Category: Challenging 3D

This is a challenge that has a few elements. First of all there is the solving the puzzle. You start with a grid like this. To play, you need towers at 3 different heights, let’s…

Have you ever seen one of those amazing artists draw a scene on the floor that makes it look like there’s a massive hole in the ground? Here’s an example. All of this is drawn…

Often the way we see shapes hides the important aspects of their properties from us. To get to know shapes and thus spatial relationships, one of the best ways is to make them. This starts…

Rolling blocks can be found as apps (both web and mobile). Here’s a video of a much more sophisticated version of the game called Block Master 2000 that can be found in Apple and Play…

Here’s a challenge before the challenge. Try your hand at some 3D making. What could you use to make a multilevel Os and Xs board? I’ll bet you’ve got something at home that might work….

This week’s puzzle is a simplification of the problem that Piet Hein devised and solved some 85 or so years ago* The challenge is to see how many different solids we can create by adding…