Informational sites
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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This link appears to be broken. Seen it elsewhere?
PictureLogic — A solver and helper for a PalmPilot, and puzzle collections
http://www.trefoilknot.com/ -
This link appears to be broken. Seen it elsewhere?
CrossPix — This uses plug-ins for Netscape on Windows and Macintosh to give what I expect is a helper.
http://www.libertysoft.com/xpix/ -
Activity Workshop - Nonograms — Good tutorial plus Java helper and solver
http://activityworkshop.net/puzzlesgames/nonograms/index.html -
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
http://www.cs.titech.ac.jp/~tr/reports/1996/TR96-0008.ps.gz
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Everett Kaser Software - Descartes Enigma — A shareware helper for Windows (does colours), plus a few hundred puzzles
http://www.kaser.com/descart.html -
Online Tsunami — Rachel Benn's Javascript-based helper/solver and puzzle collection
http://www.playtsunami.com/ -
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Mosaic — Solver and helper for Windows.
http://web.telia.com/~u40144247/mosaic/mosaica.htm -
World of CryptoPics - The ultimate Nonograms/Griddlers site and software! — “The ultimate Nonograms/Griddlers software” — A solver and creator for Windows, by Yariv Hastilow
http://www.yarivh.com/cryptopics/ -
Griddlers Net — “Extended Paint by Numbers online puzzles, new puzzles published everyday. Free fun.” — Includes colours and isometric puzzles; a community of solvers!
http://www.griddlers.net/ -
ののぐらむのお部屋 / NONOGRAM room — Some information in Japanese; perhaps a program for a palmtop?
http://yuki-lab.jp/nonogram/nonogram.html -
Nonogram (Håvard's web
site) — How to solve Nonograms
http://hermiene.net/nonogram
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Nonogram - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia — Includes a good animated demonstration
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonogram
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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)
http://www.dmoz.org/Games/Puzzles/Brain_Teasers/Nonograms/
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Nonosweeper - Play Minesweeper with Nonograms — Windows game
http://www.nonosweeper.com/ -
nonogram.com — A slightly untidy but nevertheless informative site from James Dalgety
http://www.nonogram.com/
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A combinatorial problem associated with nonograms — Erm
http://math.ucsd.edu/~nwallach/row-column-new.pdf
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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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A comparison of a genetic algorithm and a depth first search algorithm applied to Japanese nonograms — Another radical way to solve Nonograms
http://referaat.ewi.utwente.nl/documents/2004_01_C-Intelligent_Interaction/2004_01_C_W.A.Wiggers-A_comparison_of_a_genetic_algorithm_and_a_depth_first_search_algorithm_applied_to_Japanese_nonograms.pdf
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Web Paint-by-Numbers — A community site with a JavaScript helper
http://webpbn.com/ -
Conceptis Pic-a-Pix Puzzles — Possibly Flash puzzles, though I couldn't get them to work
http://www.conceptispuzzles.com/index.aspx?uri=puzzle/pic-a-pix -
네모네모로직퍼즐-LOGICHOME ver6.1 — A site for Korean fans to share puzzles, by 김경래 (Kyungrae Kim); includes a Java helper
http://www.logichome.org/ -
Nonogram :: Paint by numbers :: Japanese crosswords :: Pick a box :: Logic Square — Includes a Flash game and a discussion forum for Nonogram enthusiasts
http://www.nonogram.net/ -
Nonograms - online puzzle game — A JavaScript game, in English, Bulgarian, German and Dutch; includes other similar brainteasers
http://www.puzzle-nonograms.com/ -
Nonoriddle - An enigma wrapped in a puzzle — A Javascript game where the dotted squares reveal a riddle
http://www.nonoriddle.com/ -
A Reasoning Framework for Solving Nonograms — A paper on (partially) solving Nonograms in polynomial time
http://www.liacs.nl/~kosters/buffalo.pdf
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This link appears to be broken. Seen it elsewhere?
Singapore a puzzle hub? Another shoddy reporting by the state media : The Temasek Review — An article about a concept Shady Puzzle being independently invented in 2005
http://www.temasekreview.com/2009/10/01/singapore-a-puzzle-hub-another-shoddy-reporting-by-the-state-media/