How To Solve a 4x4 Sliding Puzzle (Easily and in under a minute!)

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  • Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
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    I was nervous for some reason when i recorded this so i stutter quite a bit... I also miss some obvious moves as I made this as soon as I learned how to solve one myself! Hopefully it still helps some of you out anyway!
    Thanks for watching!

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  • @theegg4202
    @theegg4202 3 года назад +155

    Thank you. This saved me like 5 hours trying to solve the puzzles in The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker

    • @fool9711
      @fool9711 2 года назад +8

      Literally the exact reason I’m here lmao

    • @ZDiStefano
      @ZDiStefano 2 года назад +2

      @@fool9711 also here for this and still cant get it LOL

    • @HeelBJC
      @HeelBJC Год назад +2

      Ahaha that's why I'm here too. I wanted to learn the logic vs just looking up the solution. This is so much more satisfying.

    • @HeelBJC
      @HeelBJC Год назад +1

      @@ZDiStefano You might've ended up just looking it up, but keep in mind the Wind Waker puzzles have their empty square in the TOP left rather than the bottom. So you'll want to follow this from bottom to top rather than top to bottom like the example in the video.

    • @spyrofan6
      @spyrofan6 Год назад

      Haha when I was beginning I did to

  • @justtemm
    @justtemm Месяц назад

    oh my god it actually worked, when i looked at the comments i thought i would still fail after this tutorial but after this, even with no skill in these types of puzzles, i can actually do these puzzles

  • @mindlessmeat4055
    @mindlessmeat4055 Год назад +1

    I was struggling with the bottom two rows until you said to do the corner square. That is so helpful. Thanks.

  • @charliedelao4119
    @charliedelao4119 8 месяцев назад

    Thank you so much man! I struggled for super long to the point where I wanted to just break the thing so I looked it up and saw yours. After watching the video I managed to solve it in about 10 minutes. Thank you!

  • @ibimon
    @ibimon 8 лет назад

    this works perfect. I had one scrambled by my daughter before I saw the original picture.I just took a photo of the puzzle, split in MS paint and put together to actually see the picture. Then just numbered the squares with marker. Now I can do straight forward pictures 4x4 without marker.It's all about the algorithm rather than the number.

  • @sundvisson
    @sundvisson 5 месяцев назад

    best video of solving this puzzle! so many videos I watched before this one that were so unlogical and took way more time to solve

  • @bluegarren9361
    @bluegarren9361 8 месяцев назад

    Question, if you have a puzzle that’s in the right order and you take out the 14 and 15 and swap them, is it possible to solve it by sliding the numbers in the correct order?
    No matter what I do I can’t get the last two in order. Doesn’t matter if it’s 14&15, 12&13, 10&11 it just doesn’t seem to work out.
    Thanks!

  • @someone0d
    @someone0d 11 лет назад

    Thanks a ton for making this! It was super helpful!

  • @interlamer7480
    @interlamer7480 6 лет назад

    Thanks! It was very helpful.

  • @edenchia8971
    @edenchia8971 8 лет назад +5

    how about the last three number?
    9 10 11 15
    13 14 12

  • @MCKyera
    @MCKyera 11 месяцев назад

    But what if the last 3 don't solve automatically?!

  • @Flowerrr101
    @Flowerrr101 2 года назад

    Thanks so much!

  • @Cokebabez
    @Cokebabez 9 лет назад +1

    Omg thank you so much! I ttied solving this nancy drew puzzle all night and all morning and this helped so much! #feelaccomplished #appreciateit

  • @malak-ki9iw
    @malak-ki9iw 3 года назад

    Me who solve it under 30 sec and happy about myself

  • @junpre9721
    @junpre9721 3 года назад

    How do I get the 13 under the 9 and the 14 under the 10? I do mines up to down 123456789 just missing the 2 button rows. This is my first time playing.

    • @junpre9721
      @junpre9721 3 года назад

      Omg thanks I did it in 2 minutes

  • @nadeneknauer5626
    @nadeneknauer5626 3 года назад +1

    My 15 and 12 need to swap

  • @Little-Buster
    @Little-Buster 10 месяцев назад

    This was more then a minute!

