This is a collection of small one-player puzzle games.
-\copyright This manual is copyright 2004-2010 Simon Tatham. All rights
+\copyright This manual is copyright 2004-2014 Simon Tatham. All rights
reserved. You may distribute this documentation under the MIT licence.
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\C{intro} Introduction
I wrote this collection because I thought there should be more small
from the \q{Type} menu, and then go to the game ID selection, you
will see a string of the form \cq{o2x2#338686542711620}. Take only
the part before the hash (\cq{o2x2}), and start Cube with that text
-on the command line: \cq{cube o2x2}.
+on the command line: \cq{PREFIX-cube o2x2}.
If you copy the \e{entire} game ID on to the command line, the game
will start up in the specific game that was described. This is
For example:
-\c net --generate 12 --print 2x3 7x7w | lpr
+\c PREFIX-net --generate 12 --print 2x3 7x7w | lpr
will generate two pages of printed Net puzzles (each of which will
have a 7\by\.7 wrapping grid), and pipe the output to the \c{lpr}
For example:
-\c net --generate 12 --save game --save-suffix .sav
+\c PREFIX-net --generate 12 --save game --save-suffix .sav
will generate twelve Net saved-game files with the names
\cw{game0.sav} to \cw{game11.sav}.
The arrow keys will move a tile adjacent to the space in the direction
indicated (moving the space in the \e{opposite} direction).
+Pressing \q{h} will make a suggested move. Pressing \q{h} enough
+times will solve the game, but it may scramble your progress while
+doing so.
+
(All the actions described in \k{common-actions} are also available.)
\H{fifteen-params} \I{parameters, for Fifteen}Fifteen parameters
around the edge of the grid, and use the return key to move the
row/column in the direction indicated.
+You can also move the tiles directly. Move the cursor onto a tile,
+hold Control and press an arrow key to move the tile under the
+cursor and move the cursor along with the tile. Or, hold Shift to
+move only the tile. Pressing Enter simulates holding down Control
+(press Enter again to release), while pressing Space simulates
+holding down shift.
+
(All the actions described in \k{common-actions} are also available.)
\H{sixteen-params} \I{parameters, for Sixteen}Sixteen parameters
length will turn out to be possible.
-\C{rectangles} \i{Rectangles}
+\C{rect} \i{Rectangles}
\cfg{winhelp-topic}{games.rectangles}
you get an inexhaustible supply of puzzles tailored to your own
specification.
-\B{nikoli-rect} \W{http://www.nikoli.co.jp/puzzles/7/index_text-e.htm}\cw{http://www.nikoli.co.jp/puzzles/7/index_text-e.htm}
+\B{nikoli-rect} \W{http://www.nikoli.co.jp/en/puzzles/shikaku.html}\cw{http://www.nikoli.co.jp/en/puzzles/shikaku.html}
+(beware of Flash)
-\B{puzzle-palace-rect} \W{http://www.puzzle.gr.jp/puzzle/sikaku/palm/index.html.en}\cw{http://www.puzzle.gr.jp/puzzle/sikaku/palm/index.html.en}
+\B{puzzle-palace-rect} \W{https://web.archive.org/web/20041024001459/http://www.puzzle.gr.jp/puzzle/sikaku/palm/index.html.en}\cw{https://web.archive.org/web/20041024001459/http://www.puzzle.gr.jp/puzzle/sikaku/palm/index.html.en}
\H{rectangles-controls} \I{controls, for Rectangles}Rectangles controls
cursor keys to drag a rectangle out from that position, and pressing
the return key again completes the rectangle. Using the space bar
instead of the return key allows you to erase the contents of a
-rectangle without affecting its edges, as above.
+rectangle without affecting its edges, as above. Pressing escape
+cancels a drag.
When a rectangle of the correct size is completed, it will be shaded.
return key will cycle the current cell through empty, then black, then
white, then empty, and the space bar does the same cycle in reverse.
+Moving the cursor while holding Control will colour the moved-over
+squares black. Holding Shift will colour the moved-over squares
+white, and holding both will colour them grey.
