These sites provide in-depth information about Nonograms, such as how to solve them, how to build them, and occasionally some theory.
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A Reasoning Framework for
Solving Nonograms — A paper on
(partially) solving Nonograms in polynomial
time
![[External site]](images/link-all.png)
![[Information]](images/link-info.png)
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Everett Kaser Software
- Descartes Enigma — A shareware helper
for Windows (does colours), plus a few hundred
puzzles
![[Puzzle collection]](images/link-puzzles.png)
![[Software]](images/link-programs.png)
![[Game/helper]](images/link-helpers.png)
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Griddlers
Net —
“Extended Paint by Numbers online
puzzles, new puzzles published everyday. Free fun.” —
Includes colours and isometric puzzles; a community
of solvers!
![[Community]](images/link-share.png)
![[Editor/creator]](images/link-editors.png)
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Hanjie
— A
comprehensive site with information, puzzles, and a
JavaScript helper — yet it somehow manages to avoid
using the word ‘Nonogram’!
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Nonograms - online
puzzle game —
A JavaScript game, in English,
Bulgarian, German and Dutch; includes other similar
brainteasers
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NP-completeness results for
NONOGRAM via parsimonious reductions
— A
technical report from the Tokyo
Institute of Technology (Titech), Department of Computer
Science;
Here's the abstract
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Open Directory - Games:
Puzzles: Brain Teasers: Nonograms
— Also called ‘Paint By Numbers Puzzle’, ‘Japanese Puzzle’ or ‘Griddlers’. This category contains games that can be printed and played on paper, and general information sites about nonograms
— from the Open Directory Project (ODP)
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World of CryptoPics -
The ultimate Nonograms/Griddlers site and
software! —
“The ultimate Nonograms/Griddlers
software” — A solver and creator for Windows, by
Yariv Hastilow
![[Solver]](images/link-solvers.png)
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네모네모로직퍼즐-LOGICHOME
ver6.1 —
A site for Korean fans to share
puzzles, by 김경래 (Kyungrae
Kim); includes a Java helper
