Just recently, I passed by the Tempest Fort, and noticed a worrying issue. Moss! Some strange moss had invaded the walls. Its root penetrated the solid stone, and weakened its integrity! Unacceptable!
However, it seems that the stones available to patch up the walls is in short supply, and on top of that, they naturally form in difficult shapes. Thus, I'd like to employ your help, to find a way, to most efficiently replace the damaged walls.
The wall to be replaced could be modeled as a solid slate, of dimensions 8x8x3. There are various types of stones available:
Z, T and L shaped stones (volume of 4)
I shaped stones (volume of 2, or 1x2)
Singular, dot/square ( . ) shape stones, volume of 1
Your goal is to find a way to assemble the 8x8x3 walls using these materials. In general, based on scarcity of materials, I've assigned the tiles the following points:
Z shape: 4 points
T and L: 3 points
I: 1 points
dot: 0 points
The winning designs shall be rewarded handsomely. In particular:
The design with the highest score shall win 3 gold coins, and an anni creature
The second place, would be 2 gold coins, along with an anni creature
The third place, would be receiving 1 gold coin, and an anni creature
However, there's more!
I look not only for the design that has high point values. There's more to this challenge, than simply finding a single solution with a good point value. Artistry and beauty is a major aspect of masonry. I look also for designs that amazes me, regardless of how well they perform in the actual competition. In particular:
Designs with a certain mathematical "beauty" - whenever that be an absolute order, scalability, or an extremely chaotic, complex yet efficient pattern
Designs with fantastic demonstration and illustration, demonstrating a huge amount of effort & care
Etc.
In general, anything that amazes me greatly, would be rewarded with 1 WP. Your design does not need to achieve a high score to a WP, but a high score itself could certainly amazes me. There's no limited to how many winners, but there's no guarantee that there would be a winner as well.
Deadlines and submission guidelines:
Deadline:
You have until the end of anniversary (29th) to submit your design
Submission guideline:
You can submit your design in any manner that you like. Rather, coming up with a unique design AND presentation is part of the quest, at least for the WP portion
For clarity, I'd ask that you make three 8x8 squares and fill it with numbers. Squares with the same number should be occupied by the same "stone". You may also submit just this three squares as your submission.
Below are the shapes, in image form (with a thickness of 1), as I've been notified that there are confusions to the shapes. They're somewhat similar to tetris shape, as you can tell.
Demonic God got a reaction from Kaya in The mason's puzzle
