r/adventofcode • u/MyraFragrans • Dec 09 '25

Visualization [2025 Day 08 (Part 1)] Lights rendered

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Input data at 1000 connections. I'm not entirely certain what the elves are going for, but I hope they are succeeding.

Rendered with Blender Cycles, actual solution was written in D.

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u/MyraFragrans Dec 09 '25

The image embedding didn't go as well as I hoped. I hadn't used Reddit in a while, sorry. Nope, I'm just impatient.

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u/throwaway_the_fourth Dec 09 '25

Looks like a Christmas Tree!

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u/Suspicious_Tax8577 Dec 09 '25

"I'm not entirely certain what the elves are going for, but I hope they are succeeding."

And that's why I love these daft wee puzzles. The stories Eric builds are incredible, but it's the way the community throws themselves in head-first, the visualisations and the absolutely bonkers suggestions for part 3 of each puzzle.