https://www.tripgeo.com/scrambledmaps
A city-level map is broken into about 18 tiles and scrambled. Put the map back together in as few moves as possible.
(not my code or site; found on a non-roads forum)
That was kind of fun. My first city was Damascus. My second city was also Damascus.
Quote from: CtrlAltDel on October 23, 2024, 10:19:59 PMThat was kind of fun. My first city was Damascus. My second city was also Damascus.
In my first attempt, I was able to solve the puzzle in 31 moves. My second time, it was 22.
Quote from: Henry on October 23, 2024, 10:47:49 PMQuote from: CtrlAltDel on October 23, 2024, 10:19:59 PMThat was kind of fun. My first city was Damascus. My second city was also Damascus.
In my first attempt, I was able to solve the puzzle in 31 moves. My second time, it was 22.
My first time was 22 and I thought that was pretty pathetic. :D
Quote from: CtrlAltDel on October 23, 2024, 10:19:59 PMThat was kind of fun. My first city was Damascus. My second city was also Damascus.
If it was Damascus, Maryland, perhaps I'd be able to solve it in no time.
Quote from: CtrlAltDel on October 23, 2024, 10:19:59 PMThat was kind of fun. My first city was Damascus. My second city was also Damascus.
The boldfaced text that shows up when you click the link does say, "Today's city to unscramble is Damascus, Syria."
Quote from: 1995hoo on October 24, 2024, 09:38:56 AMQuote from: CtrlAltDel on October 23, 2024, 10:19:59 PMThat was kind of fun. My first city was Damascus. My second city was also Damascus.
The boldfaced text that shows up when you click the link does say, "Today's city to unscramble is Damascus, Syria."
I wish I had seen that. Now I just feel silly.
It's possible to pick cities to play with the link where it mentions that today's city is Damascus. I've been averaging 14-16 moves on the ones I've tried.
Quote from: vdeane on October 24, 2024, 12:50:53 PMIt's possible to pick cities to play with the link where it mentions that today's city is Damascus. I've been averaging 14-16 moves on the ones I've tried.
I couldn't get other map scrambles to come up. It just popped up with a weird info page per city.
Quote from: Rothman on October 24, 2024, 02:38:10 PMQuote from: vdeane on October 24, 2024, 12:50:53 PMIt's possible to pick cities to play with the link where it mentions that today's city is Damascus. I've been averaging 14-16 moves on the ones I've tried.
I couldn't get other map scrambles to come up. It just popped up with a weird info page per city.
You have to hit "game" after you get to the info page.
Quote from: vdeane on October 24, 2024, 09:00:40 PMQuote from: Rothman on October 24, 2024, 02:38:10 PMQuote from: vdeane on October 24, 2024, 12:50:53 PMIt's possible to pick cities to play with the link where it mentions that today's city is Damascus. I've been averaging 14-16 moves on the ones I've tried.
I couldn't get other map scrambles to come up. It just popped up with a weird info page per city.
You have to hit "game" after you get to the info page.
That just took me back to the overall map of possible cities.
The way I got to other cities: Click on the "Visit the Cities page" link on the first page that comes up (right below where it refers to today's city). In the orange bar on the left, "Cities" is selected. Scroll the map to zoom in on a city (let's use New York). There are dots all over the place. Click on one of them. I just clicked the orange dot located in City Hall Park and then I clicked the blue "Game" button. When I did that, it takes me back to the original screen, but it says "The city to unscramble is New York City NY, United States," rather than telling me today's city is the capital of Togo. Then you click "Start Game."
Lomé's map was way too easy. I got 13 but probably could have been even lower with some strategic swapping.
This time, we have Valladolid, Spain, and I was able to get it in 25 moves!
Valladolid, Spain in 16 moves
Why your guys are solving it with only 18 tiles when you can set it to as many as 81? :sombrero:
Got Valladolid in 15 moves.
Quote from: epzik8 on October 24, 2024, 09:32:46 AMQuote from: CtrlAltDel on October 23, 2024, 10:19:59 PMThat was kind of fun. My first city was Damascus. My second city was also Damascus.
If it was Damascus, Maryland, perhaps I'd be able to solve it in no time.
epzik8, here you go!
