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  • Rinse
  • Maths
  • Behind the scenes

How water washes in Rinse, and why it is a puzzle

In Rinse, falling water scrubs, sliding water carries a little and still water drops its dirt. How the water works, and how that turns washing into a puzzle.

7 min read

  • Seiche
  • Maths
  • Behind the scenes

Ponds you can read: how every Seiche pond is made

Every Seiche pond has one answer you can read without a guess. How the ponds are built, what a what-if is, where the hint comes from and why ponds only get harder.

8 min read

  • Plumb
  • Maths
  • Behind the scenes

Why four directions go so deep: the maths of tilting

Plumb has only four moves, yet its longest levels take over twenty tilts. How moving every marble at once grows a vast tree of sequences that folds into few positions.

3 min read