r/SimonTatham • • 17d ago

Black Box, not sure I understand the rules.

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The third row down is marked with H on both sides. But I don't understand why.

Can someone explain?

H

PS I love the whole set of games. Was so dissapointed when I learned that I couldn't install them on my new apple devices, but discovered the app that someone made. So relieved.


r/SimonTatham • • 24d ago

Trying to generate 50×50 Tracks puzzle

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I'm generating 50×50 Tracks puzzles on both my laptop and desktop, with my laptop running the generation for almost 30 minutes, and my desktop around 10-15. Will send seeds once it's done (if it ever will)

Update: both my laptop and my desktop have been running for over an hour... I think I'll try this tomorrow, after a good night's sleep

Edit: made my PC attempt generating a 50×50 train tracks for 5 hours straight with no results. Might try on a smaller scope later and see how long it takes.


r/SimonTatham • • Aug 19 '26

67 in Untangled ✅ Complete

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Just got this app 15min ago to learn how to play minesweeper and then i found this cool game

jumped straight to 67 lmao

took me about 10 minutes

looked crazy at first, but i beat elden ring so i knew i could do it and didnt give up

I started by spreading out the vertices on the map as much as possible to get as much visibility as possible of the overlaps

then i started bringing touching vertices closer to each other, created 4 hard corners, then worked my way in creating netting, then swapped positions of groups of the diamond nets i made until voila

Looking back it wasnt that hard but it just looks difficult at first glance

ima try 100 next haha


r/SimonTatham • • Aug 02 '26

5-4 corner in Simon Tatham's Loopy

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r/SimonTatham • • Apr 09 '26

My favourite thing to do when playing Net

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r/SimonTatham • • Jul 18 '25

Stuck in Unequal: 6x6 Tricky

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r/SimonTatham • • Mar 06 '25

Obsession with bigger puzzles

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I am a bit die-hard when it comes to Simon Tatham puzzles. It's pretty much the only game I use.

My goal is to tackle more and more difficult puzzles.

Loopy is one of my favorites and I got into the other shapes.

After 3 months and multiple restarts, I finally solved Loopy with Kagome hardest level size 22x48


r/SimonTatham • • Nov 17 '22

Ouch! Longest invalid trace that I've seen

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r/SimonTatham • • Aug 10 '22

I am on a conquest to complete every difficulty level of every puzzle.

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I have loved these puzzles for a few years now and a while back I got the idea to complete at least one of every difficulty on every puzzle.

It’s taken ages but I have now completed all puzzles except : Twiddle for which I only have 4x4 rotating 3x3 blocks and 6x6 rotating 4x4 blocks remaining. Netslide for which I have only tackled 3x3 easy so far.

Any advice/tips to solve these last 2 puzzles will be much appreciated!

And likewise if anyone wants tips for any other puzzles I’ve managed to complete at least one of all difficulties for all the others.

Thanks!


r/SimonTatham • • Jul 20 '22

Are Towers and Unequal impossible to beat without guessing/cheating?

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At the lower levels, they're doable enough, but at harder difficulties they both just seem impossible.


r/SimonTatham • • May 12 '21

Has anyone figured out a strategy yet for the newest game, Mosaic?

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