Week 4: Roshambonite
Roshambonite
METRICS
Sum (Cost + Cycles + Area)
Bounding Hexagon > Cycles > Cost
("Bounding Hexagon", or bestagon, is the smallest axis-aligned hexagon that contains the area that your solution is using. The Glyph of Disposal, for example, completely fills a bounding hexagon with a side length of 2, and the input and output of this old puzzle mark a bounding hexagon of 3 and 4, respectively.)
REAGENTS
Roshambonite Tailings
PRODUCTS
Roshambonite
JOCELYN: If this is what you need, I’ll make it for you. What are you using it for?
???: It’s roshambonite. It’s a coating material. On a lens, it gathers more light. You don’t need to know more than that.
JOCELYN: Oh, that’s okay, I know what roshambonite does. It expands the light collecting radius past the edges of the glass and twists it into a beautiful spiral. But what do you use it for?
???: …oh, yes, alchemical engineer. I should remember.
???: See that desk over there? It was a transmutation engine, once. A little of the machinery is still there. You should be able to connect your cabinet to it to use a larger workspace.
JOCELYN: Great! I’ll do my best!
[click here after solving puzzle to reveal post-solve flavortext]
JOCELYN: What’s your name?
???: Tosa. Tosa De La Sе́rolo.
JOCELYN: It's good to meet you!
TOSA: Next you’ll ask me to step out of the shadows.
JOCELYN: It’s okay, you can stay there. I’m not bothered if you’re sensitive about it.
TOSA: I am. There’s much you don’t need to see.
download: OM2026_W4_Roshambonite.puzzle (where do i put this?)