Ideas for designing puzzles

[sharkdp]

• Select a small set of transformers + initial state
• make sure there is just one (shortest) solution?
  • necessary requirement: the transformers in the solution have to be non-commuting
• make sure that the chosen transformers are not redundant (eg: T1 · T2 is equal to T3)
• make sure that all possible (intermediate) outcomes are within some boundaries (prevent rendering problems)

Specific ideas:

• some puzzles which are fixed at one or two columns
  • use tuple-functions or arrows?
• represent binary numbers with fixed-length towers