I don't agree with publishing this movie. It falls under "fixed puzzle soloutions". It seems to be a common theme over the last year or so that since fewer movies have been submitted that we must dumb down our criteria for acceptance.

It falls under "fixed puzzle soloutions".

Hardly. The state of the puzzle is randomised to begin with and it is not obvious without a lot of systematic analysis to determine the optimal solution to the puzzle as provided (even under TAS conditions), much less determining which initial states can be solved the fastest. We are not facing a situation here where the solution is fixed and quickly and easily reproducible by someone with a passing familiarity with the puzzle, as with another recently submitted run or some of the cited quirky game examples.

It seems to be a common theme over the last year or so that since fewer movies have been submitted that we must dumb down our criteria for acceptance.

There have also been many vocal arguments towards the opposite extreme: We should publish a movie for every game. Trying to appease everyone just doesn't work. I have noticed in the past year that my judging criteria have gradually transformed into somewhat more lenient with publishing movies that are likely to entertain a majority of people, even if they aren't entertaining to everyone. This is in part due to the increased visibility of the site, which leads to a more diverse range of tastes in entertainment present (people don't just come here for the SMB3 or SM64 movies anymore).

Here is an HQ encode: http://www.archive.org/download/KumquatAldensDsRubiksWorldIn0120.23/rubiksworld-tas-kumquatalden.mp4 http://www.archive.org/download/KumquatAldensDsRubiksWorldIn0120.23/rubiksworld-tas-kumquatalden.mkv HQ Stream: http://aktan.site90.com/?vid=KumquatAldensDsRubiksWorldIn0120.23/rubiksworld-tas-kumquatalden_512kb Publishing soon. Edit: Added HQ Stream.

It falls under "fixed puzzle soloutions".

Hardly. The state of the puzzle is randomised to begin with and it is not obvious without a lot of systematic analysis to determine the optimal solution to the puzzle as provided (even under TAS conditions), much less determining which initial states can be solved the fastest.

I think it could be compared to tetris in this regard.

This movie has been published. The posts before this message apply to the submission, and posts after this message apply to the published movie. ---- [1505] DS Rubik's World by Kumquat & alden in 01:20.23

the archive.org stream is broken fyi

the archive.org stream is broken fyi

Hmm you're right, assuming you mean the player on the publish page. That's weird, guess I'll bug some people about it.

There are many people who can solve a rubix cube very easily and efficiently (and in some case two at once or even blindfolded)

Let's not forget the guy who solved 2 Rubik's Cubes while playing Guitar Hero. :) Still, lots of luck manipulation, and possibly the same level of competition and improvements that we found at Monopoly, and about the same level of fun. Also, I'd add Tetrisphere to the list of quirky movies (but it wasn't submitted on april's 1st).

Just because this movie's awesome, I made a lua script just for this publication!

gui.register(function() 
 local x = memory.readwordunsigned(0x020FA8A8)
 local y = memory.readwordunsigned(0x020FA8AC)

-- Reference Point
gui.pixel(x-1, y-1, "white")
-- The Color: White
gui.pixel(x+3, y-32, "white")
gui.pixel(x+3, y-44, "white")
gui.line(x-4, y-5, x-4, y-45, "white")
gui.line(x-4, y-45, x+4, y-45, "white")
gui.line(x+4, y-45, x+4, y-32, "white")
gui.line(x+2, y-5, x+2, y-32, "white")
gui.line(x-3, y-5, x-3, y-3, "white")
gui.line(x+1, y-5, x+1, y-3, "white")
gui.line(x-3, y-2, x+1, y-2, "white")
gui.line(x-1, y-35, x-1, y-42, "white")
-- The Color: Black
gui.pixel(x-1, y-43, "black")
gui.pixel(x-1, y-34, "black")
gui.pixel(x+2, y-43, "black")
gui.pixel(x+2, y-33, "black")
gui.pixel(x-1, y-9, "black")
gui.line(x-3, y-7, x-3, y-44, "black")
gui.line(x-3, y-44, x+2, y-44, "black")
gui.line(x+3, y-33, x+3, y-43, "black")
gui.line(x, y-35, x, y-42, "black")
gui.line(x+1, y-7, x+1, y-33, "black")
gui.line(x-1, y-3, x-1, y-5, "black")
gui.line(x-2, y-4, x, y-4, "black")
-- The Color: 0x4A4A4A
gui.pixel(x, y-43, "#4A4A4A")
gui.pixel(x, y-34, "#4A4A4A")
gui.pixel(x, y-3, "#4A4A4A")
gui.pixel(x-2, y-3, "#4A4A4A")
gui.line(x, y-5, x+1, y-6, "#4A4A4A")
gui.line(x-2, y-5, x-3, y-6, "#4A4A4A")
gui.line(x+1, y-34, x+1, y-43, "#4A4A4A")
gui.line(x-2, y-34, x-2, y-43, "#4A4A4A")
-- The Color: 0x5A5A5A
gui.pixel(x+2, y-42, "#5A5A5A")
gui.pixel(x+2, y-34, "#5A5A5A")
gui.pixel(x-2, y-6, "#5A5A5A")
gui.pixel(x-1, y-8, "#5A5A5A")
gui.line(x, y-5, x, y-33, "#5A5A5A")
-- The Color: 0x737373
gui.line(x-1, y-6, x-1, y-7, "#737373")
gui.line(x-1, y-10, x-1, y-33, "#737373")
gui.line(x+2, y-35, x+2, y-41, "#737373")
-- The Color: 0x949494
gui.line(x-2, y-7, x-2, y-33, "#949494")
end)

Just a thought, the majority of Rubik's Cube positions can be solved in 16-19 moves. This movie uses 20 moves, I only know one cube position that requires 20 moves. >_>

Just a thought, the majority of Rubik's Cube positions can be solved in 16-19 moves. This movie uses 20 moves, I only know one cube position that requires 20 moves. >_>

As explained in the thread, the game counts only quarter moves, meaning what usually one would count as 1 move for a half turn counts as 2 in this game.