+
(All the actions described in \k{common-actions} are also available.)
\H{pattern-parameters} \I{parameters, for Pattern}Pattern parameters
of the history of the puzzle can be found on Wikipedia
\k{wikipedia-solo}.
-\B{nikoli-solo} \W{http://www.nikoli.co.jp/puzzles/1/index_text-e.htm}\cw{http://www.nikoli.co.jp/puzzles/1/index_text-e.htm}
+\B{nikoli-solo} \W{http://www.nikoli.co.jp/en/puzzles/sudoku.html}\cw{http://www.nikoli.co.jp/en/puzzles/sudoku.html}
+(beware of Flash)
\B{wikipedia-solo} \W{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudoku}\cw{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudoku}
used to select a peg colour, the left and right keys to select a
peg position, and the space bar or Enter key to place a peg of the
selected colour in the chosen position. \q{D} or Backspace removes a
-peg, and \q{H} adds a hold marker.
+peg, and Space adds a hold marker.
+
+Pressing \q{h} or \q{?} will fill the current guess with a suggested
+guess. Using this is not recommended for 10 or more pegs as it is
+slow.
When the guess is complete, the smaller feedback pegs will be highlighted;
clicking on these (or moving the peg cursor to them with the arrow keys
you know that those will never be counted as part of the solution). This
is turned off by default.
+\lcont{
+
Note that this doesn't allow blank pegs in the solution; if you really wanted
that, use one extra colour.
+}
+
\dt \e{Allow duplicates}
\dd Allows the solution (and the guesses) to contain colours more than once;
pressing the space bar will lay a line between the two squares.
Repeating either action removes the domino or line.
+Pressing a number key will highlight all occurrences of that
+number. Pressing that number again will clear the highlighting. Up to two
+different numbers can be highlighted at any given time.
+
(All the actions described in \k{common-actions} are also available.)
\H{dominosa-parameters} \I{parameters, for Dominosa}Dominosa parameters
I originally saw this in the form of a Flash game called \i{Planarity}
\k{Planarity}, written by John Tantalo.
-\B{Planarity} \W{http://home.cwru.edu/~jnt5/Planarity}\cw{http://home.cwru.edu/~jnt5/Planarity}
+\B{Planarity} \W{http://planarity.net}\cw{http://planarity.net}
\H{untangle-controls} \i{Untangle controls}
\c |......O.|
\c H........|
\c |.....O..|
-\c 12-RH---
+\c 12-RR---
As shown, it is possible for a beam to receive multiple reflections
before re-emerging (see turn 3). Similarly, a beam may be reflected
Credit for this puzzle goes to \i{Nikoli} \k{nikoli-slant}.
\B{nikoli-slant}
-\W{http://www.nikoli.co.jp/puzzles/39/index.htm}\cw{http://www.nikoli.co.jp/puzzles/39/index.htm}
+\W{http://www.nikoli.co.jp/ja/puzzles/gokigen_naname}\cw{http://www.nikoli.co.jp/ja/puzzles/gokigen_naname}
(in Japanese)
\H{slant-controls} \i{Slant controls}
You can also use the cursor keys to move around the grid. Pressing the
return or space keys will place a \cw{\\} or a \cw{/}, respectively,
-and will then cycle them as above.
+and will then cycle them as above. You can also press \cw{/} or
+\cw{\\} to place a \cw{/} or \cw{\\}, respectively, independent of
+what is already in the cursor square. Backspace removes any line from
+the cursor square.
(All the actions described in \k{common-actions} are also available.)
Light Up was contributed to this collection by James Harvey.
\B{nikoli-lightup}
-\W{http://www.nikoli.co.jp/puzzles/32/index-e.htm}\cw{http://www.nikoli.co.jp/puzzles/32/index-e.htm}
+\W{http://www.nikoli.co.jp/en/puzzles/akari.html}\cw{http://www.nikoli.co.jp/en/puzzles/akari.html}
(beware of Flash)
\H{lightup-controls} \i{Light Up controls}
by Lambros Lambrou.
