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Puzzarium ( https://puzzarium.com ), a platform for MMO-style logic puzzle games. I justed launched Every 5x6 Nonogram (sequel to Every 5x5), a collaborative game with the goal to …

Every 5x6 Nonogram is a realtime, collaborative web game with the goal to complete all 90,305,804 5x6 nonogram (aka picross) logic puzzle boards. Includes nonograms that have a uni…

Every 5x5 Nonogram was a collaborative, realtime web game released earlier this year with the ambitious goal to (collectively) solve all ~25 million line-solvable nonogram puzzles.…

I created Every 5x5 Nonogram, a web game where thousands of internet strangers collaborated to solve all ~25 million well-formed nonogram puzzles, about five months ago. Hundreds o…

Yes, I am familiar! I didn't play his games growing up, but I see it as a great reference for various logic puzzle game implementations and one of the few examples of quality logic…

My definition of a "valid" nonogram is a little different as it excludes puzzles that require branching or back-tracking strategies. I think my use of the term "solvable" led to so…

I think you're exactly right. I might be being a little loose with the terminology here. "Well-formed" may be a better term than "solvable" for what I consider a valid puzzle. Even…

In my mind, a well-formed nonogram is one that requires no backtracking. It's an interesting question though. I'll write some code in the next few days to check to see if my set of…

I believe none of the other 9 million have a unique solution. My nonogram solver goes over every possible configuration for each row and column based on the clues, and either fills…

This is my game! I was recently curious about how many 5x5 nonograms can be solved purely with logic, no guessing. After running my nonogram solver on all 33,554,432 possible pixel…