Nonogram is a shading based logic game, also known as Hanjie, Paint by Numbers, Griddlers, Pic-a-Pix, or Picross. The objective is to find the location of the black squares using logical deduction.
Use the numbers on the side of the grid to determine the location of the black squares.
Mark guess answers with X to help you keep track of your guesses.
Play through 3 difficulty levels based on grid size.
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Nonogram Puzzle Game for Kids Video Game Play Instructions
How to Play
Identify the location of the shaded squares using the
Starting the Game
To begin, choose a difficulty level at the center of the welcome screen.
10 x 10 grid of 100 squares
15 x 15 grid of 225 squares
20 x 20 grid of 400 squares
Select Help to learn how to play the game.
Choose the game’s language from the drop-down list on the bottom left corner of the screen:
English
Spanish
Dutch
French
Italian
German
Russian
Hindi/English
Polish
Turkish
Your web browser automatically saves your game progress.
Game Controls
Desktop
With your mouse, left click to mark a tile.
Select tiles once to mark them black, twice to put an X in them, and a third time if you want to unmark the tile and put it back to the original white state.
Touchscreen devices
Tap on the screen with your fingers to mark a tile.
Controls and indicators
The game’s main indicators are situated on the left side of the screen. From the top these are:
The game’s title
The timer
The New Game button: Opens a new game
Top row of buttons:
Pause: Opens the pause menu
Undo: Removes your last action
Query: Checks if your current answers are correct
Bottom row of buttons:
Music: Turns the game’s music on and off
Sound: Turns the game’s audio effects on and off
Enlarge: Lets you switch between full screen and windowed modes
Game Play
Basic rules
Find the location of the shaded squares on the grid.
Use the numbers on the left and top side of the grid to identify the location of the shaded squares.
Every number represents the number of shaded squares on the row or column.
Many of the rows and columns have hints that shows 2 or even 3 numbers. This represents a row or column that has groups of shaded squares separated by at least 1 blank square.
Marking nonograms
You can mark each square in 3 ways:
Completely shaded in black
As an X (which is a way of stating you are certain the cell is not black)
As a blank
As a rule, mark each white cell on the grid with an X if you are sure it is not black. Mark a cell as a black square only if you’re sure of your answers.
Strategy
Start with the rows or columns with the most black cells in them as you can mark the center portion of a long string of black cells without knowing where the precise edges of the run are.
For example, if a 10×10 puzzle shows an 8 you know the center 6 cells in that row or column are black (without immediately being certain of the distribution of the final 2 black cells among the 4 outer cells in that row or column).
The cells you are certain of being black can then be used along with clues in the orthogonal direction to work the puzzle in the other direction.
Do not rely solely on random guesswork.
One wrong guess can throw off your entire solution and force you to start over.
Use the query button to check your answers if you’re stuck. This is especially useful if you’re down to two options when guessing the location of a shaded cell.
The query button will not tell you which cells are wrong.
Leave X marks to mark white cells you know are not filled in black.
Use contradictions to determine the correct placement of black squares when faced with ambiguous situations.
If you narrowed it down to two cells, mark one as black first, then hit the query button.
If it marks your answer as incorrect, the other one is automatically correct.
Target Audience
The game is suited for players who like nonogram puzzle games.
If you want a printable version of this game, check out Daily Nonograms.
The game has no adult themed content.
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Mobile Friendly Cross Browser Support
This game is rendered in mobile-friendly HTML5, so it offers cross-device gameplay. You can play it on mobile devices like Apple iPhones, Google Android powered cell phones from manufactures like Samsung, tablets like the iPad or Kindle Fire, laptops, and Windows-powered desktop computers. All game files are stored locally in your web browser cache. This game works in Apple Safari, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, Opera and other modern web browsers.
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