Cool little puzzle

Dedman · Post by **Dedman** » Tue May 10, 2005 2:17 pm

http://freeweb.siol.net/danej/riverIQGame.swf

The rules are:

Click on link then click on blue circle. Use the rules below.

The following rules apply:

Only 2 persons on the raft at a time.

The father can not stay with any of the daughters without their mother's presence.

The mother can not stay with any of the sons without their father's presence.

The thief (striped shirt) can not stay with any family member if the Policeman is not there.

Only the Father, the Mother and the Policeman know how to operate the raft.

To start click on the big blue circle on the right.

To move the people click on them. To move the raft click on the pole on the opposite side of the river.

Gooberman · Post by **Gooberman** » Tue May 10, 2005 2:42 pm

that was fun, pretty disfunctional family tho

CDN_Merlin · Post by **CDN_Merlin** » Tue May 10, 2005 3:04 pm

Nice, I actually got it.

Gammaray · Post by **Gammaray** » Tue May 10, 2005 3:28 pm

<-- Stupified...

cool find though

Couver_ · Post by **Couver_** » Tue May 10, 2005 3:37 pm

Took me awhile but I got it too...

Nice puzzle

fliptw · Post by **fliptw** » Tue May 10, 2005 5:04 pm

Gooberman wrote:that was fun, pretty disfunctional family tho

Yes. a very disfunctional family. the cop isn't just there for the theif.

Vertigo 99 · Post by **Vertigo 99** » Tue May 10, 2005 6:16 pm

got it, was cool

Hahnenkam · Post by **Hahnenkam** » Tue May 10, 2005 6:49 pm

Sheesh . . . mom sure likes to slap the kids around

Jeff250 · Post by **Jeff250** » Tue May 10, 2005 7:58 pm

Nice.

Pun · Post by **Pun** » Tue May 10, 2005 9:18 pm

cool. simple, tho.

Top Gun · Post by **Top Gun** » Tue May 10, 2005 11:55 pm

Damn it, I hate these types of things. You'd think the cop being there would stop the parents from slapping the kids around, too.

Gooberman · Post by **Gooberman** » Wed May 11, 2005 12:04 am

Yes, and I cant solve it without occasionally leaving the theif all by himself on one side of the beach (Which is the only constraint there really should be, but it isn't one, especially sence the handcuffs arn't on).

It can't be done.

Top Gun · Post by **Top Gun** » Wed May 11, 2005 12:11 am

Screw it; I'm completely stuck. I get the criminal on one side of the river, and then whenever someone else goes over, the slapfest begins.

fliptw · Post by **fliptw** » Wed May 11, 2005 12:48 am

its solvable

World War Woodi · Post by **World War Woodi** » Wed May 11, 2005 2:10 am

Yeah, its solvable, wouldnt call it easy. Took bout 5 minutes. Cool puzzle.

Gooberman · Post by **Gooberman** » Wed May 11, 2005 2:14 am

I drink 1%.

JMEaT · Post by **JMEaT** » Wed May 11, 2005 6:43 am

lol wtf

I can't solve it. Best I can do is everyone except the father and 2 sons gets across with he raft on the opposite side.

Dedman · Post by **Dedman** » Wed May 11, 2005 6:45 am

I usaully suck at these things and I got it after about 10 minutes. It can be done.

Pun · Post by **Pun** » Wed May 11, 2005 8:32 am

spoiler ch337 h4x!

[spoiler]
> cop - convict
< cop
> cop - boy
< cop - convict
> dad - boy
< dad
> dad - mom
< mom
> cop - convict
< dad
> dad - mom
< mom
> mom - girl
< cop - convict
> cop - girl
< cop
> cop convict
Done!
[/spoiler]

JMEaT · Post by **JMEaT** » Wed May 11, 2005 11:10 am

punisher wrote:spoiler ch337 h4x!

[spoiler]
> cop - convict
< cop
> cop - boy
< cop - convict
> dad - boy
< dad
> dad - mom
< mom
> cop - convict
< dad
> dad - mom
< mom
> mom - girl
< cop - convict
> cop - girl
< cop
> cop convict
Done!
[/spoiler]

Well done!

De Rigueur · Post by **De Rigueur** » Wed May 11, 2005 11:46 am

I saw a version of this in a comp sci class. Except it used cannibals and missionaries. You were supposed to solve it with a recursive algorithm.

Boo · Post by **Boo** » Wed May 11, 2005 11:48 am

I give up

i'm stuck

Dedman · Post by **Dedman** » Wed May 11, 2005 12:21 pm

De Rigueur wrote:You were supposed to solve it with a recursive algorithm.

