Week 5 Van Berlo's Rotor

VAN BERLO'S ROTOR

by cassiepepsi

METRICS
Area > Cycles > Cost
Sum > Maximize Pistons

REAGENTS
Destabilized Water
Tripartite Salt

PRODUCTS
Van Berlo's Rotor

A primer on disjoint molecules

Note that this puzzle features disjoint reagents and outputs.

Disjoint molecules are molecules with no connecting bonds between its parts. They function like usual molecules, but whenever a debond happens in such a molecule, the bond network of the molecule is recalculated, separating all disjoint parts.

It does not matter how you assemble the disjoint molecule, as long as the bonds are in the correct place.

Disjoint molecules may not be replicated with multiple distinct molecules, nor can it simulate multiple distinct molecules.

Special thanks to crazybot27 in discord for implementing disjoint validation in omsim.

TALMA: Here's what I hope will be the final version. I went through the whole thing and replaced the temporary name that I know you absolutely despised. I can send it to the journal for review once I get your approval for this draft.

INDIGO: ...
INDIGO: You've renamed it to "Van Berlo's Rotor".

TALMA: That is correct.

INDIGO: Are you really going to name it that? Carus Van Berlo's been dead for years. Not to mention that his work is only barely cited as a reference on our paper!

TALMA: I'm not sure you've considered how hilarious it would be to do so. Not to mention, it would catch people's attention quite quickly.

INDIGO: Hilarious? Hilarious?! We are alchemists of great renown!

TALMA: (You, maybe...)

INDIGO: And I won't have you sully my reputation by publishing a paper with THAT title about an alchemical catalyst that is neither Van Berlo's, nor even really a rotor! Because you think it would be "hilarious".

TALMA: I'd happily remove you as a co-author if it's your reputation you're worried about.

INDIGO: You are insufferable.

download: weeklies2026_van-berlos-rotor.puzzle (where do i put this?)