okayestjoel

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by okayestjoel 10mo ago
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 solve every 5x6 nonogram puzzle board.
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Show HN: Every 5x6 Nonogram(puzzarium.com)
2 points by okayestjoel 10mo ago|1 comments
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Making Every 5x5 Nonogram: Part 2 – Scaling, Bots, and Bugs(patreon.com)
1 points by okayestjoel 11mo ago|1 comments
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by okayestjoel 11mo ago
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. This is Part 2 in a behind-the-scenes look at some of the c
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by okayestjoel 11mo ago
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 of thousands visited and it was briefly featured on Hacker Ne
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Making Every 5x5 Nonogram: Part 1(patreon.com)
2 points by okayestjoel 11mo ago|1 comments
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by okayestjoel 1y ago
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 puzzle collections. I think one thing missing from my
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by okayestjoel 1y ago
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 some confusion, sorry. https://
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by okayestjoel 1y ago
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 if a computer program can find the
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by okayestjoel 1y ago
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 "unsolvable" puzzles include those with
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by okayestjoel 1y ago
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 in squares that must be filled (all possibilities overlap)
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by okayestjoel 1y ago
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 combinations in a 5x5 grid, it turns out the answer is 24,9