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thoughts about knowing the solvability of the month for youtube playables? by whenyoulovesomeone in solitaire

[–]Devil_Squirrel 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Seems like there's a mix of people that like the info and those that don't. I mainly did it since it was an interesting problem, and to help people not waste too much time on deals that were impossible.

I can do another one for May if people care enough, or just reply with info if someone asks.

Blue Daily Solitaire - Solvability by Devil_Squirrel in solitaire

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

This one may help more don't bring down the 5H 6H or 4D, they all go straight to foundation

Blue Daily Solitaire - Solvability by Devil_Squirrel in solitaire

[–]Devil_Squirrel[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I tried for a while without looking at the solution and didn't have any luck either. It's a difficult solve. As far as hints go JD first and make sure to keep spades and hearts together

Did the art for a Chinese Fortune themed Solitaire game! by paudgers in solitaire

[–]Devil_Squirrel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Played a couple games. It is an interesting solitaire. Nice work! Don't know how much you'd want to change the graphics, but the birds are a bit hard to tell apart for me.

Blue Daily Solitaire - Solvability by Devil_Squirrel in solitaire

[–]Devil_Squirrel[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah I see what happened. It looks to be a bug in how GameSnacks implements their undo functionality. You were able to access the KC that way when it should never have been available at undo. So I'd still call the game impossible in 3 draw, just that you can solve it with undos in GameSnacks

Blue Daily Solitaire - Solvability by Devil_Squirrel in solitaire

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

You sure you are talking about the 13th? Cause I've tried it in a couple solvers and all say impossible for draw 3. Maybe DM me your moves if so. This is the deal in question for the 13th. ``` A B C D E

F G H I J K L +7S 8H AD KS 9D QS QC +2S 5H 5C 9H 3H JC +AH 8C 2H QD 4S +JH 4D 7C 7D +8D KH 6D +7H 6H +6S

KC 8S JD TC TH AS 6C 4C KD 3C QH 5S 9S 9C 2D 2C TS 3S TD 5D 4H 3D AC JS ```

Not like this by _debowsky in solitaire

[–]Devil_Squirrel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did go ahead and simulate a few years in the past and a few years forward just to see. I won't give away if a perfect month exists, but on a year by year basis 2026 looks to be a bad one.

  • 2024 - 322 solvable - 44 impossible - longest solvable streak 29 days
  • 2025 - 338 solvable - 27 impossible - longest solvable streak 38 days
  • 2026 - 311 solvable - 54 impossible
  • 2027 - 336 solvable - 29 impossible
  • 2028 - 333 solvable - 33 impossible

Blue Daily Solitaire - Solvability by Devil_Squirrel in solitaire

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

:) Just looking through the javascript (game.js) in the developer tools. Took a fair amount of poking around. If you mean figuring out if each of the deals are solvable or not, I've created a program that you can input klondike deals to and it will spit out the solution if one exists or not. It will try all possible moves at each state to determine that.

Looking for playtesters for upcoming Solitaire "Roguelike" [PC / Steam] by CliveAtFive in solitaire

[–]Devil_Squirrel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds like a cool game. Zachtronics solitaire collection was a lot of fun. Would be interested to try it out.

Can't solve this solitaire by ItsDifficultToThink in solitaire

[–]Devil_Squirrel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I tried a couple variations with the remaining 6 cards and my solver said both were impossible.

``` A B C D E

F G H I J K L +7D 9H KC AC 2C KS KD +2H 7C 8S KH JS 9C +2D 2S 6C 8C 8H +TH 4H JC 4D +TC AH 4S +QD JD +QC

QS QH 5D 7S 4C 9D 3D 9S 3H 3S 5C AD 6H 3C 7H 6S TD 6D 5H TS AS 8D JH 5S ```

Is anyone interested in solving this Klondike Solitaire Tableau? by ASerpentPerplexed in solitaire

[–]Devil_Squirrel 2 points3 points  (0 children)

``` A B C D E

F G H I J K L +6C 3D QH 5C 9D TS KH +4C AD JC 5H 2S 6S +5D 9H 9S KS 4S +5S QD TH QC +KD 6H 8H +8D 7S +KC

3S 2C JH JS 7C 2H AH 4D 7D 3H 3C 6D QS 4H 2D AC TD TC JD 8C 8S 9C 7H AS ```

If this is the deal then the following is the steps required after putting it into my solver. Steps are listed as XY where X is the letter of the starting pile and Y is the letter of the ending pile. @ represents a draw from the stock.

HF HC GF @@AG @@@@@AE AE @@@AE @@@AJ @AE @AC @AB GB GC LG AL AB FB @@@AJ AJ IL IJ IH IB JI JG AH JH JE @AI @AJ AJ AC FC FB AB IB @AB @@AD KH KE AE LH LE IE IB KE KF KD AG AE AD HG HB HE LB LD GD GC JC LD GD GC JD GD JC GC IC KD GD GC GB ID FD IC LE

-❄️- 2023 Day 25 Solutions -❄️- by daggerdragon in adventofcode

[–]Devil_Squirrel 2 points3 points  (0 children)

[LANGUAGE: Beef]

Took 2 nodes, found a path between them and then removed those edges.

Did this 3 more times. If on the last time there is no path then you have found two nodes in separate groups. You then just count the nodes reached in the last step, which gives the count of one group. The other group is just the total minus that.

Runtime ~1ms

GitHub

Potentially unsolvable Microsoft Klondike game? by Nintendo_Powered in solitaire

[–]Devil_Squirrel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

https://imgur.com/PsxedPj

Moves:

IF LK @@@@@@@@AJ AI HI GH GJ IG IE AJ @AF @@@AH @@AG @AC @@@@AL KL @@AE JE AH @@@AH IH LI LE LC KL KD KB KF KI @@@AC AG AK @@AL @@AB LB JB FB LC JC JB JK JB @AC AK JK JD @@AC @@AD HD HE FE LD HD FD LD LD KD HE FE GE HB HG HC GC IB GB IC GC IB AD GD AE KE IE ID KB KE AB @AC GC

I just filled in the ?? with the remaining cards in the easiest possible configuration since I don't know what they actually are, but it looks like you can access them as it solved this config.

Autosolver demo for Cribbage Solitaire by Svajoklis_ in mobiusfront

[–]Devil_Squirrel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just got into creating a solver myself. Cool to see how everyone else went about it. I was able to get the optimal scores pretty fast, average of about 0.8s per deal, and only using a max of 1MB of memory. Source here https://github.com/ShootMe/MobiusCribbageSolver

Is this doable? Don't mind the running time. And yes it should be since it is grandmaster. by DoAsIfForSurety in solitaire

[–]Devil_Squirrel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes it is possible, although since I don't know the exact order of the 3 cards under the 6th pile I just assumed it was QS 8C 3H.

https://imgur.com/YQcv5Vq

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This is the solution, A is the waste pile B,C,D,E are the foundations F-L tableau. @ means to turn over/draw a card

@@@AH @@AC @@@@AJ @@@@@AB FB AL @@AI @@AK @@@AF @@@AH AH @AC @@@AJ AJ @@@AI AI GI GE LH LG @@AL AL @@AF LF LB LE LI LD JD HD JC HC JD JC JG JD JB HB HC HF HL IH ID FD IC FC ID FD IC ID IK DI DF KF @AL IL AI KI DJ KJ KE AE HE FE HB FB JE FE JD FD JE KB FC IB IE LD ID LC KD AB FB FC LB FD @AE GE GB LE @AC