Rubicon

looks quite similar to block action :)

http://kevan.org/rubicon/game.php?level=nutizor

It's an old, bearded man.

I think.

That 3 digit serial incrementer is incredibly well put together.

This game needs a save button - I'm stuck on level 12 of the basics. Any Idea?

Great game, though...

...got it...

I wonder if you could do a Turing machine with it...

My solution for Level 12 (it's an image link):

Level 12 solution

That one was tricky.

An elegant solution, nice job jmdbcool! =)

I hope you don't mind that I moved your image to the JIG server for posterity. Links from those image hosters don't usually last long. Cheers!

Is it just me, or is the Game extremly slow / laggs? óò

Btw, I love your Site, Jay ^_^

Cheers, Ankha! =)

I wouldn't say extremely slow, though I do notice some lag with many items in motion on my Powerbook Mac. On my PC there is virtually no lag at all.

You need to have Java 1.3 installed to play this game.

Unfortunatley, I am at work and can't do that. But then again, I shouldn't be playing at work, right?

Maybe next one.

Jay, I'm not having a problem with lag, the game just looks like it isn't loading properly. Tried it in both Firefox and IE, and even re-installed java, but I'm still having image issues. Any suggestions?

Yany - I have Java 1.4.2 installed on my Mac laptop, and 1.5.0 installed on my PC. Both work fine.

Did you restart your browser after reinstalling Java? How about restaring your computer? What version of Java did you install?

At a command prompt, what does java -version return?

I clearly should have just stayed in bed today.

*headdesk*

I re-reinstalled Java, and it's working fine now. I'm just too dumb to function today. But, I'll still blame Win-D'oh!-s.

Thanks for help, Jay. Also, your site = fantabulous. Just saying.

Excellent game.

jmdbcool: that's a mad solution for level 12 - nice!
Here's something slightly simpler.

yikes, i think my link didn't work..
here's the url:

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/2235/vallevel12lz6.jpg

I fixed it, Valarauka. You were missing the quotation marks around the URL.

Are there any suggestions for level 11? I managed to fly through most of the others but am having a mental block trying to sort the letters. I can get one word but never both.

Great game!

Has anybody discovered a way to select which level to play? Having to restart at level 1 every time is a right pain. Otherwise, it looks very interesting. - John

In the current version, there is no way to select a particular base level to solve. I imagine that Kevan will add that functionality soon since it is sorely needed.

Maybe this is all obvious but I don't think it's been documented either here or on the Rubicon site:
Right-click to delete an object.
Left drag to keep adding objects.
Right drag to keep deleting objects.
John

Level passwords have now been implemented. For the benefit of anyone here who doesn't want to play through the early levels again, the twelve passwords are...

1. abalone
2. origami
3. unaware
4. anenome
5. edifice
6. acolyte
7. analogy
8. ocarina
9. acetate
10. oregano
11. ukelele
12. awesome

Good to see people enjoying the game. There's a bug-report area on the forums if anyone's having any persistent Java problems, or can help me work out which versions it does and doesn't work with.

Kevan has now kindly added a password facility to Rubicon which allows you to return immediately to any level that you have previously seen. Wow, that was quick work! - John

For lvl 11,

I put the "d" from the left side onto the right side, and then put random objects there until the order was right, giving me "BADB" and "EE". The hardest part was separating the words at the right letter(I kept making "BA-DBEE" and "B-ADBEE")

Does someone want to test a level for me? The level name is Bacades. and a Screenshot of the solution would be great. Thanks

Good game!

Here is another solution to Level 12...

using a vertical chain of winches, and no ramps.
level 12

Took me awhile but I found a solution to your 'Bacades' puzzle Lazyone.

heres the code to load up my solution 'mihoboc'

I beat Lazyones 'Bacades' puzzle as well.

My solution is 'dulered'

I didn't look at ewp's until I was done...It's neat to see how differently we approached the problem.

Thanks for the solutions EWP and ZUG

My soloution is 'huduxim'

Just made a new puzzle:

"jatelab"

give it a shot!

Here is another level if someone cares to post the soloution 'zudybuh'

Thanks, Lazyone

I found an elegant solution to lazyones "bacades". It is stored as:

"vyxusyx"

SM: I got a solution, but it used a bug in the game: apparently you are able to delete and overwrite anything that is not structure. But here it is, if you want to see:

"hobymob"

Lazyone-

This is one of the more enjoyable challenges on Rubicon- I'll be honest- my solution isn't complete b/c the way I have things laid out, I can't clear the second row a set number of times to have the second set of monitors light up. But here's what I have so far...

http://kevan.org/rubicon/game.php?level=pepymek

I don't know why we can't really "lock" the levels and prevent deletions of set things.

This is the solution I came up with- it builds upon a staircase idea i came up with in solving level 12

http://kevan.org/rubicon/game.php?level=nepegig

Lazyone:
Here's a solution for zudybuh. (Level code = nuluxix)

Lazyone, here is my solution to your "zudybuh":

vexoxev

:D

I guess im not as smart as i thought i was. =/

I'm completely stumped on #7

i know i have to use the addition machine, but i can't think of a way to set it up.

any help would be appreciated

PS. Kudos! to you and your merry men, Jay. I come here almost everyday. i have to say, this is the best free game site i know of. keep it up!

Another puzzle if someone wants to try it

'hyfosig' Let me know if it was challenging please.

Thanks, Lazyone

Mike - here's a solution for level 7: cidipis

Lazyone - nice level! at first I couldn't even begin to think about how to solve it, but then I had a sudden realization that made it trivial ...
I'm not sure this is how you intended it to be solved, but: noderep

For mike - Another way to do level 7: jeginot

Doh not the way i was thinking but lets see if this version is just as easy 'bopahod'

Thanks

Bah went back to the drawing board on that one and still just as easy for you Valarauka. Anybody know how to delete specific pieces from the toolbar?

