Black Hat, White Hat is a puzzle in Professor Layton and the Unwound Future.
Puzzle
- US Version
The black top hat below is made from six blocks. Using the same pieces, make a white top hat in the same spot!
The pieces can be moved and rotated with your stylus, but you can't flip them over.
- UK Version
The black top hat below is made from six pieces. Using the same pieces, make a white top hat in the same spot!
The pieces must be moved and rotated, but you can't flip them over.
Hints
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This puzzle might look familiar, but you can't flip these pieces over.
- US Version
For starters, think about what a "white top hat" looks like.
- UK Version
Start by thinking about what a "white top hat" looks like.
- US Version
If you move all of the blocks outside the frame, the frame itself becomes a white top hat! See how that works?
Now all you have to do is put the blocks around it to frame it in.
- UK Version
If you move all the pieces outside the frame, the frame itself becomes a white top hat! See how that works?
Now all you have to do is arrange the pieces around the hat to frame it.
- US Version
So you know what you need to do, but you don't know how to do it? Well, such is life sometimes.
Here's a hint: you can fit the two pieces with 180-degree bends around each end of the hat's brim.
- UK Version
So you know what you need to do, but you don't know how to do it? Well, not to worry. Here's a hint:
You can fit the two pieces with two bends around either end of the hat's brim.
- US Version
The short piece with a 180-degree bend goes around the left side of the brim.
The long piece with a 180-degree bend goes around the right side of the brim.
The rest should be no problem now!
- UK Version
The short piece with two bends goes around the left side of the brim.
The long piece with two bends goes around the right side of the brim.
The rest should be no problem now!
Solution
Correct
Smooth!
- US Version
What a beautiful white top hat!
- UK Version
What an elegant white top hat!