9 item(s) tagged "advent of code"
Advent of Code 2023 β Day 9
More camels and oasis-es, less cards.
In this puzzle, we're using our trusty Oasis And Sand Instability Sensor βΒ OASIS β to analyse our surroundings.
The OASIS produces a history for each value, and we need to extrapolate the next valu...
Advent of Code 2023 β Day 8
Another fun one!
Today's puzzle had us navigating a sandstorm. Our map, a set of directions, through what looked like a graph.
Starting at AAA, we want to get to ZZZ following the R, then L item each iteration β starting from R again i...
Advent of Code 2023 β Day 7
Day 7 saw us playing cards, on camels β camel cards!
Camel cards are like poker. But simpler, so you can play it while on a camel.
The hand-rules are similar to Poker, but with a few changes β which is ace, because I have no idea what the ...
Advent of Code 2023 β Day 6
Catchup time! π Time for day 6 β on day 11.
Today's puzzle has us racing boats. But not any boats, toy boats that are wound up with the hold of a button. The longer the button is held, the higher their speed. So holding the button for 3...
Advent of Code 2023 β Day 5
Please, my CPU, it needs help!
A classic entry for AoC, in which there is a brute-force option that will melt any CPU.
Today's puzzle was fun! But also frustrating.
The setup is you need to work out the best place to plant some seeds....
Advent of Code 2023 β Day 4
My favourite so far!
Inspired by some folks at work, I decided to try and do this as functionally as possible.
Apparently there are some similarities with past puzzles, but I, for the life of me, cannot remember any of the puzzles of years...
Advent of Code β Day 3
And so the painful puzzles begin!
Today's puzzle revolved around an ascii schematic and we were tasked with parsing it and finding adjacent elements in the map.
These ones always trip me up for some reason β and I think it's becaus...
Advent of Code β Day 2
(at least until the rest of the end-of-year things start getting in the way β which normally happens at around day 6)
Started reading this one thinking we'd be getting in to probabilities β thankfully that's not ...
Advent of Code β Day 1
Advent of Code is one of my favourite times of year. Partly for the puzzles, and partly because it's a sign the year is winding up. Like 24 ways to impress your friends and UXmas before it, Advent of Code is an advent calendar, where eac...