Hi everybody!

In this thread, many people wanted to see a Void Icosaminx with holes in the faces instead of the Corners.

I designed it in Alibre Design, and it was printed by Incredible.

VIDEO

Here are the pictures!







I hope you like it!

-Mark-

W~O~W

very nicely done, whats the turning like?

It kinda reminds me of Tomz's holey octahedron, and this is another vertice-turning void puzzle to add to the wish list!

I forget, do you have shapeways/intent to sell on shapeways?

Nice puzzle and a great technical achievement. But is it just me, but I just don't "get" these void puzzles, apart from the design challenges they present. I know they can be more difficult to solve (parity errors) but I don't think they look as nice as a good old solid twisty puzzle. Don't get me wrong, I am certainly not trying to diminish the time and effort it takes to realise these puzzles, and I have several voids in my collection, so congrats Door and Incredible. Sorry for the rant

Very nice puzzle, but this doesn't affect the difficulty of the puzzle right?

This does not have parity, neither does a void megaminx, and a lot of other void puzzles for that matter.

What's good about these sorts of puzzles (ones which are void, but not void around the axes) is that the mechanism is fairly simple. I believe that this puzzle, and Tom's Holey Octahedron are based on the same concept as Tony's Void Skewb, which basically (in REALLY simple terms) just has a hole through the core and the pieces.

I really like this puzzle. Good work!

Nice

Nice puzzle, and nice concept, but frankly I've got to say I don't see the point. This adds no extra level of difficulty, like the Void skewb, so solving-wise it's worth no more an a Kilominx. Even though it's a nice concept, since it doesn't actually change the solving experience I'd have to say, definitely not one of my favorites...
[no offense meant by the post, just my 2c]

No, this doesn't add any extra level of solving challenge, but it's not meant to. Many many puzzles aren't designed to add solving difficulty, but they are designed to be unique and beautiful.
For instance, most 3x3x3 mods don't add any additional solving challenge, yet I've never seen anyone complain about that.

This is just what I think..

Back on topic: Great puzzle!, I want it =)

when will you offer it for sale?

Sharon

Thanks for the great comments everyone.

Just answering a few questions:



I think it's quite good, you will see a video later

I do intend to sell some things on Shapeways in the future. I'm not sure how many people would be interested, but its worth a try I guess!



In really simple terms, it does just have a hole through the core and pieces, but it was still quite difficult to make!



As ENCuber said, it doesn't have extra difficulty, and isn't intended to. The addition of the void is basically for aesthetics. They also provide a designing challenge.



Auction should be coming soon(maybe <1 week, or maybe <2). Keep watching the marketplace!

-Mark-

Very cool! Reminds me of the quark

I like this one a lot more than the old one, too.

Very nice. I like it a lot.

Looking at that from the other direction, it touches on the reason why I think I love twisty puzzles so much. All twisty puzzles to me are two puzzles in one. The obvious one is how to solve it. To me the second is trying to figure out how it works (or how it could work) without taking it apart. This ups the design challenge but lets the solver have a peak at the insides.

Or take the Void Cube for example... long after everyone knew how a 3x3x3 worked this came out and made us all take another look. How do you make a puzzle which is held together by its face centers work if it doesn't have any face centers? To me that was a much bigger puzzle then the parity issues.

And now that I'm trying to step over to the design side myself I can say it really is a joy to design a twisty puzzle. So as to the question... why make a puzzle beause...? Maybe the answer is just for the fun of it. Nothing wrong with that.

Nice Puzzle!!
Carl

I see a void dogic in the future.

hey!

you can watch the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_6JnL2gwbg

The turning of the void icosa II is just great!
Well done =)

PS. The void II looks a little smaller than the first void icosa.

Sharon

Yes, it is

Regarding critical comments above on the void feature:

One very nice benefit the void feature does add to this puzzle is it makes gripping and turning each vertex a lot easier than with the solid version. This is especially difficult with a more spherical form like an icosahedron, and the void feature makes this a lot easier, without straining the fingers...

Now that I have seen the video, I must admit that this is a better puzzle than I originally thought it would be. As to the void vs. solid debate, I think it is mainly just down to personal preference re. the solid colour vs. black stickered camps. As an engineer and novice puzzle designer, I can certainly appreciate the clever design techniques necessary to create a void puzzle. No matter what my preferences are, it's win-win for TwistyPuzzles

Hats off to Door and Incredible, and long may the debates continue.

P.S. Off topic - the Celtic Cube by pirsquared went for $515!