{
  "title": "Our puzzle generator lied about difficulty. Twice.",
  "url": "https://cybiqon.in/lab/puzzle-generator-random-walk-doesnt-work",
  "author": "Prajjwal Pathak",
  "published": "2026-08-10",
  "license": {
    "name": "CC BY 4.0",
    "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
  },
  "citation": "Prajjwal Pathak, “Our puzzle generator lied about difficulty. Twice.”, Cybiqon Lab, 2026-08-10. https://cybiqon.in/lab/puzzle-generator-random-walk-doesnt-work",
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      "section": "Five block kinds, five ways to break the search",
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        ],
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          "immovable until the Key passes orthogonally adjacent",
          "shares the sand bitmask, read backwards"
        ],
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          "never moves; reflects the beam 90°",
          "changes the win condition, not the moves"
        ]
      ]
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