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{{Test
| name = The Test of the Pathmaker
| discipline = Thought
| image = Thought Test Icons_Pathmaker.png
| requirements =
* 2 [[requires::Cut Gems#Hexas Plate|Hexas Plate]] - Amethyst
* 2 [[requires::Cut Gems#Dragyn's Eye|Dragyn's Eye]] - Citrine
* 2 [[requires::Huge Diamond]]
* 10 [[requires::Medium Topaz]]
* 100 [[requires::Silver Wire]]
| demonstration =
}}

Design a miniature landscape with Aqueduct towers. Challenge others to link the towers in a loop with pipes.

Different tower types have different linking rules.

[[File:Pathmaker1.png]]

== Test Description ==
Design a miniature system of aqueduct towers, and challenge others to connect them in a loop. Living mossy towers (blue) require the pipe to pass straight through, but turn adjacent. Dead (red) towers require the pipe to turn in place, but extend straight.

== Tasks ==
Build a Pathmaker
* Open your design for Judging
* Tear down your [[Pathmaker]], OR do the following:
** Have 7 Judges solve and rate your Pathmaker
** Design rated Good by most Judges
* All of the above, OR solve three recent winning Pathmakers
* Have your design recognised as the greatest in Egypt

== Solving a Puzzle ==

The test description isn't very clear about the rules. Here's some clarification.

A Pathmaker puzzle is played on a two-dimensional grid. Initially, each square either contains a red tower, blue tower, or is empty.

You may place pipe segments on a square, including squares containing a tower, by clicking on the square. Clicking on a square again cycles through the possible pipe options for that square:

* Straight pipe, top-to-bottom.
* Straight pipe, left-to-right.
* Pipe with a 90 degree bend (4 possible orientations).

The object of the puzzle is to join all towers into a single closed loop, while obeying these rules:

* All pipes must connect up correctly to adjacent squares
* You may only have one pipe segment per square, i.e. you cannot have a "cross" pipe.
* Pipes on a square with a blue tower must be straight.
* Pipes on a square with a red tower must be a 90 degree bend.
* One of the pipes connected ''immediately adjacent'' to a blue tower must be a 90 degree bend. (Note: the rules only require one of the two to be a bend, but both can be bends if you like).
* The two pipes connected ''immediately adjacent'' to a red tower must be straight.

The Pathmaker will not let you place pipes that violate these rules.

To start, click on the face of the large board.

== Passing the Test ==

The 2 highest-rated puzzles each week will pass the Test.

= Previous Tales =
== Principles ==
Principles of the Pathmaker will lead you through making one of each type of item needed to build a Pathmaker. Of course, you may trade for the materials, bypassing all of those steps.
* Dig a [[Cuttable Stone]] at a Hole
* Cut a Stone on a [[Rock Saw]]
* Cut a Hexas Plate [[Cuttable Amethyst|Amethyst]]
* Cut a Looking Glass [[Cuttable Jade|Jade]]
* Cut a Symmetry [[Cuttable Turquoise|Turquoise]]
* Cut a Dragyn's Eye [[Cuttable Citrine|Citrine]]
* Mine a Huge [[Diamond]]
* Mine a Medium [[Topaz]]
* Mine [[Silver]]
* Build a Pathmaker
* Open your design for Judging
* Tear down your Pathmaker, OR do the following:
** Have 7 Judges solve and rate your Pathmaker
** Design rated Good by most judges
* All of the above, OR solve three recent winning Pathmakers

== Additional Information ==
This is the first [[Tests|test]] in the disciple of [[Thought]].

== Passing the Principles ==

Principles of the Pathmaker will lead you through making one of each type of item needed to build a [[Pathmaker]]. You may instead trade for the materials, bypassing all of those steps. Once a Pathmaker has been built and opened for judging, all the tutorial steps — mining a huge diamond, cutting a Dragyn's Eye citrine, etc. — are immediately completed.

*Build a [[Pathmaker]] and tear it down
*Or have seven Judges solve and rate your puzzle.
*Or solve three recent winning Pathmakers

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Omegaice at 16:35, 1 May 2021