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|title = <!-- Puzzle title, defaults to subpage name, but be sure to include in case of slashes or weird formatting --> |
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|hunt = <!-- Hunt name, defaults to page parent. Do not link with [[]]; it'll automatically do so --> |
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|round = Storybook Forest |
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|author = Yar Woo, Todd Etter, Asher Walkover |
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|author1 = Yar Woo|author2 = Todd Etter|author3 = Asher Walkover |
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|answer = ALEUROMANCY |
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|solves = 78 |
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|guesses = 229 |
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|link = https://puzzles.mit.edu/2020/puzzle/toddler_tilt/ |
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|solution_link = https://puzzles.mit.edu/2020/puzzle/toddler_tilt/solution/ |
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==Solve Path== |
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==Puzzle Elements== |
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[[Explicit Instructions]] - Due to "liability reasons", the rules to the puzzle are given explicitly: |
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# The puzzle operates on an 8x8 "platform" and four 2x8 "trenches", one on each side. |
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# Each move consists of "tilting" a single row of the platform left/right or a single column of the platform up/down. |
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# A tilt in a direction X moves the X-most letter in that row/column of the platform into the X-most open position in that row/column of the corresponding trench, then moves the other letters in that row/column of the platform X-wards as far as they can go without exiting the platform. |
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# The sequence of letters moved into the trench after each tilt is given. |
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# The platform state after tilts 10 and 19 are given. |
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[[Interactive]] - The puzzle itself is presented in interactive form, where the solver can click a button along the edge to simulate a tilt along that row/column. The applet also allows the solver to undo tilts and keeps track of which letter is the next to fall into the trench. |
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{{spoiler|label=Spoiler-y Elements}} |
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[[Typography]] - Part of the puzzle relies on the font containing letterforms with ambiguous orientations: |
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* O can fall into any trough, as can SPACE. |
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* S is two-fold rotationally symmetric. |
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* The same letterform can represent E, M, or W depending on rotation. |
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* The same letterform can represent C, N, or U depending on rotation. |
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* While H doesn't appear in this puzzle, I and H would share a letterform and also have two-fold rotational symmetry. |
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* The remaining letters (A, B, D, F, G, K, P, R, T, Y) have a unique orientation. |
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[[Deduction]] - Using these rules, you must deduce the final state of the Toddler Tilt Puzzle. This reveals... |
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[[Final Clue Phrase]] - ...four final clue phrases, which must all be answered... |
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[[Rebus]] - ...and then concatenated for the final answer. |
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Latest revision as of 22:12, 1 November 2022
Toddler Tilt | |
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MIT Mystery Hunt 2020 | |
Storybook Forest | |
Author(s) | Yar Woo, Todd Etter, Asher Walkover |
Answer | Click to revealALEUROMANCY |
Statistics | |
No. solves | 78 |
No. total guesses | 229 |
Links | |
Puzzle | Link |
Solution | Link |
Toddler Tilt is an interactive logic puzzle from the Storybook Forest round of the 2020 MIT Mystery Hunt.
Solve Path[edit | edit source]
Puzzle Elements[edit | edit source]
Explicit Instructions - Due to "liability reasons", the rules to the puzzle are given explicitly:
- The puzzle operates on an 8x8 "platform" and four 2x8 "trenches", one on each side.
- Each move consists of "tilting" a single row of the platform left/right or a single column of the platform up/down.
- A tilt in a direction X moves the X-most letter in that row/column of the platform into the X-most open position in that row/column of the corresponding trench, then moves the other letters in that row/column of the platform X-wards as far as they can go without exiting the platform.
- The sequence of letters moved into the trench after each tilt is given.
- The platform state after tilts 10 and 19 are given.
Interactive - The puzzle itself is presented in interactive form, where the solver can click a button along the edge to simulate a tilt along that row/column. The applet also allows the solver to undo tilts and keeps track of which letter is the next to fall into the trench.
Typography - Part of the puzzle relies on the font containing letterforms with ambiguous orientations:
- O can fall into any trough, as can SPACE.
- S is two-fold rotationally symmetric.
- The same letterform can represent E, M, or W depending on rotation.
- The same letterform can represent C, N, or U depending on rotation.
- While H doesn't appear in this puzzle, I and H would share a letterform and also have two-fold rotational symmetry.
- The remaining letters (A, B, D, F, G, K, P, R, T, Y) have a unique orientation.
Deduction - Using these rules, you must deduce the final state of the Toddler Tilt Puzzle. This reveals...
Final Clue Phrase - ...four final clue phrases, which must all be answered...
Rebus - ...and then concatenated for the final answer.