Tower of Hanoi - Tran Quoc Pagoda
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This thing is my contribution to the world of "Tower of Hanoi" puzzles. Rather than designing a simplified representation of the puzzle, I decided to model it after a real-life tower in Hanoi ([The Tran Quoc Pagoda](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tr%E1%BA%A5n_Qu%E1%BB%91c_Pagoda)). I like to think (but here we step into the world of legends) that the game originated in the mind of someone watching this tower... I wanted to create an object that would represent the tower quite accurately, besides being the wonderfully satisfying logic puzzle game we all know. The result is what you can see in the photos, an object that can comfortably sit on an office desk or a sitting room coffee table for aesthetic reasons, or be on a teen's room shelf as a curio for friends to attempt to solve. If you stumble on this thing and have no idea what this puzzle is all about, I will briefly summarize the goal and rules you need to play and solve it. The goal of the puzzle is to move the whole tower (my version being made up of 7 pieces, or discs) from one pole to another. There are basically just two rules: 1. You may only move ONE disc at a time, the topmost of any pole you decide to act on, from one pole to another. 2. You may ONLY place a smaller disc on a bigger one, NEVER the opposite. There is a bit of math involved, and this puzzle is often used to teach students about recursive algorithms in computer science, but I find that once you know the algorithm, the puzzle becomes a lot more "mechanic" and a lot less fascinating! I will attach files in two different forms: - An STL file for each peace to be printed, in this case please see the instructions to know how many of each should be printed - An STL file for each color, including all models in a single file, printable on a 30x30cm build plate. This is how I printed mine. If you make this, please post your makes, I am very curious to see the effect with different colors/materials!
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