LaserTank is NP-complete

08/16/2019
by   Per Alexandersson, et al.
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We show that the classical game LaserTank is NP-complete, even when the tank movement is restricted to a single column and the only blocks appearing on the board are mirrors and solid blocks. We show this by reducing 3-SAT instances to LaserTank puzzles.

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