  • @cubeoi
    @cubeoi 5 лет назад

    this almost looks like my method and my best with my method 27 seconds :)

  • @真志雄
    @真志雄 3 года назад

    came from resident evil 4

  • @khamphacongnghe247
    @khamphacongnghe247 Год назад

    Has anyone played this game Slide Puzzle Camera?

  • @taxxilatown4115
    @taxxilatown4115 2 года назад

    I couldnt even solve one now i my pb is 32 seconds.

  • @shaunzhang733
    @shaunzhang733 5 лет назад

    Followed your guides, but I am stuck in this situation where 11 and 15 are both in row 3, and 12 is on row 4, can someone tell me how to solve a puzzle like this?
    Like the following example
    1 2 3 4
    5 6 7 8
    9 10 11 15
    13 14 12

    • @maciejwicher6348
      @maciejwicher6348 5 лет назад

      It's pretty much impossible to get into that situation

    • @maciejwicher6348
      @maciejwicher6348 5 лет назад

      No matter how hard I tried to get into that I couldn't manage to do it.

    • @maciejwicher6348
      @maciejwicher6348 5 лет назад

      I've recorded how to solve
      1 2 3 4
      5 6 7 8
      9 10 11 15
      12 14 13

    • @maciejwicher6348
      @maciejwicher6348 5 лет назад

      ruclips.net/video/xg4vSlZNH2g/видео.html

    • @shaunzhang733
      @shaunzhang733 5 лет назад

      @@maciejwicher6348 If you couldn't get into the situation that I described, then there's something wrong with the program. Note, I got into this situation on a programmed slider puzzle game I made myself.

  • @itssomething5814
    @itssomething5814 7 лет назад

    I came here to get the trophy from the welcome park on ps vita.. Anyone else?

    • @itssomething5814
      @itssomething5814 7 лет назад

      thanks dude, I just got all the welcome park trophies. i needed to solve this 4x4 slide puzzle in under 50 sec to get the last trophy

  • @Chris_MarMar
    @Chris_MarMar Год назад +32

    Dude thank you so much. These puzzles are the bane of my existence in horror games lol which is exactly what I’m watching this for. I’ll usually try looking up the solution but that didn’t work this time since the numbered blocks always randomize for this one. Your guide here is the only thing I could find that helped. You’re doing whatever gods out theres work with this.
    If anybody is curious about the game it’s Fatal Frame Mask of the lunar eclipse.

  • @fazzen8879
    @fazzen8879 8 лет назад +98

    There is a hint of cleveland brown in your voice...

    • @danvize4284
      @danvize4284 5 лет назад

      Junior or senior, lol

    • @mosslizard
      @mosslizard 3 года назад +1

      what the hell what a specific thing to notice

    • @drsatan1202
      @drsatan1202 3 года назад

      @@mosslizard damn 😂😂

  • @samno2088
    @samno2088 2 года назад +19

    God I love YT. I downloaded a picture slide puzzle app (gotta train for the one day I end up on Survivor and need to solve a slide puzzle) and I was like, “how the hell does anyone do this consistently??” And after 5 minutes on YT I can now solve ANY picture slide puzzle you hand me. The US education system could never.

    • @jordandyck7590
      @jordandyck7590 7 месяцев назад +1

      The exact reason I found this video was so I don’t look like an idiot during immunity challenges! Glad I’m not alone in that 😂

    • @Chris-qp2ly
      @Chris-qp2ly 7 месяцев назад +1

      Me too brother lol

  • @SzymekCSC
    @SzymekCSC 3 года назад +5

    Over a minute!

  • @DevDreCW
    @DevDreCW 8 лет назад +71

    Damn, solved one after watching this and I felt like Neo from the Matrix. "I know sliding puzzles"

  • @sureyyaozbek7162
    @sureyyaozbek7162 4 года назад +2

    Could you help me? I tried again again but result is always same
    1 2 3 4
    5 6 7 8
    9 10 11 15
    13 14 12 x
    Thank you so much

  • @famoussaturn3237
    @famoussaturn3237 7 лет назад +54

    For Wind Waker HD

    • @drewfla
      @drewfla 5 лет назад +5

      Thanks to these tips I finally solved all of those damn sliding puzzles in Wind Waker HD! You know what happens when you finish them all? Absolutely nothing. You get 200 rupees for the last one instead of 50, and then the puzzles reset. Very anticlimactic lol.

