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Konami: Pixel Puzzle Collection - iOS/Android, Free Picross Game [Up: Out in Europe]
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Been enjoying this for the past couple of days. Definitely need to practice the boss battles skills-wise though. I got to one and it was "only" a 15 x 15, but it didn't seem like there was much I could do to get started. Certainly no 0 or 15 rows, and none such as 10 where you can at least fill in a few of the squares due to both directions overlapping. I didn't really know what to do, used a couple of hints and then called it quits. I've completed plenty of normal 15x15 puzzles with no hints, maybe it was because this was a boss puzzle. Any strategy for these? I assume they can't be down to luck so there must be something I missed.
I'm surprised at the title given "Picross" is a Nintendo trademark/IP.
This game is so good, I placed it #2 on my GotY list last year. I just loved the experience with the music and the deep dives into Konami history that had me running to Wikipedia or YouTube to read/watch more or to MAME to play the games represented. I even got off my butt and went to the arcade nearby to play some Sunset Riders after one of the puzzles (and I made an excellent choice).
I also feel like when you fill a line and the rest of it X'es out is one of the most satisfying feelings in a game last year. Like, it feels good somehow to do that. Maybe it's the sound. Maybe it's the visual of filling a line. I don't know.
I stopped playing about about 105% because I was bored with doing 5x5s and 10x10s that I already did before with restrictions on marking squares. I wanted those new puzzles, though. Maybe I'll go back.
Anyway, great game, can't believe that it's free, would have paid for it.
I apologize for the suggestion that you might have already tried, but did you try overlapping with some of your not-so-obvious lines?
Usually in these 15x15s or higher that look impossible, there is at least one line with three+ numbers as a hint where you'll have overlap of a square or two to get you started, e.g. a 4 2 3 1 in a 15x15 where (if my visualized math is correct), the fourth square in that line will have overlap.
Sorry if this is all old hat to you, but maybe it helps?
I also feel like when you fill a line and the rest of it X'es out is one of the most satisfying feelings in a game last year. Like, it feels good somehow to do that. Maybe it's the sound. Maybe it's the visual of filling a line. I don't know.
I stopped playing about about 105% because I was bored with doing 5x5s and 10x10s that I already did before with restrictions on marking squares. I wanted those new puzzles, though. Maybe I'll go back.
Anyway, great game, can't believe that it's free, would have paid for it.
I apologize for the suggestion that you might have already tried, but did you try overlapping with some of your not-so-obvious lines?
- For example, in a 15x15, a 15 means that you know that the whole row is full.
- So does 8 6 because they add up to 14, and two numbers in a line means that there is one X square and the other 14 squares are filled.
- So does 6 4 3 because they add up to 13, and three numbers in a line mean that there are two X squares and the other 13 squares are filled.
- So does 4 4 2 2 because they add up to twelve, and four numbers in a line...so on and so on.
Usually in these 15x15s or higher that look impossible, there is at least one line with three+ numbers as a hint where you'll have overlap of a square or two to get you started, e.g. a 4 2 3 1 in a 15x15 where (if my visualized math is correct), the fourth square in that line will have overlap.
Sorry if this is all old hat to you, but maybe it helps?
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Well sometimes you can get stumped like that and finding a place to start seems harder than it should be.
If it happens again, then you can drop a screenshot here and we could help you.
One general tip I can give is to find the rows and columns that fill up more than half the length/height.
Add up the numbers, add on the number of numbers, take away 1. Take that number away from the grid size. If any of the numbers you added together in the first step are larger than the result then you can fill in some squares. 😀
For example 4 4 2 on a 15x15 grid.
4 + 4 + 2 = 10
10 + 3 numbers = 13
13 - 1 = 12
15 - 12 = 3
The fours are 1 bigger than 3 so you should be able to fill in one square each for those. Squares 4 and 9 in the line. (Where the possible 4s would overlap).
In a perfect example of 10 4 on a 15x15 grid.
4 + 10 = 14
14 + 2 numbers = 16
16 - 1 = 15
15 - 15 = 0
So all numbers are bigger and you can fill them all in.
Possibly over complicating things, but that general principle can be applied to any grid size, any line.
For example 4 4 2 on a 15x15 grid.
4 + 4 + 2 = 10
10 + 3 numbers = 13
13 - 1 = 12
15 - 12 = 3
The fours are 1 bigger than 3 so you should be able to fill in one square each for those. Squares 4 and 9 in the line. (Where the possible 4s would overlap).
In a perfect example of 10 4 on a 15x15 grid.
4 + 10 = 14
14 + 2 numbers = 16
16 - 1 = 15
15 - 15 = 0
So all numbers are bigger and you can fill them all in.
Possibly over complicating things, but that general principle can be applied to any grid size, any line.
Finished.
New Mode!
But it's the way I've pretty much always played Picross. :/
I just discovered this game yesterday... been playing for some hours. But why is this game easier than Picross?
To be honest, I have never played other nonogram games besides Picross; I really love Picross and have spent hundreds of hours playing them. But why does this game feels much easier than Picross? Could it be because it uses touch inputs instead of buttons?
To be honest, I have never played other nonogram games besides Picross; I really love Picross and have spent hundreds of hours playing them. But why does this game feels much easier than Picross? Could it be because it uses touch inputs instead of buttons?
I hit like 94% and suddenly I'm just sitting here waiting for this stupid goddamn timer so I can finish these boss puzzles.
They really should have dropped the timer or reduced it by like 75% after finishing the basic puzzles.
They really should have dropped the timer or reduced it by like 75% after finishing the basic puzzles.
Yeah I just got here too. Its ridiculous, once you finish all the normal puzzles they should have turned the timer off and let you work four boss puzzles at a time.
I feel like the odd man out. I ended up finishing all the boss puzzles long before I finished the regular ones.
There's no reason to use hints at all. Get gud. :P
I'm the type of person that can't just play a single puzzle and end up playing a few in a row so I had plenty of boss puzzles left over. I went from 100% to 200% in less than 2 weeks because the timer gets turned off after 100%.
Been playing this for a couple of weeks now here and there and got to 64%
Now some of the puzzles are getting hard to get started, but after reading some of the tips in here I think I should be okay. Also, Gradius III (AC) OST Sand Storm (stage 1)... those drums!
Now some of the puzzles are getting hard to get started, but after reading some of the tips in here I think I should be okay. Also, Gradius III (AC) OST Sand Storm (stage 1)... those drums!
oooh there are new puzzles? i thought it was just a regular bug fix update. i'm currently at like 95% doing the boss puzzles to get to 100. do they unlock after 100%?
It just updated and although I'm at 103% there are new entries in the individual sections, maybe about 30 new puzzles overall.
what consoles do you have? if you have a switch, hands down the best picross games available are the S series by Jupiter. there's 5 of them currently. you can just start with S5 (there's a demo for you to try).
PICROSS S5 for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Official Site
Buy PICROSS S5 and shop other great Nintendo products online at the official My Nintendo Store.
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on PC, paint it back is pretty good (it's also on mobile).
what consoles do you have? if you have a switch, hands down the best picross games available are the S series by Jupiter. there's 5 of them currently. you can just start with S5 (there's a demo for you to try).
PICROSS S5 for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Official Site
Buy PICROSS S5 and shop other great Nintendo products online at the official My Nintendo Store.
on PC, paint it back is pretty good (it's also on mobile).
Got a few consoles but would love if there was something for PS. Anyway, Paint it Back will do the trick. Thank you so much!