Nonograms: a practical guide with interactive examples

merelysounds 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

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 smartphone I recommend Simon Tatham's Puzzles[2] - like my app it is also free, has no ads, etc; nonograms there are called "pattern".

Feedback very welcome; thanks! If you use other nonogram solving techniques and want me to add them to the list please share too.

[1]: https://lab174.com/nonoverse/

[2]: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details

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evgpbfhnr 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Great js implementation! I don't have any iThing but I'd happily play your js version in a browser for a while.

Since you mentioned Simon Tatham puzzles there's a js version here[1], but it really just isn't quite as good

[1] https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/puzzles/js/patt...

(if I were to nitpick, for large grids one might want to make the separating line a bit thicker every 5 blocks for faster counting, and repeat numbers at the bottom/right -- but at the size the examples are in neither are needed)

(BTW you didn't mention for overlapping but there's a nice trick: just try from either end, count how many cells are leftover, and take that off the starting side of each block)

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esperent 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The Google play link is broken for me:

> We're sorry, the requested URL was not found on this server.

	▲	merelysounds 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Fixed link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=name.boyle.chr... Sorry, cannot edit the grandparent post. I copied that invalid link from safari's url bar, perhaps Google Play store did something unexpected with URLs.

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polymax 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Great work but… In app purchase pop up quotes 0.0 for extra puzzles. My card got charged ~25 USD. I feel I was scammed.

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merelysounds an hour ago | parent | next [-]

This is a free app. Always look at the native iOS in app popup and here it says the same thing. Double check your charge, it must be something unrelated. Don’t accuse people of scams without doing this check first.

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swiftcoder 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

How? If you look at the purchase history in your apple account it should show the actual price, and in mine it shows as free

	▲	xmichelo 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Same. 'Unlock Image Puzzles' shows an amount of 0.

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netghost 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Wonderfully done, thanks for sharing!

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berenddeperend 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Oooh that's nice! I made a nonogram game as well but never made a tutorial because of how much extra work it would be. Good job on doing the work.

My twist on the game is that it's multiplayer. I posted it on the nonogram subreddit a few years ago and to my surprise I still have a few daily players. I'd recommend posting it there as well, they're nice folks.

Here's mine. Multiplayer, free, browser-only, no ads/tracking. https://berendswennenhuis.nl/nonogram/

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bspammer 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

There was a fun hacker news post a while back [0] about a website that had generated every solvable-without-backtracking 5x5 nonogram. I found it very addictive, and the creator has since released it as a paid mobile app. Highly recommended for commutes!

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44140918

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bananaflag 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

This is currently the best nonogram game (with random generator) on the Internet:

https://liouh.com/picross2/

I frequently play it on 15x15 and I regenerate it until there are no numbers above 6 (and as few 5s and 6s as possible).

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Aardwolf 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I thought this was going to be about nomograms. TIL that monograms, nonograms and nomograms exist

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zerof1l 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I've been playing this one for a long time now. You can play both on mobile and on the web: https://nonograms-katana.com/ the game has quite big community.

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esperent 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

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.

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misiek08 an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Just wanted to say: thanks for the implementation. Butter smooth on mobile - great we have nice things still and someone cares for UX <3