r/Picross

If yall interested you can play it here: https://www.n-puzzle.com/en/nintendoku

Can't seem to figure my next move here. I feel like I'm missing something obvious. What am I not seeing?

Can you find the next step without guessing?

Can someone work out the logic for my next step here? I've gone through and rechecked each row / column and can't for the life of me see the next logical clue. What am I missing?

It's gotta be something obvious but I'm stumped.

Edit: Extended my thoughts with comments. Thank you all so much for feedback!

Hey folks,

I am currently starting my own company for cool interactive apps with over 5 years of experience in the field (so yes, no AI slop guaranteed!). I want to focus my first big project on a Nonogram app as I love the idea of the puzzles and the community as well. However, I want to tackle a few things differently than a few apps and that is where I would love to hear your feedback and ideas.

My core ideas:

• Play up to 30x30 in a satisfying fashion, with user-friendly controls and both a monochrome and colored play mode.
• All your progress is sitting in a cloud service, nice and tidy, so you can pick up and continue playing anywhere, anywhen.
• Players can create their own puzzles (up to 30x30) with optional coloring. Puzzles can be released to the community and have an algorithm which checks for "pure logic guarantee" (no guessing required). Most puzzles are offered by me or "confirmed level designers", new creators need manual approval to prevent offensive content. A report- and ban-system will also be there.
• Two central play modes:
  • Casual: Play puzzles in a chill way by using optional hints, auto completion and notifications when you made a mistake - your performance does not influence rewards. However, all of these systems are optional and you can deactivate them all if you like the "raw" Nonogram experience. While playing, energy is consumed that restores over time (however, I will probably re-think this idea and prefer an unlimited play and instead use ads in between).
  • Competitive: Play puzzles under time-pressure (the faster you are, the higher the reward) - each day, there is one "puzzle of the day" (same for all players) and three puzzles random for each player, but played as "puzzles of the day" in the past (you gain points in relation to how other people solved the same puzzle).
• Community can explore and play other community-made puzzles and rate in three categories (difficulty, design, fun) to increase chances that popular puzzles are featured in competitive mode or seasonal events.
• Advertisements are kept at a minimum level (that somehow keep me surviving lol), however players can purchase a premium version which is paid to gain perks such as a higher amount of hints.

So, that is where I need your opinion on questions like:

• Which featurs do you like most (or dislike at all)?
• Which other features do you dislike (or miss) in your nonogram apps? I am willing to consider your feedback!
• Would you give this app a try? What would motivate you to spend money on the app and what is your "pain threshold" money-wise?

By the way, I am asking in this subreddit first because I would appreciaty the specific community-feedback more than feedback from "generic puzzlers". So, keep it going and thank you all sooo much in advance!

Can anyone explain what all of these symbols are? The star is obviously “no assist” and says so, but the others aren’t easy to find online.

Is there something obvious I’m missing? I feel like I got the general options based on the info available but still feel like I’m clearly missing an obvious hint.

plz help me :(

Hey folks! I have no idea if this is allowed, but I'm sure it'll get deleted if not haha. I'm 1/3 of the team working on Murder Meet Cute, an interface drama meets visual novel, where you follow 90s alt chick Amy as she uncovers a murder conspiracy through the computers she fixes on the night shift. The fixing mechanic of the game are nonograms that turn into pixel bugs!

What you see in the gif is the 2nd puzzle in the game. I'm not gonna lie to you and say that you're gonna get the biggest challenge of your life with the puzzles; it's very much interactive fiction first, with puzzles as flair. But, I do think it will be an enjoyable experience for people who like nonograms! The puzzles will get progressively more difficult as you uncover deeper and darker information.

The game has a demo that's available to try if anyone fancies it, and if you wishlist you'll get an email when it's out! https://store.steampowered.com/app/4253020/Murder_Meet_Cute/

Also! If there's anyone here that would fancy playtesting the full game before launch, and giving us feedback on the puzzles, that would extremely cool.

Next steps?? Ran out of ideas

Supposedly Jupiter games never require trial and error or edge logic, so I must be missing something obvious?

Does anyone have any tips for dealing with puzzles that have no large numbers/numbers over 5? I can't seem to find the trick for this one.

Thank you :-)

Hi! I just started playing Picross and I stumbled upon this game in the video "Searching for the perfect Picross game" I really like the aesthetic and want to try it out!

Pls help if someone know where can I download it

Do you have any suggestions for next steps?