Here is one for you Valaruka. I would be interested to see your solution to this one. http://kevan.org/rubicon/game.php?level=lumerab

'lumerab' just in case i messed the link up

lazyone: to make certain pieces unusable by the player, just put in an 'Anti Sign' somewhere in the corner of the level, and place all the pieces you want to disqualify next to it.

Disqualifying certain blocks always constrains the solutions possible, so it makes it more challenging, but part of the fun of the game is seeing how many different creative solutions there are to any particular problem, so you wouldn't want to restrict too much, I think.

And for 'lumerab' - here you go: gefabyz
Nice level; I could've made it slightly easier by blocking off the furnace at the answer place, and just using a copier for an infinite supply of '1' boxes, but I figured this way was more in the spirit of what you wanted.

Lazyone - here's one for you, demonstrating the use of the Anti Sign: raxocaz

Here is my (much less graceful) solution for "lumerab"

http://kevan.org/rubicon/game.php?level=vocoguz

Valaruka-

A solution to yours:

http://kevan.org/rubicon/game.php?level=jekynyz

P.S. How do you insert a hyperlink into a post?

Thank you for the info on the anti sign. 'Vabybex' is the solution I came up with for yours. Nice level. going back to the drawing board once again for the random one.

I modifeid the random one try it now please at let me know.

http://kevan.org/rubicon/game.php?level=hurobef

Nice work on mine, guys. And Zug - less graceful perhaps, but definitely very neat, I think. Those key-released bulldozers are cool.

Lazyone - I cheated again ;) dixefig

SM: To insert links, I use the standard html anchor tag -
<a href="http://www.url.com">link text</a>

Another new puzzle
link text

'sasuged'

Back to the drawing board for the random one yet again thanks Valaruka

For lazyone - before you go back to the drawing board, here's another way to do it, using any two consecutive barrels: rikyzut

Of course, the reason I keep doing it this way is I can't imagine how to transmit information about the random stuff on one side to the machinery on the other; hence, the only way left is to remove the randomness from both sides in a consistent way...

Valaruka - another, slightly different solution to yours

clickhere

I started out trying to figure out a 'spirit of the level' solution, Lazyone, but because I didn't want to use gates (though I see you left those in) this is what I ended up with:

lidugil

another puzzle Zomydyb

zxo - nice work! it's fun to see how many different solutions people create even given such little material to work with.

Lazyone - here's a solution for zomydyb: ticudyd
I liked this one, it had me stumped for a while before I came up with that solution.

I tried your clock face one but I just got bored of it after a while - it felt kinda tedious... I got to the point where I had all the right numbers, but moving them all into their correct spots was just a lot of hassle.

another puzzle Zomydyb

Some very ingenious solutions to multiple problems have been posted. I have spent many hours creating puzzles over the last couple of days. I love games that make you think and force others to think as well.

Valaruka, I agree the clock puzzle is a real PAIN. I just wanted to put up a puzzle that would not be completed within several minutes of me posting it.

Well back to the drawing board.

By the way Jay, this site is GREAT.

Well, I figured I couldn't just leave that nice set of random crates on the left be useless, so I came up with another zomydyb solution: bahypot.
Thanks for a fun level!

And for completeness, here's another solution to zomydyb. Not anywhere near what the original designer intended, methinks. Never underestimate the power of math. :)

http://kevan.org/rubicon/game.php?level=pasedun

Ha! You should see what I've been doing with his other Random levels ... I actually wanted to solve this one the 'right' way ... *grin*

Level 9 doesn't work for me. It wants a 9-crate, but all I have is a 1-crate, and I can't add crates. Trying to add to a barrel gets me another barrel.

Level 9 password:

acetate

Peter:

You can put a downward copier under the 1-crate to get an infinite supply of 1-crates...

...and then use an adder to get a 9-crate.

Hosey-

But you do have a replicator, which replicates whatever is above or below it-

My solution to level 9:

fylymyz

Heh... here's two more solutions:
The fast way - xucovid
The fun way - pytihyp

another harder puzzle

http://kevan.org/rubicon/game.php?level=kugopaf

solution to zomydyb:
giferas-so much for "spirit of the level".

solution to kugopaf:
fyloted-again, the spirit goes down the drain.

I have created an experimental level that is so easy that it's... impossible.

It uses a blunt design and only one restriction.

I'm not even sure that it has a solution

Take the challenge

Keep in mind that this is an experimental level that my sadistic mind concocted while staring at the celing so - in all actuality - it really COULD BE impossible

I need some help with level 11.

http://kevan.org/rubicon/game.php?level=zirugyb

This took me too long to realise what I had even managed to do

It was all accidental

Here's my solution:

http://kevan.org/rubicon/game.php?level=nidikav

Oops, I should say that's my solution to level 11. Also it turns out the downward copiers aren't necessary.

there is a graphics problem with the game- the only thing i see is a lot of blue stripes and other colours... suggestions?

I beat yours mkelican. great idea.

I don't get level 1 even. The key causes a yellow bar to appear on top of it when the key is placed on the lower 1 crate. How does this work?

mkelican, I saved a solution to yours here:
XADUXAZ

Anyone have a solution to #7 that uses the "new" slower adders? I tried both of the posted spoilers here (thanks Valarauka) and I can't get them to work. Am I just having one of those senior moments?

mkelican, a solution to your challenge.

tilamek

Hm. This is really late, but if anyone's still looking here's a solution to level 7 with the new adders:
liroviv

probably the easiest solution to mkelican's "challenge": bihibam