    • @CVerse
      @CVerse 5 лет назад +1

      @@drewfla yeah just like the mail sorting game

    • @OrangePenguin8
      @OrangePenguin8 5 лет назад

      Me too wtf

  • @Laytonzfan25
    @Laytonzfan25 8 лет назад +23

    Thank you! You saved my life, without you I wouldn't have been able to solve the Puzzle in "The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD" :D

    • @theveexperience1690
      @theveexperience1690 7 лет назад +1

      Laytonzfan25 oh man I'm trying to do that right now and I still don't get it. its driving me crazy 😖

    • @windwilder9166
      @windwilder9166 Год назад

      Dandy boy adventures

    • @windwilder9166
      @windwilder9166 Год назад

      Dandy Boy adventures

  • @damageYT666
    @damageYT666 5 лет назад +15

    You, sir, are a legend. Concisely explained, easy to learn, singularly useful. Win! :-)

    • @MrSnowmandeath
      @MrSnowmandeath 9 месяцев назад

      This man has been helping gamers solve their quest puzzles for over a decade. He was the chosen one.

  • @krzysztofstankiewicz1158
    @krzysztofstankiewicz1158 7 лет назад +28

    Thank you. One thing, though - an animated puzzle would make the movement of tiles easier to follow

  • @9ger
    @9ger 3 месяца назад +2

    I did this 3 times but I just got worse and worse the more I thought about how I did it

  • @Razlider
    @Razlider 3 года назад +1

    this saved me a lot of headache in that later alligator sliding puzzle @.@

  • @user-up3bl2pc6r
    @user-up3bl2pc6r 2 года назад +2

    my 12 and 14 are always switched, how do i fix this?

  • @joekie
    @joekie 6 лет назад +2

    I tried it, but failed, maybe because I'm doing a picture slider

  • @FunSizedDragon
    @FunSizedDragon 6 лет назад +5

    Thanks for the help. Cleared all 16 4x4 slide puzzle in Wind Waker without too much trouble because of you.

  • @pkdrenaissance
    @pkdrenaissance 4 года назад +6

    Thanks for showing how easy it is. This has always been the hardest puzzle for me to solve. As I was doing it your way, I noticed that you can back the three over to the two spot and click the four up and for the bottom two rows you can bring up the 9 with the 13 following it. I call it the 9 train and 13 is the caboose! or the 13 train with the 9 as the caboose! Depending on which row the train is on decides which number is the Locomotive and which is the caboose!

    • @squatchjosh1131
      @squatchjosh1131 Год назад

      I enjoy how enthusiastic you are about the word caboose

  • @LoveEmm
    @LoveEmm Год назад +4

    I was struggling with one of these for over an hour, and after this video, I solved it in a minute. Thank you so much!

  • @douggief1367
    @douggief1367 3 месяца назад +1

    Hi Steve. Thanks for the great explanation. I am trying to code a 4x4 puzzle in VB. I have looked at your source code, but I don't understand java/javascript. How do you make sure that the puzzle is solvable? Many thanks, Doug.

    • @addictedtogw
      @addictedtogw  3 месяца назад

      There are multiple ways, but here's how I did it. I start with a solved puzzle (2d array), and then look at the empty square. I then pick a random adjacent square (one not outside the bounds of the puzzle) and swap it with the empty spot. I repeat that process ~2000 times to essentially shuffle the board backwards from solved. Since the puzzle started solved and all we are doing is making legal random moves, it will always be solvable in the end. The logic is all in the function SlidingPuzzle.prototype.shuffleTiles. The tricky part is making sure to check your array bounds so that the random adjacent tile is valid. If not, then you you just pick another. (Empty corners will have 2 valid swap tiles, edges have 3, and an empty middle will have all 4 N/S/E/W as possible swaps). You can tinker with your total swap number, but i found 2k to be more then enough to get a really mixed up one every time. Hope this helps!!

