Nonogram guide

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Solving a nonogram

This one is smaller than the one in the game 9, but it’s actually quite similar, since there’s a lot of rows/columns with only 1 number. Those make solving the puzzle a lot easier. All in all, big numbers make it easier, when I really hate 1s and 2s.

But let’s start. Here’s the puzzle:


Start with the biggest number. Always better, if it’s the only number of its row or column. This time it’s the 8.

Try placing the block starting first from the right (yellow) and then from the left (red), like this:



Orange squares are colored in both cases, which means,
wherever the block is, those squares are colored. So
color them. I’ll use green.











Now you have your first certain squares, so you can use
them, when trying to find more. You can and must also use
this knowledge to find squares that are the different
color = not shown by numbers.

You see that column with number 1? There is already a green
square there. So any other square in this column isn’t
green. I’ll use blue for those.







When you have completed a block, cross it out, so it’s
easier to see, what you still have to find from the
column/row. In this case we completed the whole column
with just that 1 number!

We can also use those bigger singular numbers, which I
have circled.







They are the only numbers on these column, so those
green squares have to be part of the block. Let’s
place temporary yellow blocks again. If We start from
the bottom, they’ll go 2 or 1 square above the green
block. These are certainly green, since even if you
started from the green block and would go up, they
would still be part of the block. So color them green.






You can also find blue squares with this green block.
This is the highest, where the blocks can be. Which
means that the squares above that can’t be green
-> They have to be blue.











Here’s how you can use the knowledge about blue
squares: The circled 2 block won’t fit in that column
between 1 and 5. So that turquoise square is also blue.












You can use the tactic we used before even if there
are 2 numbers, but only in the case where the number
is big enough to reach from the border of the puzzle
to the nearest green square. In this case the 5
qualifies, so again we can place the temporary yellow
block and see that the 2 squares above this block
are green.







Now we have vertical blocks, which we can use to find
more horizontal ones. This row has 2 and 6 blocks.
We already have a blue square there, which helps us
a lot, because both of those blocks won’t fit to the
right side of this blue square. So we can place the
temporary blocks again and find 2 more certainly green
blocks.







That’s not the only thing. The only place where the
circled 2 here can be is also certain. So let’s color
that too and cross out the 2.











This is a bit like what we did earlier, but this time
we won’t start from the border. These columns have
only 1 number each and those green squares have to
be part of the block.











These are the squares that could be green
-> Everything else is blue











Now we can color some more blue squares. Again,
those 2 blocks won’t fit in only 1 square
-> blue squares.











This is already a bit more advanced. We have 2
green squares here, and a column with 1, 4 and 1
blocks. The 2 block we have already have to be
part of the 4. There should be 1 green square
below it. We only have 2 squares below the green
block, so there has to be 1 green and one blue.








Now we also know, where the 4 block is, because
we have its starting point. So let’s add the block.
Also, since after every green block there has to be
at least 1 blue square, we can color the square
above this 4 block blue.








I’ll skip a couple steps now, because they are just like what we did before.




Now our image looks like this.

The bottom row has 2 and 2 blocks. If that light
blue block would be green, it would make a 3 block
and there shouldn’t be that big blocks on this row.
Which means it’s blue. And also that we now know
how the bottom row looks like, since we have starting
point for both 2s.






This is where we are now. And where I’ll leave this
guide. You’ll find all the blocks with just trying
the temporary blocks and eliminating (= blue squares
here) squares, that can’t be part of the blocks.











This is what this puzzle looks like, when completed.
A turtle, I think. XD