Force Field Cube | Puzzle Advent Calendar

For this year's Puzzle Advent Calendar I created the Force Field Cube puzzle! It was designed with the goal of making something accessible to visually impaired individuals, relying on a keen sense of feel to solve. Thanks to Reese and the Filament Stories family for helping me test it out :)
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The Puzzle Advent Calendar is a collaboration between many puzzle designers and KZbinrs, releasing 24 daily videos on many different channels. Each video will show a brand new puzzle design, that hasn't been seen before.
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• 2x2 Force Field Cube : than.gs/m/972911
• 3x3 Force Field Wireframe Cube : than.gs/m/972922
• 2x2 Force Field Test Cube : than.gs/m/972920
• 3x3 Force Field Solid Cube : than.gs/m/972921
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• N52 strength magnets : ebay.to/3kMB1A4
• E6000 Adhesive : amzn.to/44LMqVm
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[@FilamentStories]

Absolutely the best birthday present; Reese loved it! And the tape trick to keep the magnets in, wow, that's brilliant and I’m totally using that from now on! Thanks so much for letting us be a part of your fun Advent calendar puzzle challenge 2023!!

[@Zeldur]

I LOVE this idea from the reason why it was made to the execution. Clearly the next step is to create different voxel shapes using the same methodology like 2 interlocking squares, a bowtie, and a pyramid (slight sarcasm). Hope your move went/ is going well

[@KieranNoble]

So cute and wholesome! Great work 😊

[@Desugan69]

honestly thats a great thing not even just as a puzzle but as decot in generell

[@aarrodri]

One of the first puzzles that got me into this hobby is one very similar to yours. Its called mattel force field magnetic puzzle. The differnece between yours is that mattel had different magnet strenghts in some sides , so you had to find the right polarity plus the right corresponding force or it would deform. I was 9 yo and I remember it's was the first time I used "critical thinking" to solve something. I used a butter knife to feel the strength of each side and a regular magnet to test polarity. It took me days to solve but I was hooked into puzzles ever since.

[@CubesMadeEasy]

Love the idea, and it was really cool to see Reese solving it! I have some leftover N52 magnets so I'm considering printing the 2x2 and 3x3 versions. I don't have E6000, would you say that super glue isn't strong enough to hold the magnets in properly? Also, I really like the astrolabicon wall behind you!

[@make.anything]

Super glue should work, I've just noticed it sometimes discolors certain filaments... Plus I always get it on my fingers lol

[@mbanerjee5889]

This is so sweet. Nice to see Reese enjoying it.

[@lanceanthony198]

Another beautiful puzzle design, nice work Devin

[@Wild_D]

Great job!

[@adrianm7425]

A new make anything video - you made my day!

[@cardboardcomputing]

Really Cool idea! thats going straight on the Printer

[@willierants5880]

Such a cool and unique idea. Imagine the feel of these puzzles. Devon, just a thought, but consider sending one of your puzzles to Tommy Edison (The Tommy Edison Experience). I'm sure he'll get a kick out of it. I was wondering Reese and Tommy share some mannerisms in the best way possible. If you are familiar with Tommy I think you'll know what I mean.

[@nagiuhti]

The vibes are so good I had to subscribe

[@KSCuberOfficial]

This is super cool!

[@koktszfung]

amazing puzzle

[@TheWindGinProject]

Cool! Thanks!

[@gracebohler4380]

What a cool idea!

[@makedaevilmage]

oeh, I love puzzles like this

[@b_cubes_7669]

Awesome idea, they look great AND fun! Well done! 🎄🎁

[@ribofen]

I am very pro accessibility in games, these ideas are awesome.

[@98Zai]

Neat!

[@xp_pk]

Besides getting 2nd comment, this is actually really cool. I'll definitely be gifting this print. Looking forward to more puzzles like it!

[@holloszaboakos]

I will prove it on paper later, but I doubt it to have only one solutions in most magnet setups. In case of the bigger cube the difficulty is bigger, but not that big. Just like in case of a 2D pussle if you have corner, edge, side and center cubes you already reduced the number of possible combinations. I would proceed it like a rubics cube. You have 8 corners, each has 3 rotations. Therefor you have 8!x3 combinations (80 thousand). However by concentrating on one of the sides first you reduce it to 48, so you can eliminate the majority of wrong combinations. Also there must be multiple solutions! If you created a 4x4x4... well that would be a real challange!

[@teddyyneddy4076]

I was too focused on the making part and the "i did it" part surprised me bc i didn't saw the solving xD

[@LincolnWorld]

I had a feeling Devin was the real life version of the superhero "Daredevil", now this video comes out. Just sayin'. 😊

[@skatepalooza]

Devin! This looks so much fun, can't wait to try it out. What is that little green doohicky you're using to insert the magnets into your prints?

[@make.anything]

Thanks! The green thing is just a magnet I stuck onto my stack of magnets to make sure I don't accidentally install them backwards

[@michael1234252]

Actually you created a new version of an old puzzle from the 80's Called Force Field by Mattel.

[@michaelbraaten]

@MakeAnything I’m new to the channel. What are those prints directly behind you on the peg board? Very intriguing as I have no frame of reference for what they might be!

[@SeraphimKnight]

If you made the cubes so that all faces need covers where you can't tell what's an "outside" piece and what is a magnet right away, it would make for a much harder challenge.

[@deebambi5567]

Did you thought about trying to do two concentric magnets (outer ring + inner disc) to increase possible configurations & even bigger puzzles?

[@make.anything]

I considered something like that, but they already use so many magnets :p

[@wreckervilla]

I wonder if there would be a way for incorrect sides to have the magnet orientation actuate a blocker so you knew without a doubt those sides aren't meant to go together

[@make.anything]

Oh that would be fancy!

[@aarrodri]

There is a vintage one that had different magnetic strengths so you had to match polarity and strength.

[@jatrillion]

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[@p_1749]

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[@Ricardo0139]

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[@make.anything]

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[@p_1749]

@@make.anything 3?

[@jatrillion]

@@make.anythingwow, hello! I’ve been subscribed for years

[@Deathkloud]

Force feel'd

[@xp_pk]

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[@Zyugo]

I found out that there are only 4 possible polarity combinations for the vertex piece, 8 for the edge piece, 12 for the face piece, and 10 for the core piece. This means there will always be duplicates for the vertex and edge pieces.

[@make.anything]

You're right. I considered putting two magnets per face to reduce possible solutions but the solid 3x3 is already challenging and uses a lot of magnets 😋

[@duskmoss]

You had Toney sasharea out

[@realFranklinfurter]

A 2x2 cube puzzle with 3 magnets per piece and rotational symmetry will have 4 unique pieces, right? NNN NNS NSS SSS How about a octahedron puzzle with 6 pieces and 4 magnets per piece? That would allow for 6 unique magnet configurations. NNNN NNNS NNSS NSNS NSSS SSSS A 12 piece icosahedron with 5 magnets per piece would have 8 unique configs. If you broke the symmetry of the pieces of your cube puzzle, you could increase the number of configurations to 8. NNN NNS NSN SNN...

[@fluminox13]

I dont say itis bad, but I wouldnt call it a puzzle

[@San-.-]

Why is bro crying