The rotting-oranges family of build screens: a state spreads outward one step per tick across a grid, and the spec gains rules each round. The signal is multi-source BFS by layers, not per-cell loops. Here is the design that absorbs each new test case.
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The rotting-oranges family of build screens: a state spreads outward one step per tick across a grid, and the spec gains rules each round. The signal is multi-source BFS by layers, not per-cell loops. Here is the design that absorbs each new test case.
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