  • @NK-ec8um
    @NK-ec8um 6 лет назад +7

    How to solbe it if 11 and 12 are in the wrong order?

    • @joewhittle801
      @joewhittle801 4 года назад +1

      niggitheking I took hours with this. After 2 days of trying/leaving it/coming back to it I decided it wasn’t a valid puzzle and switched the 11 and 12 tiles

  • @wholesomebunnyva8159
    @wholesomebunnyva8159 3 года назад +2

    I've been doing them for fun in classes for a couple years, taught myself how to do them and my best time is just shy of 12 seconds

  • @mondavou9408
    @mondavou9408 3 года назад +3

    That was nice and clear for me - thank you. I remember these puzzles from being a kid. Sadly, I either didn't have the brains or didn't have the patience, or maybe both. BUT NOW.... thanks to you - BRING IT! :-) BTW, I used to be able to easily solve a Rubix Cube in middle school - fast forward 40 years - not anymore. Based on how you taught the sliding puzzle, any chance of you doing a Rubix video?

  • @FreddyBoBeddy
    @FreddyBoBeddy Год назад +2

    Dude, you're my hero. I thought I was never going to finish Fatal Frame Mask of the Lunar Eclipse because I couldn't figure out the puzzle. It's also pretty neat just to know how to do the puzzle now.

    • @Soki7000
      @Soki7000 Год назад +1

      Saaaame. I was getting seriously demotivated.

    • @sapphixiana
      @sapphixiana Год назад +1

      Hahaha. OMG same!

  • @tuschman168
    @tuschman168 9 лет назад +3

    I wish some adventure game let's players would learn how to solve these because they always get stuck on these kinds of puzzles and a lot of adventure games have them.

  • @zoomdude44
    @zoomdude44 10 лет назад +1

    got stuck on
    1 2 3 4
    5 6 7 8
    9 10 11 12
    13 15 14
    wtf do I do and don't say ermagherd the puzzle is rigged or broken because im sorry but that's just not true

    • @TheAvocadoCultist
      @TheAvocadoCultist 9 лет назад

      zoomdude44 That puzzle actually is broken, that's an impossible set up...

  • @lSteveTheTrooperl
    @lSteveTheTrooperl 2 года назад +1

    All this just to find out mine was unsolvable

  • @4Maestro1
    @4Maestro1 9 лет назад +1

    Hey Steve, I tried one of these and normally I have no trouble, but this time I ended up with 12 and 15 flip-flopped, and I can't figure out how to get those last 2 in the right places. Any suggestions?

    • @addictedtogw
      @addictedtogw  9 лет назад

      double check to make sure all the others are in the right places. if they are then and its still messed up its an unsolvable puzzle

    • @4Maestro1
      @4Maestro1 9 лет назад

      +Steven Burrell Ah ha! You were right. My puzzle was a picture of a toucan and 1 and 2 were almost identical and did not realize the were reversed. by the time I got those corrected and everything back in order, 12 and 15 were correct. I guess that's the trick with picture puzzles. Thx for the asst.

    • @matej4949
      @matej4949 8 лет назад

      +Steven Burrell how to make sure that your code does not scramble it in such order which makes it unsolvable?

    • @addictedtogw
      @addictedtogw  8 лет назад

      ***** the way I did it I wrote some helper code to scramble the puzzle by obeying the way the puzzle works and moving squares around. You can't just put random numbers in random squares

  • @ChrisKirtley
    @ChrisKirtley 10 месяцев назад

    I solved everything except the last 3 (11, 15, 12) - no matter how I move them, they just won't solve themselves!

  • @rebekahfager127
    @rebekahfager127 11 лет назад +11

    WOW! this was amazingly helpful...I had one of these when I was young and knew instinctively that there must be a method behind it. I just solved two in a row. Thank you.

  • @Arseny97MC
    @Arseny97MC 6 лет назад +1

    I just finished coding this up in JavaScript and googled how to solve it, now I'm here! thanks :D

  • @raphaelkowolski5924
    @raphaelkowolski5924 2 месяца назад

    Thanks a lot. This helped me solve Ruins of Void Claydol puzzle in Pokemon Unbound.

