Bust-a-Move/Puzzle Bobble Is NP-complete
We prove that the classic 1994 Taito video game, known as Puzzle Bobble or Bust-a-Move, is NP-complete. Our proof applies to the perfect-information version where the bubble sequence is known in advance, and it uses just three bubble colors.
Main Authors: | Langerman, Stefan, Demaine, Erik D |
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Other Authors: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory |
Format: | Article |
Language: | en_US |
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Springer International Publishing
2017
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/111629 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3803-5703 |
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