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The Alpha and Omega has The Talos Principle

Mar 10, 2021 @ 4:46am

Is there a strategy to solving the sigil puzzles?

I've been mostly guessing how to place them in the grid. Thanks.

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Creativian has The Talos Principle

Mar 10, 2021 @ 11:56am

One thing I've picked up is that if you have an even number of all the components, that means the end result will be symmetrical: the finished grid will divide in half and one side will reflect the other (most likely mirror image).

Other than that, I don't find it a strategic sort of puzzle. I find it intuitive. After doing several, I developed more confidence in what I was doing and would feel my way to a solution. Once you get to that point, it can be quite relaxing to do one. At least, that was my experience.

Swissorion has The Talos Principle

Mar 10, 2021 @ 2:19pm

if you like those sigil puzzles, you might consider
https://store.steampowered.com/app/321480/Sigils_of_Elohim/

AstralStorm has The Talos Principle

Mar 10, 2021 @ 8:50pm

Tetromino space-filling puzzles do have an exact algorithm to solve based on graph 2-coloring using dynamic programming. (Branch and bound. Uses De Bruijn's theorem.) You probably don't want to learn and use it. It's related to minesweeper game and uses number of neighboring filled blocks.

The key takeaway from that algorithm is that T pieces are special and govern the solution, after that, even number of same chirality J/L/S/Z-shaped pieces.

The problem of solving the puzzle is actually strongly NP-complete, which is why the ones in game are rather small.

Last edited by AstralStorm; Mar 10, 2021 @ 9:07pm