Idea: A Rubik's Cube like puzzle that starts out all black and introduces colors in 1-bit RGB as it is scrambled.

[amichail]

Consider a Rubik's cube like puzzle that starts all black.

As you scramble it, you introduce colors in 1-bit RGB.

In particular, two opposite faces of the cube have the letter R on them, two opposite faces have the letter G on them, and two opposite faces have the letter B on them.

These letters are put on the center square of each face.

You can rotate just like with a Rubik's Cube. You can also tap a face to toggle the color bit indicated by the letter on the face.

For example, tapping on a face with R would toggle the red bit on all the "stickers" on that face.

To solve the puzzle, you need to get it back to all black.

Do you think this would make an interesting puzzle?

 

[abunickabhi]

Interesting thought yo

 

[amichail]

Interesting thought yo

Here's another variation:

Consider a Rubik's cube like puzzle that starts all black.

As you scramble it, you introduce colors.

In particular, each side has a distinct color associated with its center square, which is indicated by a letter on the center square: B for blue, G for green, Y for yellow, O for orange, R for red, and W for white.

You can rotate just like with a Rubik's Cube. You can also tap a face to toggle the color on that face as indicated by the letter on the face as follows: black "stickers" turn to that color and "stickers" of that color turn to black.

For example, tapping on a face with R would toggle the red stickers to black and the black stickers to red on that face.

To solve the puzzle, you need to get it back to all black.

 

[pTr]

I would rather enjoy this!

 

[Ayce]

Someone simulate this, this guy is cooking up rn.

 

[pTr]

@Ayce Why the angry reaction??

 

[abunickabhi]

Someone simulate this, this guy is cooking up rn.

How do we simulate this?

Do a motion study in CAD design?

 

[jamol]

Afterlife cube is the opposite of this cube. Cube has colors when the face is in the correct place and no color in the wrong place. I made a simulator for colored afterlife cube. Simulator is available here: https://bigcube.itch.io/magic-cube-collection. There are also RGB and one color versions.

 

[Eric4112]

@Ayce Why the angry reaction??

yeah i was confused as well

 

[amichail]

Anyone interested in trying this puzzle?

You can use Gemini 2.5 Pro (Preview) to code it using this prompt:

Write a single web page that I can load in a browser that implements the following puzzle: Consider a 3x3x3 Rubik's Cube like puzzle.
In particular, each side has a distinct color associated with its center square, which is indicated by a letter on the center square: B for blue, G for green, Y for yellow, O for orange, R for red, and W for white.
You can rotate just like with a Rubik's Cube. You can also tap a face to toggle the color on that face as indicated by the letter on the face as follows: black "stickers" turn to that color and "stickers" of that color turn to black. (Color toggling may include the center square of the face.)
For example, tapping on a face with R would toggle the red stickers to black and the black stickers to red on that face. (Stickers that are not black or red are unchanged.)
To solve the puzzle, you need to get it to all black. The puzzle is initially scrambled using the following process: Start with all stickers black and then tap each side once; then perform only random rotation moves. For the UI, display the puzzle using the standard 2d visualization for the standard Rubik's cube. However, for the rotation buttons, use B and B’ for clockwise and counterclockwise rotation of the blue face, R and R’ for clockwise and counterclockwise rotation of the red face, and so on.​