The Dink Network

This took me at least two hours to solve so i thought i would write it down in case someone else gets stuck like me

Move list:
1: LEFT
2: LEFT
3: UP
4: UP
5: UP
6: UP
7: RIGHT
8: DOWN
9: LEFT
10: LEFT
11: UP
12: RIGHT
13: DOWN
14: LEFT
15: LEFT
16: UP
17: RIGHT
18: DOWN
19: LEFT
20: DOWN

21: RIGHT
22: RIGHT
23: UP
24: UP
25: LEFT
26: DOWN
27: RIGHT
28: RIGHT
29: UP
30: RIGHT
31: DOWN
32: LEFT
33: LEFT
34: UP
35: RIGHT
36: DOWN
37: RIGHT
38: UP
39: LEFT
40: DOWN

41: DOWN
42: RIGHT
43: UP
44: LEFT
45: LEFT
46: DOWN
47: RIGHT
48: RIGHT
49: UP
50: LEFT
51: UP
52: RIGHT
53: DOWN
54: DOWN
55: LEFT
56: UP
57: RIGHT
58: DOWN
59: LEFT
60: UP

61: UP
62: RIGHT
63: DOWN
64: DOWN
65: LEFT
66: LEFT
67: LEFT
68: LEFT
69: DOWN
70: RIGHT
71: UP
72: UP
73: LEFT
74: DOWN
75: DOWN
76: RIGHT
77: UP
78: RIGHT
79: RIGHT
80: UP

81: RIGHT
82: DOWN
83: DOWN
84: LEFT
85: UP
86: RIGHT
87: DOWN
88: DOWN
89: LEFT
90: UP
91: LEFT
92: DOWN
93: RIGHT
94: RIGHT
95: UP
96: LEFT
97: DOWN
98: RIGHT
99: UP
100: LEFT

101: LEFT
102: DOWN
103: RIGHT
104: UP
105: LEFT
106: LEFT
107: DOWN
108: RIGHT
109: UP
110: LEFT
111: LEFT
112: DOWN
113: RIGHT
114: RIGHT
115: RIGHT
116: UP
117: LEFT
118: DOWN
119: RIGHT
120: UP

121: LEFT
122: LEFT
123: DOWN
124: RIGHT
125: UP
126: LEFT
127: LEFT
128: DOWN
129: RIGHT
130: RIGHT
131: RIGHT
132: UP
133: LEFT
134: LEFT
135: DOWN
136: RIGHT
137: UP
138: LEFT
139: DOWN
140: RIGHT

141: UP
142: UP
143: LEFT
144: DOWN
145: RIGHT
146: UP
147: UP
148: LEFT
149: DOWN
150: RIGHT
151: RIGHT
152: RIGHT
153: DOWN
154: LEFT
155: LEFT
156: UP
157: RIGHT
158: UP
159: LEFT
160: DOWN

161: DOWN
162: DOWN
163: RIGHT
164: UP
165: UP
166: LEFT
167: DOWN
168: LEFT
169: UP
170: RIGHT
171: RIGHT
172: DOWN
173: DOWN
174: LEFT
175: UP
176: RIGHT
177: UP
178: RIGHT
179: DOWN
180: DOWN

181: LEFT
182: UP
183: LEFT
184: DOWN
185: RIGHT
186: UP
187: LEFT
188: LEFT
189: DOWN
190: RIGHT
191: RIGHT
192: RIGHT
193: UP
194: LEFT
195: LEFT
196: DOWN
197: RIGHT
198: UP
199: LEFT
200: LEFT

201: DOWN
202: RIGHT
203: RIGHT
204: UP
205: LEFT
206: DOWN
207: RIGHT
208: RIGHT
209: UP
210: LEFT
211: DOWN
212: RIGHT
213: UP
214: DOWN
215: LEFT
216: UP
217: RIGHT
218: DOWN
219: LEFT
220: UP

221: UP
222: RIGHT
223: DOWN
224: DOWN
225: LEFT
226: UP
227: RIGHT
228: DOWN
229: LEFT
230: UP
231: UP
232: RIGHT
233: DOWN
234: DOWN
235: LEFT
236: UP
237: RIGHT
238: DOWN
239: LEFT
240: UP

241: LEFT
242: DOWN
243: RIGHT
244: RIGHT
245: UP
246: LEFT
247: LEFT
248: DOWN
249: RIGHT
250: UP
251: RIGHT
252: DOWN
253: LEFT
254: UP
255: RIGHT
256: DOWN

JESUS CHRIST DUCK

...slide puzzles are fun... slide puzzles are cool... slide puzzles can't hurt me...

Fun fact:
I have a text file stored somewhere with the solutions when I first started designing these with Robj. It's just not included in the Dmod anywhere.
You've also not said which of the sliding tile puzzles this was for

If you solve these puzzles row by row, from top to bottom and when you get a row solved don't touch it again, they really arent that difficult, and you dont need a 256 step guide to do it if you solve it like this.

Only thing is once you solve the first 3 rows, the last two rows you need to start solving column by column, so it'll be 2 tile columns, from left to right, once again, when you get a column into place, you do not have to touch it again.

So step 1: Row by row, top to bottom for the first 3 rows. Once you solve a row, don't touch it again.
step 2: Column by column from left to right to solve the last 2 rows, once a column is solved, don't touch it again.

If you do it this way, you are breaking the puzzle into smaller puzzles, and you NEVER have to mess up what you already solved to solve the rest of it, the rest will always be solve-able within itself without having to swap any of the SOLVED portions out.

thanks for the response! i got stuck on it for a very very long time so i just ended up writing it down, in case anyone else is dumb like me. absolutely dont doubt there was a better way to do it lol.

also - the steps were for the first one with the picture of dink. i had similar problems with the second one.

actually i think i did solve it the way you suggested, with the first 3 rows down, then the rest collumn ways.. how many moves do you think it should have taken?

Not sure how many moves, I don't count them, but it takes me no more than 5 minutes to solve a randomly scrambled 5x5 sliding tile puzzle just using the logic I explained above. My best time is 33.4 seconds (there's an app that has these types of puzzles on them). They aren't hard if you stick to the above approach. I think people probably get confused at the end of each row (the last 2 tiles), if you try to just place each one into position singularly you can end up in a loop where they are back to front. To rectify this you gotta place the last 2 tiles in the row correctly next to each other, but down on the next row and a couple of tiles to the left, then snake them into position(keep them together, move them both, not splitting them up, if that makes sense), that works everytime.

thanks! again, i think its just my brain that has trouble with these. once i got the dink face one the others were a bit easier. just finished the dmod last night, thanks for making it! i thoroughly enjoyed it. seems i only got to 75% though so i might reload an old save and see what i missed.