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Hanayama is a Japanese toy company founded in 1933. [1] They are best known for their series of metal disassembly puzzles , " Huzzle [ jp ] " (also known as "Cast Puzzle"), which include reproductions of older designs, and new puzzles by other inventors such as Oskar van Deventer and Akio Yamamoto . [ 2 ]
[2] [3] [4] Many of his combination puzzles are in mass production by Uwe Mèffert and WitEden. Oskar van Deventer has also designed puzzles for Hanayama. He was a Guinness World Record holder for his 17×17×17 "Over the Top Cube" Rubik's cube-style puzzle from 2012 to 2016, [5] [6] when it was beaten by a 22×22×22 cube. [7]
He penned over 80 books on puzzles. [1] Perhaps best known as a puzzle inventor, he commercially licensed his designs, such as the Rush Hour puzzle game, to companies including Binary Arts (now known as ThinkFun), Ishi Press, and Hanayama. He was also an avid computer programmer who used computers to help solve mathematical puzzles.
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The puzzles do not automatically validate the player's solution, even if it is correct. Nelson must transmit the answer back to headquarters, where it will be either approved or rejected. If the solution is approved, the player is awarded a score based on the number of hints used and the number of failed attempts (the latter represented in ...
Hashiwokakero (橋をかけろ Hashi o kakero; lit. "build bridges!") is a type of logic puzzle published by Nikoli. [1] It has also been published in English under the name Bridges or Chopsticks (based on a mistranslation: the hashi of the title, 橋, means bridge; hashi written with another character, 箸, means chopsticks).