evgeny Grigoriev (GRIGoRusha) is also author of three small puzzles "start with end position", all three very hard (see GrigrSpecial #40, remodel from Aymeric du Peloux; GrigrComet #16, remodel from Dries De Clercq; and Remodel Club #97).

Finally, "niwa" recently made this fantastic remodel, difficult but very elegant and well built:



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Author: Erim Sever + niwa
Title: erim172 b
Comment: Stoned 1 floor, moved 2 boxes, reduced map
Date: 2011.4.20

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