Damascus, MD (https://www.tripgeo.com/ScrambledMaps/damascus-md-us)
Among the places I've unscrambled already are two of my "example towns" (Aschersleben, Germany and Isernia, Italy), one "supplementary town" (Halluin at the top of La France), as well as former "example town" Belvidere. I've also done some really out of the beaten path, such as Jamestown, St. Helena or Tamanrasset, Algeria.
May I suggest these five cities to you?
Chicago, IL (https://www.tripgeo.com/ScrambledMaps/chicago-il-us) (the hometown of me and my brother Jeff)
Los Angeles, CA (https://www.tripgeo.com/ScrambledMaps/los-angeles-ca-us) (the city where I lived for 12 years)
Seattle, WA (https://www.tripgeo.com/ScrambledMaps/seattle-wa-us) (the city I where currently live)
San Diego, CA (https://www.tripgeo.com/ScrambledMaps/san-diego-ca-us) (my wife's hometown)
Denver, CO (https://www.tripgeo.com/ScrambledMaps/denver-co-us) (the city where Jeff currently lives)
Did Chicago in 85 moves
I dare each and every one of y'all to unscramble this city (https://www.tripgeo.com/ScrambledMaps/virginia-beach-va-us) perfectly on 9x9, no errors :-D
Potsdam in 79
Quote from: Hunty2022 on October 29, 2024, 10:40:52 PMI dare each and every one of y'all to unscramble this city (https://www.tripgeo.com/ScrambledMaps/virginia-beach-va-us) perfectly on 9x9, no errors :-D
What a bitch of a map. But I did it in 72.
Quote from: Hunty2022 on October 29, 2024, 10:40:52 PMI dare each and every one of y'all to unscramble this city (https://www.tripgeo.com/ScrambledMaps/virginia-beach-va-us) perfectly on 9x9, no errors :-D
I got it in 11 moves. I do not think I got an error.
I would guess that everyone's hometown (or a nearby one) is available. I suggest doing your own maps of your birthplace, current home city and 1 other significant city to you personally such as college town, childhood hometown, etc. So here are my maps:
Birthplace - Oshkosh, WI: https://tripgeo.com/ScrambledMaps/oshkosh-wi-us
Current Home - Bolingbrook, IL: https://www.tripgeo.com/ScrambledMaps/bolingbrook-il-us
College Town - St Paul, MN: https://www.tripgeo.com/ScrambledMaps/saint-paul-mn-us
Quote from: 74/171FAN on October 30, 2024, 08:35:06 AMQuote from: Hunty2022 on October 29, 2024, 10:40:52 PMI dare each and every one of y'all to unscramble this city (https://www.tripgeo.com/ScrambledMaps/virginia-beach-va-us) perfectly on 9x9, no errors :-D
I got it in 11 moves. I do not think I got an error.
I assume your starter tile was on land.
Quote from: hobsini2 on October 30, 2024, 08:41:22 AMI would guess that everyone's hometown (or a nearby one) is available.
I've been doing Charlottesville, VA perfectly multiple times a day on 9x9 format now.
Quote from: Hunty2022 on October 30, 2024, 09:59:22 AMQuote from: 74/171FAN on October 30, 2024, 08:35:06 AMQuote from: Hunty2022 on October 29, 2024, 10:40:52 PMI dare each and every one of y'all to unscramble this city (https://www.tripgeo.com/ScrambledMaps/virginia-beach-va-us) perfectly on 9x9, no errors :-D
I got it in 11 moves. I do not think I got an error.
I assume your starter tile was on land.
Oh I used the 6x3 setting, but I got it in 16 moves starting on water.
I got the 9x9 version in 129 moves.
Quote from: 74/171FAN on October 30, 2024, 10:53:02 AMQuote from: Hunty2022 on October 30, 2024, 09:59:22 AMQuote from: 74/171FAN on October 30, 2024, 08:35:06 AMQuote from: Hunty2022 on October 29, 2024, 10:40:52 PMI dare each and every one of y'all to unscramble this city (https://www.tripgeo.com/ScrambledMaps/virginia-beach-va-us) perfectly on 9x9, no errors :-D
I got it in 11 moves. I do not think I got an error.
I assume your starter tile was on land.
Oh I used the 6x3 setting, but I got it in 16 moves starting on water.
I got the 9x9 version in 129 moves.
I actually got it in 12 (default size, not 9x9). Starter was entirely ocean, but I was able to figure out where the I-264 tile was supposed to go based on the tiles featuring major roads and use that like a starter. Got lucky and had all the ocean tiles sort themselves out while I was working on unscrambling the land ones.