  • @Casper-jx3vv
    @Casper-jx3vv Год назад

    just tried this on a puzzle I got for my birthday 2 years ago turns out it was not a valid sovleable puzzle had to pop a piece out on the last step where you have an empty space 11, 12 and 15

  • @theiojo9253
    @theiojo9253 Год назад

    I almost solved one but the last three pieces (15,12,11) are messed up. No matter what I do i can't put them correctly

  • @mikethomure4155
    @mikethomure4155 4 года назад

    I have no clue what you were doing. You just basically did the puzzle with no explanation

  • @zekesmith672
    @zekesmith672 4 года назад +1

    I won a challenge on Survivor thanks to this video

  • @flurrieroblox8990
    @flurrieroblox8990 8 лет назад +2

    Wow, I used to think it was impossible for me to finish one of these, I thought it was luck. After watching this I finished it in a few minutes. Start from top, left to right, down :D

    • @ameshapatel6179
      @ameshapatel6179 3 года назад

      But when it turn on impossible mode,
      we all are dead men.

  • @Dorelaxen
    @Dorelaxen 2 года назад

    Every video game developer that's ever put one of these damnable things in their game should be neutered.

  • @IcantChooseBetweenVandJackson
    @IcantChooseBetweenVandJackson 8 месяцев назад

    This is so much easier than solving outer horizontal and vertical lines first..

  • @wheatleythebrick2276
    @wheatleythebrick2276 Год назад

    didnt watch the whole thing but the initial tips really helped me out, so thanks!

  • @derbyman6523
    @derbyman6523 5 месяцев назад

    Very nice tutorial do u still do videos on this kind of puzzles?

  • @Skipzilla01
    @Skipzilla01 3 года назад

    after several hour at this, I realized that the one Im using has been popped..

  • @kyore789
    @kyore789 2 года назад

    If you’re here for the tomorrow children or RuneScape you a real one

  • @shiro1598
    @shiro1598 Год назад +1

    dude you're a god

  • @akshajkothamachu6245
    @akshajkothamachu6245 2 года назад

    how do i do it i am at the end and i have 12 and 15 switched everything else is solved

  • @gobrin4947
    @gobrin4947 2 года назад

    Rewatch, if you still didn't get it, cause I did, and it worked

  • @genrukin
    @genrukin Год назад

    Thanks i was stuck in a video game with a sliding puzzle.

  • @gumtree7177
    @gumtree7177 3 месяца назад

    I didn’t hear any stutter. You were fine. Perfect. Thanks Steven where’s the web link please

    • @addictedtogw
      @addictedtogw  3 месяца назад

      I've added a link to the puzzle in the description. I had to re-build it. Thanks!

  • @atsuko7593
    @atsuko7593 Год назад

    This helped me beat the later alligator game, thanks

  • @kt3657
    @kt3657 Год назад

    At 7:16 I have my position reversed with 14 to the left side and 15 to the right. I found it impossible to solve the puzzle. Could it be that my 15 puzzle is unsolvable ?

  • @jayspeed608
    @jayspeed608 4 года назад +1

    In Reverse

  • @carbonatedsuaceyt4124
    @carbonatedsuaceyt4124 Год назад

    I can reliably get under 40 seconds thanks bro

  • @wallyevans3320
    @wallyevans3320 Год назад

    Thank you for this method this helped me immediately!

  • @Cheera6666
    @Cheera6666 Год назад

    Oh Yeah....Very Thanks....I Normally Takes 800 or more than 800 moves.....But after trying this , I get it in less than 200 moves.....It was HELPFUL

  • @bookle5829
    @bookle5829 11 месяцев назад

    I finally learned how to solve slide puzzle lmao

  • @leslieryan60
    @leslieryan60 10 лет назад +1

    ¡Muchas gracias! es una muy buena lección. (Saludos desde Barcelona, Spain)

  • @jjflippfive3642
    @jjflippfive3642 8 лет назад +2

    my best time with this method is 48 seconds my best time with my method is 42 seconds, but that's just so far, I've been getting faster.

    • @jjflippfive3642
      @jjflippfive3642 8 лет назад

      my best time with a 3x3 is 16 seconds.

