Train Tracks with p5.js

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I don’t know about other countries but here in the UK Train Tracks is a popular puzzle that appears in many newspapers.

This sketch provides an endless supply of randomly generated 6x6 Train Track puzzles that are guaranteed to be solvable. I plan to use this as the basis for a larger Train Tracks project for my website which will include

  • variable grid sizes from 6x6 to 15x15
  • user select minimum % of squares that have tracks
  • unlimited undo
  • way-points (definable undo positions)
  • proper GUI
  • user supplied puzzles

In the meantime I hope you enjoy solving the puzzles :smile:

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Which newspapers you reading? Never ever seen one.

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The following newspapers have published Train Track puzzles either in the paper or in separate compilations

The Times
The Telegraph
The Guardian
Daily Mail
My local weekly

I don’t know about the red-tops but I doubt it :wink:

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You could make a daily puzzle out if this, in the line of Wordle.
(But then you would need setting a cookie to mark the puzzle as “done”).

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Train Tracks (Full Version)

The OpenProcessing version of Train Tracks (embedded in first post) was work in progress and had a number of issues which needed to be resolved.

So I have finally finished the final version of Train Tracks which you can play here. The puzzle starts with a 6x6 grid but you can edit the settings to get more challenging puzzles. Enjoy :grinning:

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