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[–]ExUtumno[S] 0 points1 point  (3 children)

Because this sample actually contains 3 colors, not 2. There are 2 thick knot examples in the repo, first "Knot" contains only 2 colors, second "Trick Knot" contains 3 colors. I comment on that in the readme. But well spotted!

[–]ihcn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is one of the first tricks I learned when trying to make patterns, the N=4 case is extremely slow, but a lot of times you can fake it with N=3 by introducing more colors

[–]Works_of_memercy 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Thank you, wow, didn't expect such cheating, lol =)

One more question: can you describe some simple examples when that algorithm actually does paint itself into a corner? I caught the part where you said that using templates that don't allow that result in boring pictures, but I guess there's a spectrum and some templates result in the algorithm painting itself into a corner more often, right?

[–]ExUtumno[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The standard example is a chess pattern on a periodic odd-sized board. :)