Thank you for trying the game! I am glad that you are enjoying it!
I will not give you directly the solution. Instead, there are two techniques (other than just "try"). The first technique is a general technique for this sort of puzzles.
When I don't know where to start, I will find out the column and row with the highest total in the hints, e.g. in this case the [2,4] column and the [4,2] row.
Then I will work out the possible configurations. Let's say, [2,4] column. The possible configs are
1101111000
1100111100
1100011110
1100001111
0110111100
0110011110
0110001111
....(there are more)
0001101111
Then, you will notice something, namely the 7th box is always active. The 7th box is also almost certain for the "4" in [2,4].
Sometimes, this technique might not always give you the definitive starting position like this case. You will then need to work on both the row and column.
The second technique is specific to this game and it has to do with the WI. probably you know it already. In case you don't, read (MAN PLAY) and start from there.
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I am enjoying it so far, but i don't know where to start with this one...
Well, I had to try one to get it, there was probably a safer way to do it but I didn't get to see it.
Thank you for trying the game! I am glad that you are enjoying it!
I will not give you directly the solution. Instead, there are two techniques (other than just "try"). The first technique is a general technique for this sort of puzzles.
When I don't know where to start, I will find out the column and row with the highest total in the hints, e.g. in this case the [2,4] column and the [4,2] row.
Then I will work out the possible configurations. Let's say, [2,4] column. The possible configs are
1101111000
1100111100
1100011110
1100001111
0110111100
0110011110
0110001111
....(there are more)
0001101111
Then, you will notice something, namely the 7th box is always active. The 7th box is also almost certain for the "4" in [2,4].
Sometimes, this technique might not always give you the definitive starting position like this case. You will then need to work on both the row and column.
The second technique is specific to this game and it has to do with the WI. probably you know it already. In case you don't, read (MAN PLAY) and start from there.
Yes, that's the method that I use, but in that case i wasn't able to figure out a 100% cell.
By the way, I am not sure if this is a bug, but sometimes all the numbers in a row or column are grayed out, even though they are not finished:
In this case, I think that the number 5 shouldn't be grayed out, but I am not sure.
Thank you very much for reporting this. That's indeed a bug. Or I would say the limitation of the matching algorithm. In case you are interested, I have written about the algorithm here: https://chainsawriot.com/postmannheim/2024/07/23/gameprogramming2.html#update-20...
I think I have a fix at least for this case. I will let you know when there is an update (soon).
@ShinuToki Updated. Please download the latest version.
Tanks, I'll test it out.