How to play
You complete Detour Loop when the completed grid satisfies the room turn counts constraint set, every fixed clue, and the profile's whole-board completion test. The engine evaluates the full position rather than relying on a visual shortcut or an unsupported solvability claim.
- Detour Loop opens from a versioned seeded position built for A noncrossing loop visits every cell and each room clue counts its turns. The independent runtime records this exact room turn counts rules identity. Its game ID, rules profile, and deal identity are stored together so restart recreates the same opening without a server request.
- Every Detour Loop action is checked against the current board, available material, and this defining restriction: A noncrossing loop visits every cell and each room clue counts its turns. Partial assignments remain legal only while at least one completion still satisfies those constraints. Invalid, stale, or post-terminal actions leave the position unchanged.
- You complete Detour Loop when the completed grid satisfies the room turn counts constraint set, every fixed clue, and the profile's whole-board completion test. The engine evaluates the full position rather than relying on a visual shortcut or an unsupported solvability claim.
Strategy tips
- A practical Detour Loop plan is to preserve several legal continuations around A noncrossing loop visits every cell and each room clue counts its turns. The independent runtime records this exact room turn counts rules identity. Use the deterministic hint to inspect one legal action, then compare how it affects the documented objective before committing.
- A common Detour Loop error is to ignore the boundary rule that A noncrossing loop visits every cell and each room clue counts its turns. Partial assignments remain legal only while at least one completion still satisfies those constraints. Undo is useful for studying that decision, while restart deliberately preserves the original seeded position.
- Near the end of Detour Loop, recount the remaining obligations needed until the completed grid satisfies the room turn counts constraint set, every fixed clue, and the profile's whole-board completion test. Check the boundary rule after every final placement or transfer because terminal status is enforced immediately.