\B{nikoli-loopy}
-\W{http://www.nikoli.co.jp/puzzles/3/index-e.htm}\cw{http://www.nikoli.co.jp/puzzles/3/index-e.htm}
+\W{http://www.nikoli.co.jp/en/puzzles/slitherlink.html}\cw{http://www.nikoli.co.jp/en/puzzles/slitherlink.html}
(beware of Flash)
\H{loopy-controls} \i{Loopy controls}
\dd Allows you to choose between a selection of types of tiling.
Some have all the faces the same but may have multiple different
types of vertex (e.g. the \e{Cairo} or \e{Kites} mode); others have
-all the vertices the same but may have differnt types of face (e.g.
+all the vertices the same but may have different types of face (e.g.
the \e{Great Hexagonal}). The square, triangular and honeycomb grids
are fully regular, and have all their vertices \e{and} faces the
same; this makes them the least confusing to play.
will update to indicate the next direction on the path. You can also
press Space to automatically move in the direction of the hint
arrow. If you move in a different direction from the one shown by
-the arrow, the hint arrows will stop appearing because you have
-strayed from the provided path; you can then use \q{Solve} again to
-generate a new path if you want to.
+the arrow, arrows will be shown only if the puzzle is still solvable.
All the actions described in \k{common-actions} are also available.
In particular, if you do run into a mine and die, you can use the
You can also use the cursor keys to move around the grid. Pressing the
return key over an empty square will place a tent, and pressing the
space bar over an empty square will colour it green; either key will
-clear an occupied square.
+clear an occupied square. Holding Shift and pressing the cursor keys
+will colour empty squares green. Holding Control and pressing the
+cursor keys will colour green both empty squares and squares with tents.
(All the actions described in \k{common-actions} are also available.)
Bridges was contributed to this collection by James Harvey.
\B{nikoli-bridges}
-\W{http://www.nikoli.co.jp/puzzles/14/index-e.htm}\cw{http://www.nikoli.co.jp/puzzles/14/index-e.htm}
+\W{http://www.nikoli.co.jp/en/puzzles/hashiwokakero.html}\cw{http://www.nikoli.co.jp/en/puzzles/hashiwokakero.html}
+(beware of Flash)
\H{bridges-controls} \i{Bridges controls}
You can also use the cursor keys to move around the grid: if possible
the cursor will always move orthogonally, otherwise it will move
-towards the nearest island to the indicated direction. Pressing the
-return key followed by a cursor key will lay a bridge in that direction
-(if available); pressing the space bar followed by a cursor key will
-lay a \q{non-bridge} marker.
+towards the nearest island to the indicated direction. Holding Control
+and pressing a cursor key will lay a bridge in that direction (if
+available); Shift and a cursor key will lay a \q{non-bridge} marker.
+Pressing the return key followed by a cursor key will also lay a
+bridge in that direction.
-You can mark an island as finished by pressing the return key twice.
+You can mark an island as finished by pressing the space bar or by
+pressing the return key twice.
+
+By pressing a number key, you can jump to the nearest island with that
+number. Letters \q{a}, ..., \q{f} count as 10, ..., 15 and \q{0} as
+16.
Violations of the puzzle rules will be marked in red:
likely it is to extend as far as it can, rather than choosing
somewhere closer.
+\lcont{
+
High expansion factors usually mean easier puzzles with fewer
possible islands; low expansion factors can create lots of
tightly-packed islands.
+}
+
\C{unequal} \i{Unequal}
pressing space will also erase pencil marks.
As for Solo, the cursor keys can be used in conjunction with the digit
-keys to set numbers or pencil marks. You can also use the 'M' key to
-auto-fill every numeric hint, ready for removal as required, or the 'H'
+keys to set numbers or pencil marks. You can also use the \q{M} key to
+auto-fill every numeric hint, ready for removal as required, or the \q{H}
key to do the same but also to remove all obvious hints.
