Master Yoda came to my house after a long time. I asked him, "Master Yoda! It's been a while. How are you doing?" He replied, "Thanks. Getting worse is my eyesight, but at least three colors now distinguish I can, from the shades of black and white."
Then, as usual, he asked me, "Do you have any new puzzles that can play my weak eyesight?"
I thought for a moment and got an idea, "That's it! If I make Doc's Accelerating Reels puzzle, which I've been trying to search for a solution until recently, into 3 colors, he should be able to play it." I replied, "I have a good one. It just needs some adjustments, so please have some tea and wait." and started working in the back.
The modifications were as follows:
- Divide each of the 10 reels into thirds and paint them red, blue, and white.
- Adjust the stepping motors so that pressing the blue button rotates the reels 40 degrees. (Normally, a 36-degree rotation changes one number, but by rotating it 40 degrees and changing it to a base-9 system, the 3 colors won't stop halfway.)
After completing the work, the Master Yoda version shown below was completed.
(Accelerating Reels puzzle 3-color version)
When I handed him the puzzle, saying, "Master Yoda, please take a look at this. Can you tell the three colors apart?", he immediately became interested and started pressing the buttons.
And as soon as I began to explain the rules of the puzzle, he smiling disappeared from my sight, as always…
The 3-color version works a little differently because you're matching a "range" of colors instead of numbers. For example, when matching numbers, 0 is different from 1, 2, and 3, but when matching a "range" of colors, it doesn't matter if it's the first third, the middle thirds, or the last third, as long as it's that color, it's a "match."
Then, as usual, he asked me, "Do you have any new puzzles that can play my weak eyesight?"
I thought for a moment and got an idea, "That's it! If I make Doc's Accelerating Reels puzzle, which I've been trying to search for a solution until recently, into 3 colors, he should be able to play it." I replied, "I have a good one. It just needs some adjustments, so please have some tea and wait." and started working in the back.
The modifications were as follows:
- Divide each of the 10 reels into thirds and paint them red, blue, and white.
- Adjust the stepping motors so that pressing the blue button rotates the reels 40 degrees. (Normally, a 36-degree rotation changes one number, but by rotating it 40 degrees and changing it to a base-9 system, the 3 colors won't stop halfway.)
After completing the work, the Master Yoda version shown below was completed.
(Accelerating Reels puzzle 3-color version)
When I handed him the puzzle, saying, "Master Yoda, please take a look at this. Can you tell the three colors apart?", he immediately became interested and started pressing the buttons.
And as soon as I began to explain the rules of the puzzle, he smiling disappeared from my sight, as always…
The 3-color version works a little differently because you're matching a "range" of colors instead of numbers. For example, when matching numbers, 0 is different from 1, 2, and 3, but when matching a "range" of colors, it doesn't matter if it's the first third, the middle thirds, or the last third, as long as it's that color, it's a "match."
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