Are there correct answers that the game simply won't accept?

[Mike_P]

I'm loving this game so far, but it can be kind of confusing why some solutions don't work while others do for seemingly arbitrary reasons.

This imgur link below shows two solutions to one tetris block puzzle, but only the 2nd one is the correct answer and I can't for the life of me figure out why one answer is accepted and not the other even though no rules have been broken according to the previous puzzles that explain the tetris block rules.

Images Here[imgur.com]

EDIT: forgot to mention, if it's not obvious, I added transparent blue overlays to the images show my logic in the puzzles

Is there something explicit I'm missing here? Or do these puzzles not accept multiple answers?

This is really the only frustrating thing for me in this game, otherwise I absolutely love it and I'm a fan, but this arbitrary distinction between two seemingly correct answers with only one being the accepted one really is confusing in a way that doesn't help me understand the puzzle mechanics. Any one have any ideas?

[Innocentive]

Simple answer: these are two different solutions. The valid solution is the one where the tetris piece with 2x2 blocks has two columns separation space.

[Mike_P]

Hey thanks for the response!

So just to clarify, if I ever see that 2x2 tetris symbol with the gap in the middle again, will that always mean that there should be two blocks in the middle as the separator? I thought maybe in game only one space was required, but that would make sense if this two block separation rule is consistent throughout every puzzle it appears in.

[Pesky]

It appears to me that your proposed solution is valid, and that the game shoud accept it. I don't see anything wrong with it.

I have also found solutions I thought valid which were rejected. Sometimes I eventually figure out what's wrong with them but there's one particular one used for opening the mountain which I still cannot see anything wrong with, weeks after coming up with it and having the game act like it's wrong.

[Pckables]

No, the proposed solution is not correct. The square that has the two 2x1 blocks has them both in that one tile for a reason. If they wanted just two 2x1 shapes in any position then they would have the shape in two different tiles.
There are two spaces between the four blocks in that shape, indicating that there HAS to be two spaces between the two 2x1 shapes.

In the proposed solution there is only one space between the 2x1 blocks. The accepted solution has two.

[Pesky]

Okay, now you point it out I can see that the icon wih two sets of two blocks does leave two blank colunms between them. So I correct my earlier post and say that the proposed solution is should not count as correct. Thank you for your clear explanation.

[Innocentive]

Originally posted by Mike_P:

Hey thanks for the response!

So just to clarify, if I ever see that 2x2 tetris symbol with the gap in the middle again, will that always mean that there should be two blocks in the middle as the separator?

I wouldn't go that far as a general statement. In the case at hand it's really to figure out (ie recognize from the symbol) that there have to be two columns separating the two sections of two blocks each.

If it's any concolation, I was also thrown off by this puzzle because the 'obvious' solution didn't work. It took me a moment to notice why this solution was invalid but since this 'separated' symbol was the only ambivalent one I could make ends match rather quickly.