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A design writeup introduces Samon, a puzzle game built around the raking of a Japanese Zen garden. The piece walks through the mechanics and design decisions behind turning gravel-raking patterns into playable levels, and it has drawn attention among game design and puzzle enthusiasts online.
- 2Samon: A Zen Garden Raking Puzzle Explained●Samon: Designing a Zen Garden Raking Puzzle https://gwern.net/doc/design/2026-10-03-gwern-samon.html # HackerNews # Tech
Gwern Branwen has published a write-up on Samon, a puzzle game based on raking patterns in a Japanese Zen garden. The design article walks through how the raking mechanic works and how the puzzle was constructed, and it is drawing attention from Hacker News readers interested in game design and logic puzzles.