Tricky raft puzzle...

malinga

That would be me

Posers and Puzzles

07 Apr 05 09:44

malinga

That would be me

Behind the couch

Joined: 07 Oct 04
Moves: 51169

07 Apr 05 09:44

Rules are in (possibly) Chinese or here they are in english...

Only 2 persons on the raft at a time

The father can not stay with any of the daughters without their mother's presence

The mother can not stay with any of the sons without their father's presence

The thief (striped shirt) can not stay with any family member if the Policeman is not there

Only the Father, the Mother and the Policeman know how to operate the raft

To start click on the big blue circle on the right.

To move the people click on them. To move the raft click on the pole on the opposite side of the river.

And the link is: http://freeweb.siol.net/danej/riverIQGame.swf

Good luck!

Acolyte

Now With Added BA

Loughborough

Joined: 04 Jul 02
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07 Apr 05 11:07

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Nice one. I like the animations when you make a mistake 🙂 Such a violent family!
I got everyone across eventually though.

KingThrone

Joined: 11 Oct 04
Moves: 493

07 Apr 05 11:14

Originally posted by Acolyte
Nice one. I like the animations when you make a mistake 🙂 Such a violent family!
I got everyone across eventually though.

Yeah, I like this one a lot! Very tricky though! Still struggling!😠

malinga

That would be me

Behind the couch

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07 Apr 05 11:15

yeah the animations are funny. right if you solved it thenn tell me how its driving me nuts. PM me so it can still annoy others... 😉

Palynka

Upward Spiral

Halfway

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07 Apr 05 11:30

If you want I can pm you with the solution, but it would ruin the fun of it, IMO...

malinga

That would be me

Behind the couch

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07 Apr 05 11:35

Originally posted by Palynka
If you want I can pm you with the solution, but it would ruin the fun of it, IMO...

Fun? I don't know this has been driving me mad for a day now. I was thinking about it last night when I should have been sleeping (or something) and I can't take it no more... I would be most thankful for da solution...

KingThrone

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Moves: 493

07 Apr 05 11:43

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I got it!!! I'm a genius!😏
Wouldn't be able to tell you how I got it though! There's about twelve trips over and it's very confusing!😕
Great post Malinga😀
I'm so intelligent!🙄

Palynka

Upward Spiral

Halfway

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Moves: 8702

07 Apr 05 11:51

I did it in 17 (sorry about the repeated numbers in my pm). Is it possible in less?

Alcra

Lazy Sod

Everywhere

Joined: 12 Oct 04
Moves: 8623

07 Apr 05 12:55

Idid it twice, but each time I tried it again, I could not get it.

Will keep trying until I can do it, and then PM the solution to interested parties.

However, an EXCELLENT puzzle - thanks and recced for the link!

slippytoad

Joined: 09 Feb 05
Moves: 6175

07 Apr 05 12:55

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17 moves here too, which I think is the minimum (although are several ways/orders to do it). The thief has (at least) one wonderful opportunity to escape, for those in need of a hint.

Alcra