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Hobby programmer (mostly C#; esolangs such as Funciton), puzzle enthusiast (mostly Sudokus). He/him.
I recently found out about crosshare.org and proceded to post my first #crossword #puzzle in German. https://crosshare.org/crosswords/uDlZXgGwgdfY6EM1Oi7s/justiz-und-gerechtigkeit
Justiz und Gerechtigkeit

✳ Worin Mitch es mit der Mafia und Geldwäsche zu tun bekommt; Das ist nicht \_\_\_\_ gemeint; ✳ Worin Darby den Lebensraum von Pelikanen untersucht; Lat.: Triumphbogen; Auch als *Bierdeckelnotation* bezeichnetes Zählsystem; Schauspieler Fröbe, *Es geschah am hellichten Tag*; Le temps joyeux de la célébration en décembre; Da \_\_\_\_ sich etwas an!; Der Baum der Erkenntnis ist im Zentrum \_\_\_\_; Ungefähr

With Secret Solver over, I can now reveal the gift I made for betaveros, the puzzler assigned to me in the event! I worked all December on this and I’m happy with how it turned out.

In accordance with their interests, I made a black-box/interactive #puzzle: the kind you must fiddle with to figure out how it works, and then deduce how to solve it. The whole thing consists of 9 subpuzzles, 8 of which are interactive (the last one is a more traditional meta).

https://files.timwi.de/Puzzles/Secret%20Solver%202024/betaveros/B-as-in-Black-Box.html

B as in Black Box

The gift I received in Secret Solver couldn’t have been more aptly personalized. My santa saw my #esolang video series I spent all year creating [0] and decided to make a #Funciton #puzzle for me! [1]

I will avoid spoiling the puzzle for you guys here but you should definitely give it a try! There are more layers to it than it appears on the surface; it’s not just a matter of figuring out a Funciton program.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkG32PHxWoJaetjKUMVRONWLgRHQVjmtc

[1] https://files.timwi.de/Puzzles/Secret%20Solver%202024/Timwi/Secret%20Solver%202024%20gift%20for%20Timwi.txt

Learn Funciton

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Finally done! 😅 Worked on my last Funciton video for the last 4 months or so. Finally uploaded and published it today! This concludes my initial video series on the language, thanks to anyone sticking with it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmCcxGOediM
INTERPRETING Funciton code (esoteric programming) (Ep. 10)

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A team of 10 jigsaw puzzlers from the US just beat the Guinness World Record for a 2,000-piece puzzle. The previous record was 1h 24min 4sec. The new record — wait for it — is... 49 minutes 13 seconds! What an improvement!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5uPS6RAaOM
01 WORLD JIGSAW PUZZLE CHAMPIONSHIP 2024 - Guinness Record Proposal

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This weekend I took part in ABELO, an Esperanto-language board games meetup in Berlin. We played a lot of games across three days, most of which I liked. We played Mao as well, if only for one hour. My biggest surprise was that several people were interested in solving Sudokus — an entirely solitary activity — when they saw that I have a stack of them in my backpack (which I didn’t print for this occasion and originally didn’t plan on bringing). We also did a number of New York Times crosswords.
I also forgot to post about *Lorelei and the Laser Eyes*. This is the longest puzzle game I’ve ever live streamed — it took me 17½ hours to play through. Here’s the first part; link for second part in the description. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbxmzmycCw4 #lorelei #puzzlegame #puzzlegames #playthrough
Lorelei and the Laser Eyes - playthrough - part 1 (live stream, 2024-05-30)

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I also forgot to post about this two weeks ago: I played through *Machinika Museum*, a puzzle game similar in spirit to *The Room*. Full 3¼-hour playthrough here! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vQ9bN7q3ZQ #puzzlegame #puzzlegames #playthrough
Machinika Museum playthrough (live stream)

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Today a friend showed me *Cooperative Chess* (https://steamcommunity.com/app/1585350/) and I’m loving it! It’s an interesting mix between logic challenge and social cuetaking because you have to predict what your partner will do so that you achieve the goal together. Very clever game idea!! #chess #chessvariant #coopgaming
Steam Community :: Cooperative Chess

Cooperative Chess - When your friends win, you win.Co-op Chess occurs in rounds, and in each round you must occupy all the "!" squares.Achieve checkmate for either side and you both win!If you've read this far, you must want some feature detailsCustomizable difficultySingle-player mode if you want to learn in a safe place (or if that's just your thing)Avatar customization unlocked by completing achievementsPrivate games with friendsQuality of life improvements beyond what's normal for Chess appsCooperative Chess is part of what has retroactively been termed a "molasses jam" run by the Bay Area Dev Collective. The theme of the jam was to make a violent genre non-violent. Somehow the idea of co-op chess came up during a brainstorming session, and I knew immediately that I had to figure out how to make it work. And now you and a friend get to experience it yourselves.The other molasses game jam games are also on steam:https://store.steampowered.com/app/1556660/Shell_Out_Showdown/https://store.steampowered.com/app/1603590/My_Cousin_the_Rogue/https://store.steampowered.com/app/1603520/Save_Data/

Played #Scrabble against my friend Quinn. I had a really bad start and he was in the lead most of the game, not least because his TEARING (col M) was the only bingo in the entire game... but then I pulled ahead with some lucky draws. Exciting game! #tabletopsimulator