Thinking it through and trial and error work well too

[]V[]essenjah · Post by **[]V[]essenjah** » Thu May 12, 2005 3:06 am

Easy. Only part that made it difficult at all was the fact that you had to leave the prisoner on the island alone several times. Thus the prisoner would escape.

Heh, I learned how to solve problems like this in High School Geometry. Purdy fun stuff but relativly simple once you get the concept behind it.

[]V[]essenjah · Post by **[]V[]essenjah** » Thu May 12, 2005 3:35 am

[spoiler]
>cop-convict
<cop
>cop-mom
<mom
<mom-daughter 1
>mom
<mom- daughter 2
>mom
<cop-convict
>mom
>mom-dad
<dad
>dad- boy 1
<dad
>dad-boy 2
Done

[/spoiler]

De Rigueur · Post by **De Rigueur** » Thu May 12, 2005 8:30 am

mob-messenger wrote:[spoiler]
>cop-convict
<cop
>cop-mom
<mom
<mom-daughter 1
>mom
<mom- daughter 2
>mom
<cop-convict
>mom
>mom-dad
<dad
>dad- boy 1
<dad
>dad-boy 2
Done

[/spoiler]

Doesn't the 3rd move violate the rule about dad can't be w/ daughters w/o mom?

Lothar · Post by **Lothar** » Thu May 12, 2005 12:34 pm

De Rigueur wrote:
mob-messenger wrote:[spoiler]

>cop-mom
[/spoiler]
Doesn't the 3rd move violate the rule about dad can't be w/ daughters w/o mom?

Yes, it does.

[]V[]essenjah · Post by **[]V[]essenjah** » Thu May 12, 2005 7:17 pm

Lothar wrote:
De Rigueur wrote:
mob-messenger wrote:[spoiler]

>cop-mom
[/spoiler]
Doesn't the 3rd move violate the rule about dad can't be w/ daughters w/o mom?
Yes, it does.

Doh! Typed that wrong. It was 4:30 A.M. and no sleep under my belt. A few hours after I did the puzzle so I was also doing it from memory at the time, heh.

[spoiler]
>cop-convict
<cop
>cop-daughter 1
<cop-convict
<mom-daughter 1
>mom
>mom-dad
<dad
>cop-convict
<mom
>mom-dad
<dad
>dad- boy 1
<dad
<cop-convict
>cop-boy 2
<cop
>cop-convict
Done
[/spoiler]

There, fixed within a mere 20-30 seconds of thought hehe.

Lothar · Post by **Lothar** » Thu May 12, 2005 7:27 pm

mob-messenger wrote:There, fixed within a mere 20-30 seconds of thought hehe. :)

Not quite, no. You had a couple boats going the same direction twice in a row and stuff like that...

[spoiler]
>cop-convict
<cop
>cop-daughter 1
<cop-convict

Try: >mom-daughter 2
Delete: <mom-daughter 1 (can't make the boat go the same way twice!)

<mom
>mom-dad
<dad
>cop-convict
<mom
>mom-dad
<dad
>dad- boy 1

Delete: <dad (would be leaving one boy over with mom)
Instead: <cop - crook
... >cop-boy 2
... <cop
... >cop-crook
Done
[/spoiler]

[]V[]essenjah · Post by **[]V[]essenjah** » Thu May 12, 2005 11:14 pm

Doh! Bah, I'm asleep. Anyway, I only had to do it once when I played it.

I'm too tired to even contemplate the spelling of my own name at this point. :\

[]V[]essenjah · Post by **[]V[]essenjah** » Fri May 13, 2005 1:29 pm

Lothar wrote:
mob-messenger wrote:There, fixed within a mere 20-30 seconds of thought hehe.
Not quite, no. You had a couple boats going the same direction twice in a row and stuff like that...
[/spoiler]

BTW, that was sort of a test on my part. I wanted to see exactly how desperate you guys are to pick at me. I see many mistakes others on this board make from day to day but I at least have the respect/kindness to leave it be. It's called being human and having a life other than what is on the net.

Yes I meant daughter 2 instead of 1 when I wrote it and I knew it.

I was too lazy to change it and figured that I would like to see how nit picky people are.

Lothar · Post by **Lothar** » Fri May 13, 2005 1:50 pm

mob-messenger wrote:I wanted to see exactly how desperate you guys are to pick at me. I see many mistakes others on this board make from day to day but I at least have the respect/kindness to leave it be.

LOL... nice after-the-fact rationalization, bro

I think the main reason people are picking on you is because you keep saying it's "relatively simple" and "easy" and requires "mere... seconds of thought". Yet your first attempt didn't work, and your subsequent attempts to repair the solution haven't fared much better.

[]V[]essenjah · Post by **[]V[]essenjah** » Fri May 13, 2005 2:05 pm

Edited by Pun: Lets keep it on topic or I'll close it.