Quote from: Hunty2022 on October 29, 2024, 10:40:52 PMI dare each and every one of y'all to unscramble this city (https://www.tripgeo.com/ScrambledMaps/virginia-beach-va-us) perfectly on 9x9, no errors :-D
Dang, I took 92 moves. I find small places harder to do. And it seems there's a cutoff at 15,000 or so unless it is a capital of an entity (otherwise places like Longyearbyen wouldn't be included).
Brazzaville in 15.
Quote from: Hunty2022 on October 29, 2024, 10:40:52 PMI dare each and every one of y'all to unscramble this city (https://www.tripgeo.com/ScrambledMaps/virginia-beach-va-us) perfectly on 9x9, no errors :-D
In general puzzles centered near the coastline are a PITA. I've done Ajaccio, Krotone and Termoli, all of them with a significant share of sea, and it was a pain worse than childbirth when starting on water.
There's a new puzzle launched this week: https://www.tripgeo.com/scrambledhexmaps. It's like the original but with hexagonal tiles. Have fun!
Did the city selection break for anyone else? No cities load on the map.
Quote from: vdeane on November 06, 2024, 12:39:59 PMDid the city selection break for anyone else? No cities load on the map.
Yup. Sometime yesterday.
So now if you have already solved the map of the day you can select a random city without having to go to the map. I've already gotten places all over the world, from the best known places to some really off the beaten path settlement in North Korea. As well as maps ranging from the very detailed to the poor ones, and even some glitched ones consisting of just a boundary and nothing else, like a bunch of 16 sites in the middle of Siberia.
Quote from: 1995hoo on November 06, 2024, 01:15:59 PMQuote from: vdeane on November 06, 2024, 12:39:59 PMDid the city selection break for anyone else? No cities load on the map.
Yup. Sometime yesterday.
Same for me, I've just given up on it outright.
Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on November 02, 2024, 05:15:55 AMQuote from: Hunty2022 on October 29, 2024, 10:40:52 PMI dare each and every one of y'all to unscramble this city (https://www.tripgeo.com/ScrambledMaps/virginia-beach-va-us) perfectly on 9x9, no errors :-D
In general puzzles centered near the coastline are a PITA. I've done Ajaccio, Krotone and Termoli, all of them with a significant share of sea, and it was a pain worse than childbirth when starting on water.
Today's was Majuro, in the Marshall Islands. 9 tiles were just water. I got it in 20 moves, but there was definitely some luck involved.
For me it was 66 out of 81 tiles (I play on a 9x9 grid). Many of them were already in place (as most are interchangeable anyway), so I only needed 14 moves to solve it (usually I need 90-100 if not more).
Quote from: Henry on November 12, 2024, 09:51:54 PMQuote from: 1995hoo on November 06, 2024, 01:15:59 PMQuote from: vdeane on November 06, 2024, 12:39:59 PMDid the city selection break for anyone else? No cities load on the map.
Yup. Sometime yesterday.
Same for me, I've just given up on it outright.
Yesterday I found the city selection map would load, but if I tried to play a city in Europe the map itself would have two-thirds blank tiles. That game is quite addictive.
Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on November 13, 2024, 02:31:42 AMFor me it was 66 out of 81 tiles (I play on a 9x9 grid). Many of them were already in place (as most are interchangeable anyway), so I only needed 14 moves to solve it (usually I need 90-100 if not more).
For me the water tiles don't end up interchangeable; it actually wants them to go in their correct locations, even though that can only be determined through trial and error.
Quote from: vdeane on November 13, 2024, 01:01:13 PMQuote from: CNGL-Leudimin on November 13, 2024, 02:31:42 AMFor me it was 66 out of 81 tiles (I play on a 9x9 grid). Many of them were already in place (as most are interchangeable anyway), so I only needed 14 moves to solve it (usually I need 90-100 if not more).
For me the water tiles don't end up interchangeable; it actually wants them to go in their correct locations, even though that can only be determined through trial and error.
Sometimes the water tiles are not all the same color. There's a subtle darker blue shading on some maps and you have to match up the different shades. It can be fairly difficult to discern the difference, especially if your monitor is dusty (mine is). If you try unscrambling the map of Hamilton, Bermuda, you'll encounter that issue.
