The rolling cubes puzzle looks simple, but is surprisingly difficult.
The concept is that you
have eight cubes, black on one side and white on the other, and you try to
roll them around to get all the white sides on top and the space in the
middle.
My Java version of rolling cubes is
surprisingly popular, so I made a Pilot version.
Click here to download the puzzle and
here to download the source.
Note that this is my first Pilot program, and I give no guarantees on it.
I'd appreciate
feedback.
This game was invented by John Harris and described in the Mathematical
Games column of the March 1975 Scientific American.
WebCounter:
Ken Shirriff:
shirriff@eng.sun.com
This page:
http://www.righto.com/pilot/cubes.html
Copyright 2000 Ken Shirriff. Last updated 3/13/2001.
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