Japanese crossword «Small Globe»
| Size: 11x13 | Picture: | Difficulty: | Added: | 09.11.21 | Author: Reegh |
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Yes, you did well. Please see my reply to another comment below, and comment on it if you can.
replyThis is excellent for your first puzzle! Thank you!
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Welcome Reegh! Your first nonogram was very enjoyable. While the solve itself was easy it was well made. It didn't require any advanced techniques to complete, which are enjoyable, but as stated below, not every puzzle needs to produce a high level of difficulty. On this puzzle I enjoyed how the solve moved logically around the entire grid, never falling into self-solve territory. You do have a single column (c6) that can only be filled in one way, but this did not detract from the overall quality.
The image is enjoyable and easily recognizable. The white space at the center could possibly have been reworked to more closely resemble the actual object, but within the small grid you chose, that can be very difficult. I look forward to more of your work, and I hope you stick around. The Tiny category is sorely lacking for talented constructors and I can only image you will improve with time!
replyThe image is enjoyable and easily recognizable. The white space at the center could possibly have been reworked to more closely resemble the actual object, but within the small grid you chose, that can be very difficult. I look forward to more of your work, and I hope you stick around. The Tiny category is sorely lacking for talented constructors and I can only image you will improve with time!
cute picture !!! fun puzzle too !! soooo creative <333
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Great picture! But I felt there was no thought put into solving the puzzle. The puzzle solved itself, went quickly, and was not the slightest bit challenging.
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This could be said of many puzzles on this site, particularly the smaller ones. I thought this was great for this author's first contribution. Not every puzzles needs to be super challenging, there needs to still be puzzles which are easy enough for the less experienced to solve.
THANK YOU Reegh!
replyTHANK YOU Reegh!
I've never created a nonogram, but as I understand the process, it goes like this: you create an image, upload it, and the web site runs a program that determines whether it is possible to be solved using certain rules; I don't know exactly what these are, but they're limited in their complexity, and we've figured most of them out. I would guess that experienced authors have some intuition about what makes a nonogram harder or easier to solve, but it's not simple and straightforward to make a puzzle meet some specific level of difficulty.
(I have more to say that won't fit here; I'll continue it in another comment following this one.)
reply(I have more to say that won't fit here; I'll continue it in another comment following this one.)
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I'm guessing again, here, but once a puzzle is submitted, it is either rejected because it can't be solved, or accepted because it can. I don't think the author gets the chance to say "don't accept that yet, I want to refine it a bit more." And even if they could, the only way to check how difficult a puzzle is, is to solve it themselves (creating the image doesn't give them any insight into how to solve it), or write their own software (which would be quite sophisticated) that would solve it and also indicate how many difficult tactics were used in solving it.
I wouldn't criticise an author for the difficulty of their puzzles.
I would be interested to hear from authors about what I've missed here, and how good their intuition is about how difficult a puzzle will be.
replyI wouldn't criticise an author for the difficulty of their puzzles.
I would be interested to hear from authors about what I've missed here, and how good their intuition is about how difficult a puzzle will be.
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Well, I've never made a puzzle either, but since we're guessing, the author can also run it through a solver, one that shows the complexity of the steps and/or the puzzle as a whole (I know those exist for sudoku, not sure about nonograms).
The author can then go about tweaking bits and pieces until it reaches the desired level. So, uploading here and wishing for the best doesn't necessarily decide the puzzle's fate.
replyThe author can then go about tweaking bits and pieces until it reaches the desired level. So, uploading here and wishing for the best doesn't necessarily decide the puzzle's fate.
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I agree with you here. There are certain authors here whose work is notoriously easy, and others who are always a good challenge. It's hard to say that's all coincidence.
replyI've never made one, but having solved over 7000 of them, there are some generalities.
Curves are more challenging (or tedious) than straight lined pictures.
Internal white space is more challenging than solid silhouettes; the more internal structure, the harder. Many small segments are harder than fewer long segments.
Large segments of white space in the middle is generally challenging, especially with structure on both sides.
There are then specific hard techniques that some authors require. I'm not sure if those fall out naturally from the complex picture designs, or whether they are intentionally added.
replyCurves are more challenging (or tedious) than straight lined pictures.
Internal white space is more challenging than solid silhouettes; the more internal structure, the harder. Many small segments are harder than fewer long segments.
Large segments of white space in the middle is generally challenging, especially with structure on both sides.
There are then specific hard techniques that some authors require. I'm not sure if those fall out naturally from the complex picture designs, or whether they are intentionally added.
What you guessed is true, when I personally make a puzzle I try to make it look good before I upload it, and the only way for me to "playtest" it is by drawing the puzzle down on graph paper and attempting to solve it. After you submit a puzzle, the ai on the website determines if it is solvable and you can cancel a puzzle from being uploaded, but when you go to change the puzzle, it might not be solvable anymore. It is really difficult to create an beautiful image for a nonogram just to see it cannot be solved. So you have to alter the image. Most of my puzzles are the fourth reiteration of the image. It is hard to tell if a puzzle you made is difficult, or very very easy without publishing it first.
replySee iogurte's comment. I had searched before, but I guess I didn't use the word "solver", because a search for "nonogram solver" turns up several. Those are what I meant when I talked about writing one's own software; you don't need to write your own, it's already been done. And according to Reegh, you can use the nonograms.org's solver -- I didn't know that you could stop a puzzle from being published after it's been proven to be solvable.
My impressions are much the same as Code_Master's, and I think Agelini's observation is related to them. I doubt that "specific hard techniques" can be intentionally built into a puzzle; I think they "fall out naturally from the complex picture designs" as Code_Master says.
replyMy impressions are much the same as Code_Master's, and I think Agelini's observation is related to them. I doubt that "specific hard techniques" can be intentionally built into a puzzle; I think they "fall out naturally from the complex picture designs" as Code_Master says.
Congratulations! I want to learn how to make them too, and I admire anyone who does it! I look forward to more from you.
replyA nice simple one with just enough figuring out for a beginner.
replyI think this puzzle was amazing and you should continue Reegh! b the way this puzzle was simple and clear and for someone like me,
I think it was a great one.
replyI think it was a great one.
I liked it. I like easy ones sometimes, it's nice to do an easier one in between the ones that have me swearing and throwing the mouse across the room once I've used up all three hints! I've never tried to make a puzzle like these so I've no idea how hard it might be. Congratulations on your first nonogram, please make more!
replyFun to solve - took a little before I saw the picture - but was worth it! Great!
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