Then there are the obvious situations where the water tiles include ferry routes or similar, but those are less difficult to match up because the lines help.
Quote from: 1995hoo on November 15, 2024, 12:52:11 PMQuote from: vdeane on November 13, 2024, 01:01:13 PMQuote from: CNGL-Leudimin on November 13, 2024, 02:31:42 AMFor me it was 66 out of 81 tiles (I play on a 9x9 grid). Many of them were already in place (as most are interchangeable anyway), so I only needed 14 moves to solve it (usually I need 90-100 if not more).
For me the water tiles don't end up interchangeable; it actually wants them to go in their correct locations, even though that can only be determined through trial and error.
Sometimes the water tiles are not all the same color. There's a subtle darker blue shading on some maps and you have to match up the different shades. It can be fairly difficult to discern the difference, especially if your monitor is dusty (mine is). If you try unscrambling the map of Hamilton, Bermuda, you'll encounter that issue.
Then there are the obvious situations where the water tiles include ferry routes or similar, but those are less difficult to match up because the lines help.
Not to mention that the matched tiles have a different color shade from the unmatched ones.
Quote from: 1995hoo on November 15, 2024, 12:52:11 PMSometimes the water tiles are not all the same color. There's a subtle darker blue shading on some maps and you have to match up the different shades. It can be fairly difficult to discern the difference, especially if your monitor is dusty (mine is). If you try unscrambling the map of Hamilton, Bermuda, you'll encounter that issue.
Then there are the obvious situations where the water tiles include ferry routes or similar, but those are less difficult to match up because the lines help.
Yeah, I've tried Hamilton and other coastal places with reefs (which is what the subtly darker blue means) and at first it is a pain, but once one realizes it's not that hard.
It's worth noting that I was speaking of the solid blue ocean tiles, not the dotted blue that appears around some coastlines.
Quote from: vdeane on November 15, 2024, 10:25:15 PMIt's worth noting that I was speaking of the solid blue ocean tiles, not the dotted blue that appears around some coastlines.
I was as well. I find it quite hard to discern the different shade of blue that appears on some of the tiles, though as I said it could certainly be due to the dust on my screen. I suppose I could try using my iPad to load a city I know to have slightly different shades of blue in the ocean squares to see whether it's more discernable.
Edited to add: The game wouldn't load on my iPad. Oh well.
Edited again: I tried a second time on my iPad using a different browser and this time the game loaded. I asked for the map of Hamilton, Bermuda. The different blue shading was slightly easier to discern on here than on my PC, but only slightly.
I've been enjoying Scrambled Maps - but some of these are diabolical! Asked for a random map and got Uttaradit, Thailand. Took me 203 moves! I usually play 6 rows by 9 columns and typically solve in 50-55. Almost went for a different random map, but dammit I'm stubborn.
https://tripgeo.com/scrambledmaps/uttaradit-th (https://tripgeo.com/scrambledmaps/uttaradit-th)
QuoteI played Scrambled Maps and unscrambled the map of Uttaradit, Thailand in 203 moves! (9 x 6 map) Visit and see if you can do better!
Heavy forested puzzles are a royal PITA. There may be a pattern to that, but I haven't found it yet, resulting in me taking 547 moves, or six times what it normally takes me on a 9x9 grid, to solve one somewhere deep in China, as I had to do a lot of trial and error after placing all the tiles containing something else.
Their map of Las Vegas is a little funky because it centers on downtown, which is fine, but it means that you get to try and remember the road layout in some of the crappiest parts of town, while the Strip is off the edge of the map. It's probably a bitch for most people.
Go to the cities map page:
https://www.tripgeo.com/cities?lat=22.5&lng=0&zoom=2
Zoom in on any area. There are tons of choices.
If you simply type in a city name, you will get the Downtown (especially for larger cities). But this can really hone in on very local areas.
They came out with a new version today. I was ready to complain about them taking away the ability to set your grid size, but it turns out it's still there, just buried in settings.
Hope it works this time, because it's been awhile since the last time I tried and just gave up on it entirely.
I just redid Oshkosh - 9x9. Got it in 78 moves.
I got an easy one to start: El Reno OK. Did it in 15 moves. Easy because it was a grid and there were railroad lines that were a dead tipoff.
Well, for me the American grids are a pain to solve, since many tiles look the same to me.