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Picross/nonograms
My personal favorite kind of number and squares puzzle! I never got into Sudoku because I'm an idiot, but I love the rush of solving a puzzle. I find that they're great for more visual thinkers. The general gist is that you fill in squares and you slowly reveal a cute pixellated image. I play Picross on my Switch and 2DS, but they're also referred to as nonograms elsewhere. Rules from puzzle-nonograms.com You have a grid of squares, which must be either filled in black or marked with X. Beside each row of the grid are listed the lengths of the runs of black squares on that row. Above each column are listed the lengths of the runs of black squares in that column. Your aim is to find all black squares.
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@hinh
Apr 2, 2024
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@alaiyo
i got like ~300 levels through a nonogram app on my phone and then deleted it when i hit one that was too hard; have been craving a new app with new puzzles forever 10/10 rec
Apr 2, 2024
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@hinh
alaiyo hard agree—when the difficulty scales infinitely it gets overwhelming. I really like the Picross series on the Switch because it feels satisfying to complete the pack they give you
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