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2023-02-02 19:58 Arno  
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The combination of cave title and map might come as a surprise... ;-)  
  
Yet, this is a puzzle cave (with the pixel art as bonus).  
it's a variant of my previous puzzle cave, with just classic ||| and \\\.   
  
Like before, I don't require the max of 96 diamonds, although that amount is of course the real challenge...! :-D

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2023-02-03 07:27 dustin  
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 Arno , this combination surprised me indeed meoooooooooooowwww! :d

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2023-02-04 20:48 dustin  
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although i haven't yet solved it, it already inspired me for a future  dustin 's bd cave! :d with random ΒΒΒ/ΑΑΑ fill and only 20 rows available, it's not so hard to get the max. i guess this one has taken you quite some time to arrange the ΑΑΑ such that a hard puzzle comes out of it! :d

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2023-02-05 14:30 Arno  
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 dustin , SOUNds like an interesting idea!   
  
Indeed, for this cave i even used excel to DESIGn my ALL-96d-path. Although i expect that simpler/Shorter paths are possible! :-D

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2023-02-06 18:27 nesdori  
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my 96\ run done! :) i hid it for now so that everyone can still try the full solution. i'm pretty happy with the efficiency of my solution. it uses 27 gates out of 31. because there are 27 sequences of \s, this the minimum amount of gates which have to be entered to catch all \ (i didn't count the bottom \ and its gate because it's just finishing touch and not really a puzzle \/gate). also it means that no \ sequence is cut or split and every sequence is caught fully when it's first touched (the bottom \ of each sequence is at the level of the gate next to it when the gate is entered).  
  
it's interesting to see the intended solution. i think it uses more gates; maybe even all of them :)

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2023-02-06 20:45 dustin  
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ha! gave it another go today and first-tried :d

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2023-02-06 20:51 dustin  
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ah  nesdori , but your comment gives a new challenge to it because i split one ΑΑΑ stack :d

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2023-02-06 21:17 Arno  
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Congrat  nesdori  and  dustin , and thanks for playing! :-D  
  
My intended run is also done. I’ll hide it until tomorrow evening, unless someone still wants to puzzle by then. As I already expected, my run is far from the most efficient. It uses all gates, splits various \\\-stacks, and involves a lot of exercise for Κ (well, more than I should do these days... ;-)  
  
I have one more variant of this type of cave, but that is still work-in-progress.

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2023-02-07 18:46 Arno  
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my run is revealed!  nesdori  and  dustin , i'm curious to see yours! :-D