Japanese crossword «The Motherland Calls»
| Size: 29x97 | Picture: | Difficulty: | Added: | 12.05.21 | Author: mindscrub |
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Oh Boy..I just can't do any more of these 'forever scrolling' type puzzles...I think they are clever, but so time consuming and tedious to make it frustrating. Thank you any way.
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I have to agree with you on this one. I actually resorted to filling in a couple of lines in their entirety and hitting Check the Crossword to get the corrections. I just wasn't able to walk away but was going to go crazy trying to complete it.
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That's fair, I guess. It took me forever to design this one; I squished the width down a lot (10 columns) and had to add clouds to make it solvable. Then many iterations to make the solution hard. But it is still pretty wide. I prefer the narrow dimension to be 15 or less. But it was needed as a tribute to Russia. I admit to not having tried to solve it myself, and I generally solve all my own puzzles.
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I thought nono-nono's suggestion on one of your other puzzles was brilliant -- taking a screen shot of the numbers at the top (or at the side for a horizontal puzzle) greatly reduces the scrolling and helps keep tedium at bay, and I wish I had had that tip before attempting this one. There's something I find really appealing about these long puzzles, even when they get annoying. :)
replyThat is my favorite technique to solve nonograms using exes.
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This was supposed to be my answer to the msat’s previous comment.
replySuggestions to solve this puzzle: 1. As Msat pointed out, take a screen shot of the numbers at top and print them out, to cross them off one at a time as you solve it (can be tedious). 2. If you have the capabilities, turn a rectangular monitor, so it length is running up and down and this helps eliminate scrolling. 3. Don't waste too much time on this puzzle and use the hints and then guess. Good luck!
For the Author: Perhaps consider making the clouds a little more 'Puffy' they currently resemble large ink blobs
replyFor the Author: Perhaps consider making the clouds a little more 'Puffy' they currently resemble large ink blobs
I love the result. If it wasn't a mindscrub (because I am hell bent on doing all of his) I wouldn't even have done this. Off and on all day for 10 hours was a little too much.
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I found this one a bit easier to do than most of your scrolly puzzles, because it was very bottom-heavy, which allowed me to work the bottom area first, and finish up at the top where I could see all the numbers. (I always try to work bottom-to-top and/or right-to-left on larger puzzles, to minimize the amount of scrolling.) Most of your long puzzles are busier on the top or left, which makes so much more scrolling throughout the puzzle, so it was nice to have one that I could fill out pretty well at the bottom before working my way up to the numbers.
replyAbsolutely breathtaking. Enjoyed this challenge start to finish.
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