X-Git-Url: https://git.distorted.org.uk/~mdw/sgt/puzzles/blobdiff_plain/350a038a4b1bef80a07a7296bf5d1a35e3709e0c..f5e8f79dac020bcb0b19e3a7d674412befec0280:/puzzles.but?ds=sidebyside diff --git a/puzzles.but b/puzzles.but index 244ec4a..820bac8 100644 --- a/puzzles.but +++ b/puzzles.but @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ This is a collection of small one-player puzzle games. -\copyright This manual is copyright 2004-2009 Simon Tatham. All rights +\copyright This manual is copyright 2004-2010 Simon Tatham. All rights reserved. You may distribute this documentation under the MIT licence. See \k{licence} for the licence text in full. @@ -2500,7 +2500,7 @@ precisely the opposite of the rule in Solo's \q{Killer} mode (see } -This puzzle appears in the Times under the name \q{KenKen}. +This puzzle appears in the Times under the name \q{\i{KenKen}}. \H{keen-controls} \i{Keen controls} @@ -2589,7 +2589,7 @@ as well as the clues round the edge, and some edge clues may be missing. This puzzle appears on the web under various names, particularly -\q{Skyscrapers}, but I don't know who first invented it. +\q{\i{Skyscrapers}}, but I don't know who first invented it. \H{towers-controls} \i{Towers controls} @@ -2651,9 +2651,63 @@ level, some backtracking will be required, but the solution should still be unique. The remaining levels require increasingly complex reasoning to avoid having to backtrack. + +\C{singles} \i{Singles} + +\cfg{winhelp-topic}{games.singles} + +You have a grid of white squares, all of which contain numbers. Your task +is to colour some of the squares black (removing the number) so as to satisfy +all of the following conditions: + +\b No number occurs more than once in any row or column. + +\b No black square is horizontally or vertically adjacent to any other black +square. + +\b The remaining white squares must all form one contiguous region +(connected by edges, not just touching at corners). + +Credit for this puzzle goes to \i{Nikoli} \k{nikoli-hitori} who call it +\i{Hitori}. + +Singles was contributed to this collection by James Harvey. + +\B{nikoli-hitori} +\W{http://www.nikoli.com/en/puzzles/hitori/index.html}\cw{http://www.nikoli.com/en/puzzles/hitori/index.html} +(beware of Flash) + +\H{singles-controls} \i{Singles controls} + +\IM{Singles controls} controls, for Singles + +Left-clicking on an empty square will colour it black; left-clicking again +will replace the number. Right-clicking will add a circle (useful for +indicating that a cell is definitely not black). + +You can also use the cursor keys to move around the grid. Pressing the +return or space keys will turn a square black or add a circle respectively, +and pressing the key again will replace the number or remove the circle. + +(All the actions described in \k{common-actions} are also available.) + +\H{singles-parameters} \I{parameters, for Singles}Singles parameters + +These parameters are available from the \q{Custom...} option on the +\q{Type} menu. + +\dt \e{Width}, \e{Height} + +\dd Size of grid in squares. + +\dt \e{Difficulty} + +\dd Controls the difficulty of the generated puzzle. + + \A{licence} \I{MIT licence}\ii{Licence} -This software is \i{copyright} 2004-2009 Simon Tatham. +This software is \i{copyright} 2004-2010 Simon Tatham. Portions copyright Richard Boulton, James Harvey, Mike Pinna, Jonas K\u00F6{oe}lker, Dariusz Olszewski, Michael Schierl, Lambros