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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
by merelysounds 8mo ago
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/ https://lab174.com/nonoverse/
[2]: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details https://play.google.com/store/apps/details
- netghost 8mo agoWonderfully done, thanks for sharing!
- evgpbfhnr 8mo agoGreat 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/pattern.html 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)
- polymax 8mo ago[flagged]
- swiftcoder 8mo agoHow? 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 8mo agoSame. 'Unlock Image Puzzles' shows an amount of 0.
- merelysounds 8mo agoThis 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.
- 1123581321 8mo agoCan you post screenshots of your purchase history in 2026? It’s in the upper right profile icon in the main view of the App Store app.
- polymax 8mo agoApologies. You are right. I got an unrelated charge on my card from apple 1 sec after their in-app upgrade.
- esperent 8mo agoThe Google play link is broken for me: > We're sorry, the requested URL was not found on this server.
- merelysounds 8mo agoFixed link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=name.boyle.chris.sgtpuzzles 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.
- carefulfungi 8mo agoI 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 the time to try one.
- merelysounds 8mo agoYes, 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!