Friday, January 16, 2015

'Quick Route - A Puzzle That Requires Thought To Solve' - free puzzle app game for iphone, ipad

iPhone Screenshot 1     iPhone Screenshot 2
'Quick Route - A Puzzle That Requires Thought To Solve' comes from Horis International Limited. Essentially, it is the famous Traveling Salesman math problem: given a whole bunch of cities on a map, what's the optimal route that will minimize the distance traveled.


I believe the Traveling Salesman problem was solved - sometime in the 80's.
'Quick Route - A Puzzle That Requires Thought To Solve', has a bunch of easy problems with just 4 points and 5 points. After that, it gets very difficult. There are 102 levels and I've solved 14 of them. Surprisingly, there is an addictive element to this puzzle game.


Very Cool: whatever route you draw, if it's not correct, the program tells you what % longer it is than what the optimal route is. I've drawn one route that was a mere .2% longer.
https://itunes.apple.com/app/quickroute-the-game/id882744410?mt=8

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