    • @Juhinvr
      @Juhinvr 3 года назад

      Do you want a cookie 5 years later?

  • @tundetihanyi3161
    @tundetihanyi3161 9 лет назад +1

    Thank you for this video! I just stuck in a game and I was always very bad with these puzzles, but with this help I have solved it.

  • @philiplissel3231
    @philiplissel3231 Год назад

    Cant get the last three on my puzzle for some reason

  • @spyrofan6
    @spyrofan6 Год назад

    I created a similar one back In Scout camp.

  • @playmovingpictures
    @playmovingpictures 5 лет назад

    Steve is it math ?? Algorithms? Or what’s the spatial logic process. Or is it too random to have exact process. Is it random spatial logic ?

  • @tcthepackrat
    @tcthepackrat 4 года назад

    Cool thanks just solved my 1978 incredible hulk puzzle

  • @justanotherarrogantinterne1955
    @justanotherarrogantinterne1955 8 лет назад

    I like to get 12 in the bottom right, 11 above it, 10 to the left of 11 and 9 to the left of 10. Then when I have 13 14 15 in place, I just slide the 9 10 and 11 to the left and push the 12 up, and BOOM.

  • @ConcreteAngelx3
    @ConcreteAngelx3 3 года назад

    I do the same way but then I sometimes get stuck with 11, 12 and 15.

    • @ConcreteAngelx3
      @ConcreteAngelx3 3 года назад

      I have 9,10, 11,15 (13 and 14 are in the correct spaces) so how do I move 11,12,15 to the correct spaces? It’s not automatic like you are saying

  • @mochimochi66202
    @mochimochi66202 5 месяцев назад

    helped me with king legacy tysm

  • @smxygoat
    @smxygoat 5 месяцев назад

    Who’s here from windwaker 🤣🤣

  • @aroniax2791
    @aroniax2791 Год назад

    thank you! I was struggling with RE4 sliding puzzle and pokemon unbound's slizing puzzle

  • @yosephgeorgiou4369
    @yosephgeorgiou4369 4 года назад

    Keep getting stuck on the last 2x2 squares

  • @narutofan10036
    @narutofan10036 2 года назад

    What do you do when the blank is 1 though?

  • @nathandev8110
    @nathandev8110 6 лет назад

    My P.B. on the 4x4 is 16 seconds and 3 sec on the 3x3
    You should try the app on google play - SLIDE PUZZLE -
    It is developed by panagola
    This is one of my best puzzles along with the rubiks cube in which i currently have a p.b. of 23 secs

  • @buildingeightsoft9067
    @buildingeightsoft9067 9 лет назад

    Please share demo game slide puzzle for unity for me. I'm student. I'm work homework. Please help me. Tks you so much.

  • @Victoria4000
    @Victoria4000 4 года назад

    I'm l king at this hoping it helps my current puzzle and I still got stuck

    • @Victoria4000
      @Victoria4000 4 года назад

      Nvm took about 6 tries. Numbers to pictures was a hard conversion

  • @Sand__07
    @Sand__07 4 месяца назад

    Pokemon unbound got me fucked up

  • @havocfr
    @havocfr 2 года назад

    Thanks a lot man i've been stuck in pokemon unbound's tile puzzle, this was really helpful

  • @kylerdayton4383
    @kylerdayton4383 9 лет назад

    When I go to your link it says this plugin is not supported! so now I can't play your game can you fix it some how?!

  • @JustCubeIt
    @JustCubeIt 7 лет назад

    If you have 1 2 3 solved, with 4 under 3, and the open spot to the left of the 4, move the 2 then 3 then 4 then whatever is in the 4 spot then move then in.

  • @ramonarias4836
    @ramonarias4836 9 лет назад

    I made my own python slider game for my computer science class, but I could not solve it at all. Now thanks to this video I was able to solve it.

  • @sapphixiana
    @sapphixiana Год назад

    Helped a lot with that one puzzle from Fatal Frame 4. Many thanks, senior!

  • @bluecheesefactory
    @bluecheesefactory 11 месяцев назад

    you are an angel, ive been struggling throughout these my whole gaming life. you are the best