The New Sudoku Players' Forum

by **lunababy_moonchild** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 11:17 pm

Maybe it's just me but I cannot for the life of me figure out the instructions to this game. Can anybody come up with a simple explanation of how to play it, please?

Luna

by **Animator** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 11:28 pm

Did you look at http://www.nikoli.co.jp/puzzles/10/index-e.htm ?

(The first 5 or 6 pages are about what is and isn't possible, then it starts from the beginning.)

Looking at that page gave me a good understanding on how to solve it... I guess I should try it myself.

by **Chessmaster** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 11:45 pm

that is an interesitng game

by **MCC** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 12:05 pm

Hitori.

The cells must be blacked-out, so that:

1-No number is repeated in a line or column in unblacked cells.

2-Blacked-out cells can touch at the corners only, not face to face.

3-Unblacked cells must all be interconected, no isolated cells.

MCC

by **lunababy_moonchild** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 7:31 pm

Thanks everybody.

I just couldn't make heads nor tails of the intructions printed with the puzzles and had previously been unable to follow the Nikoli guide. I now feel confident enough to give it a go.

Luna

by **Animator** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 9:57 pm

The first severn sample problmes (on the Nikoli site) are rather easy.

The 8th one is a bit more difficult because you need to think of some extra logic.

(Currently I'm solving the 9th one but I just noticed I made a silly mistake in the beginning... (First time that it happens))

by **lunababy_moonchild** » Wed Feb 08, 2006 11:18 pm

I have only tried the one, so far, and it was printed. I got it wrong but I think I know where I went wrong and I wasn't far wrong, so will give it another go.

*Sigh*

Luna

by **Animator** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 12:26 am

Hmm. I just noticed that I didn't include a link in my post...

Here it is: http://www.puzzle.jp/letsplay/play_hitori-e.html

Problem 9 and 10 are a bit tricky... (but still doable)

Another page that contains several beginners problems: http://www.puzzle.jp/letsplay/play_hitori_starter-e.html (I can't comment on these since I skipped those... mainly because I didn't see them)

by **udosuk** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 4:50 pm

Glad that many like this game too.

I remember I tried that puzzle.jp site several months ago, and loved the hitori very much (albeit some said it's boring)... Even after I solved #8, #9, #10 I went back and redid them quite a few times and still enjoyed them a lot... especially the 17x17 #10!

I definite recommend everybody to try it... But take this warning: some persistence is required! Also, I suggest players to take some time to go through the flash tutorial to learn the basics and then read the "keys to solution" page for more advanced techniques!

by **lunababy_moonchild** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 11:07 pm

Obviously I need much in the way of practice.

Further study will be necessary.

Thanks for the links Animator, I'm looking at them closely!

Luna

by ab » Wed Mar 08, 2006 6:40 pm

I tried this game on a relatively easy puzzle. It was fun. I half expected not to like it after having tried kakuro. Thought it might simply be a jump on the bandwagon japanese sounding name something to do with numbers in a grid. Not as addictive as sudoku though.

by **NeilMN** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 11:21 pm

If anyone is interested, you should check out:

http://www.hitoriconquest.com

It's a website I recently put together offering free online hitori. Hope you enjoy

Neil

by **Pyrrhon** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 3:00 pm

I have made a hitori that shouldn't be to easy:

by **Pyrrhon** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 1:49 pm

And here a second example. Good luck.

Pyrrhon

by **MCC** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 3:05 pm

It took me - 4m 30sec for number 1.

#2 took me 8m 27secs.

MCC