There may be an 8×8 array of slumbering people with ten ft between adjoining people, with facets within the 4 cardinal instructions. A hero and a villain get started ten ft west of the northwest human. The hero is going first. On each and every flip, a participant strikes ten ft in one of the crucial cardinal instructions. If the hero stops proper subsequent to a are living human on his flip, the hero wakes him up and the human runs away. If the villain stops proper subsequent to a slumbering human on his flip, he kills the human. If both participant breaks the principles, they die. What number of people can the hero ensure to avoid wasting with out death?
(The earth is flat on this puzzle.)
Regulations:
- No skipping turns
- You MUST transfer precisely ten ft on each and every flip
- Each and every of your strikes will have to be in a cardinal course
- No shouting to wake everybody up
