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Nonograms: a practical guide with interactive examples

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Re: Nonograms: a practical guide with interactive examples

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Post by merelysounds »

carefulfungi wrote: post #19
merelysounds wrote: post #2

I built this, the list started as a tutorial and then grew out of control. Especially when I started experimenting with mixing text and interactive elements. I think nonograms are underrated and relatively unknown, I hope this text changes it a little. I link to my app[1] frequently, it's free right now, I hope this is fine. There's no Android version yet; for anyone who wants to try nonograms on an Android smartphon…

I am unfamiliar with nonograms. I don't understand from the explanation how the grouping hints work. "When there are two or more numbers, this means there will be two or more groups of filled cells." Is the "group number" the size of the first group? That seems to fit the tutorial example where (1, 2) = (., x, ., .) and (2, 1) = (., ., x, .). Thanks for making this - I've stumbled across these puzzles but never took…

Yes, that’s exactly how it works.

Each number specifies the size of the corresponding group. E.g. numbers “5 4 7” would mean: “three groups of filled cells, first group will consist of 5 cells, second will consist of 4 cells, third group will consist of 7 cells”.

Have fun and I’m happy to hear that this is useful!

Re: Nonograms: a practical guide with interactive examples

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Post by mpyne »

This is a great website for learning this type of puzzle. Certainly better than what people had available to them before.

Once you have learned and want to keep playing, this site has tens of thousands of good nonograms, in both black-and-white and color: https://www.nonograms.org/

There are also "Picross" games for Nintendo consoles (and recently Squeakross for Steam).

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Post by polymax »

polymax wrote: post #5
merelysounds wrote: post #2

I built this, the list started as a tutorial and then grew out of control. Especially when I started experimenting with mixing text and interactive elements. I think nonograms are underrated and relatively unknown, I hope this text changes it a little. I link to my app[1] frequently, it's free right now, I hope this is fine. There's no Android version yet; for anyone who wants to try nonograms on an Android smartphon…

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Apologies. You are right. I got an unrelated charge on my card from apple 1 sec after their in-app upgrade.

Re: Nonograms: a practical guide with interactive examples

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Post by dsclough »

sevenseacat wrote: post #20

oh I love nonograms! There's some good nonogram games on Steam - Paint it Back, Picross Touch, Pictopix. (Depixtion is a bit of a twist on nonograms which I play from time to time also)

Voxelgram has gotten the most playtime out of me, the second dimension really makes it feel like whittling or something

Re: Nonograms: a practical guide with interactive examples

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Post by dsclough »

Nonogram enjoyers might enjoy star battle, which I came across after having done lots of nonograms over the years(https://www.puzzle-star-battle.com/ or plenty of other places online). Though maybe it is a little too close to sudoku for some.

10x10 2star is the standard for me, I solved up to 6 stars but 10x10 is the sweet spot imo.

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Post by beaugunderson »

esperent wrote: post #10

I love nonogram puzzles, they're incredibly calming in times of stress. The only issue I have is I'm limited with the size of board I can comfortably play on my phone, and I rather keep my laptop as a games free zone.

i agree... i play with a stylus on my iPad (the nonograms katana app) and find that phone/laptop pale in comparison.
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