| Multiple solutions (Wednesday, 4th October 2023) |
puzzlescot
Kwon-Tom Obsessive
Puzzles: 1388
Best Total: 28m 38s | Posted - 2023.10.04 08:41:27 I believe there is a 2nd valid solution to today's puzzle. If so, this is an absolute first.
The 3 just left of centre at the top can be either inside or outside the loop.
If I decide it's outside, on submission I get the response below:
"Submitting your solution to kwontomloop.com failed (The solution isn't valid.) - try again?" |
Stephen
Kwon-Tom Obsessive
Puzzles: 1922
Best Total: 31m 10s | Posted - 2023.10.04 11:17:47 Yes, I get the same! |
foilman
Kwon-Tom Admin
Puzzles: 846
Best Total: 41m 7s | Posted - 2023.10.04 11:28:39 Yes, it certainly does look like somehow a multi-solution puzzle has slipped out into the wild! I've no idea how that's happened, so I shall investigate further. |
foilman
Kwon-Tom Admin
Puzzles: 846
Best Total: 41m 7s | Posted - 2023.10.04 12:10:03 The puzzle has been patched so there's only one solution now (a new "2" has mysteriously appeared which doesn't significantly change the difficulty) - and I'm working on a fix for the puzzle generation code to hopefully avoid this particular case happening again. |
Tilps
Kwon-Tom Obsessive
Puzzles: 2220
Best Total: 26m 56s | Posted - 2023.10.04 12:17:25 Thanks for the fix, I was able to finally hit club 29 as a result! |
