Test of the Empty Hand

The Test of the Empty Hand
(Test - Thought)
Prerequisites
	Gearbox Design; 1 Papyrus Paper; 1 Ink; 1 Concrete; 1 Cut Stone; 1 Copper Sheeting; 1 Treated Boards - Pliable, Rotproof; 1 Treated Boards - Rigid, Rotproof; 1 Treated Boards - Hard, Pliable; 1 Treated Boards - Pliable, Termite Resistant; 1 Steel Cable; 1 Oil; 1 Leather; 1 Rope; 1 Iron Bars; 1 Zinc; 1 Oyster Shell Marble; 1 Yellow Alabaster; 1 Mud Granite; 1 White Travertine; 1 Canary Granite; 1 Night Granite; 1 Bearings; 1 Eyelet - Any;

An ancient children's game of many variations. Invent your own variation on a giant mechanical tower and have it judged among Egypt's most challenging.

Test Description

Design an Empty Hand Puzzle, and invite others to solve your creation. They will rate your puzzle on how clever and satisfying the solution is. Remember that only people who actually solve it will qualify as judges.

Task

Design an Empty Hand Puzzle and open it for Judging
Tear down your Empty Hand Puzzle, OR do the following:
- Have 7 Judges solve and rate your Empty Hand
- Design rated Good by most judges
All of the above, OR solve three recent winning Empty Hand Puzzles
Pass Test of Empty Hand

Talent Points

Design an Empty Hand Puzzle and open it for Judging (2 Talent Point) ?
Have 7 Judges solve and rate your Empty Hand (1 Talent Point) ?
Design rated Good by most judges (1 Talent Point) ?
Pass the Test (3 Talent Point) ?

Passing the Test

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

Solving the Puzzle

Starting the game brings up an interface like the one above. Each set of pictures either side of the Swap button is a rule, which changes the block(s) on the left into the block(s) on the right. These rules can add or remove blocks, but blocks can only be added if there are some in the warehouse. The text at the top shows how many blocks are remaining in the warehouse. The Swap buttons which are raised denote that that particular rule is available given the current setup of the blocks on show.

The blocks which are in play, not in the warehouse, are shown in the top panel and can be moved left and right with the '<<' and '>>' buttons respectively.

In order to solve the puzzle, all blocks must be removed from the puzzle and be put back in the warehouse. In this example, the combination of Red-Yellow-Blue-Red blocks can be removed and replaced with no blocks, moving them all back into the warehouse and completing the game. So the objective of the game is to go from the starting configuration to the configuration which allows all the blocks to be removed, using the rules on display.

Empty Hand Tower Locations

Region	Coordinates	Owner	Passed?	Notes
VoQ	771 -4201	Augusta	No	Art park
VoQ	797 -4143	Redshift	No	Art park adjacent
Red Sea	1951 2090	Brucette	No	Art park, N of Avaris cs - Open
East Sinai	4231, 6702	Isabelin	Yes	A bit SW of TED cs
Red Sea	1818, 1949	Jazkar	No	Near Avaris CS

* Note: Some of these locations may no longer be valid because of players reusing passed towers for a different player's new design. If you know a listed location/design no longer exists, please delete the entry or note that it is gone and thus no longer a useful location for principles or additional Test of Judgment points.

Adding to the Map

To add to the map just copy the following line and change it into your values

(PinRdE) 943, -1779, Jyin, EHT

Just adding to the table doesn't add to the map, you need to add the above line to the CondMap with the others

Empty Hand Towers Map