Alternatively, use the cursor keys to move the mark around the grid.
appropriate way; typing in a 0 or using the space bar will clear a
filled square.
+Left-clicking a clue will mark it as done (grey it out), or unmark it
+if it is already marked. Holding Control or Shift and pressing an
+arrow key likewise marks any clue adjacent to the cursor in the given
+direction.
+
(All the actions described in \k{common-actions} are also available.)
\H{unequal-parameters} \I{parameters, for Unequal}Unequal parameters
Galaxies was contributed to this collection by James Harvey.
-\B{nikoli-galaxies} \W{http://www.nikoli.co.jp/en/puzzles/astronomical_show/}\cw{http://www.nikoli.co.jp/en/puzzles/astronomical_show/}
+\B{nikoli-galaxies} \W{http://www.nikoli.co.jp/en/puzzles/astronomical_show.html}\cw{http://www.nikoli.co.jp/en/puzzles/astronomical_show.html}
\H{galaxies-controls} \i{Galaxies controls}
Filling was contributed to this collection by Jonas K\u00F6{oe}lker.
\B{nikoli-fillomino}
-\W{http://www.nikoli.co.jp/en/puzzles/fillomino/}\cw{http://www.nikoli.co.jp/en/puzzles/fillomino/}
+\W{http://www.nikoli.co.jp/en/puzzles/fillomino.html}\cw{http://www.nikoli.co.jp/en/puzzles/fillomino.html}
\H{filling-controls} \I{controls, for Filling}Filling controls
feature).
You can also move around the grid with the cursor keys; typing a digit will
-fill the square containing the cursor with that number, or typing 0, Space,
-or Enter will clear it. You can also select multiple squares for numbering
-or clearing by using the return key, before typing a digit to fill in the
-highlighted squares (as above).
+fill the square containing the cursor with that number; typing 0 will clear
+it. You can also select multiple squares for numbering or clearing with the
+return and arrow keys, before typing a digit to fill or clear the highlighted
+squares (as above). The space bar adds and removes single squares to and from
+the selection. Backspace and escape remove all squares from the selection.
(All the actions described in \k{common-actions} are also available.)
block of size two and means that one digit divided by the other is
equal to the given amount.
-Note that a block may contain more than one digit the same (provided
-the identical ones are not in the same row and column). This rule is
-precisely the opposite of the rule in Solo's \q{Killer} mode (see
-\k{solo}).
+Note that a block may contain the same digit more than once
+(provided the identical ones are not in the same row and column).
+This rule is precisely the opposite of the rule in Solo's \q{Killer}
+mode (see \k{solo}).
}
-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}
still be unique. The remaining levels require increasingly complex
reasoning to avoid having to backtrack.
+\dt \e{Multiplication only}
+
+\dd If this is enabled, all boxes will be multiplication boxes.
+With this rule, the puzzle is known as \q{Inshi No Heya}.
\C{towers} \i{Towers}
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}
Pressing M will fill in a full set of pencil marks in every square
that does not have a main digit in it.
+Left-clicking a clue will mark it as done (grey it out), or unmark it
+if it is already marked. Holding Control or Shift and pressing an
+arrow key likewise marks any clue in the given direction.
+
(All the actions described in \k{common-actions} are also available.)
\H{towers-parameters} \I{parameters, for Towers}Towers parameters
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.html}\cw{http://www.nikoli.com/en/puzzles/hitori.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 restore 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 restore 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.
+
+
+\C{magnets} \i{Magnets}
+
+\cfg{winhelp-topic}{games.magnets}
+
+A rectangular grid has been filled with a mixture of magnets (that is,
+dominoes with one positive end and one negative end) and blank dominoes
+(that is, dominoes with two neutral poles).
+These dominoes are initially only seen in silhouette. Around the grid
+are placed a number of clues indicating the number of positive and
+negative poles contained in certain columns and rows.
+
+Your aim is to correctly place the magnets and blank dominoes such that
+all the clues are satisfied, with the additional constraint that no two
+similar magnetic poles may be orthogonally adjacent (since they repel).
+Neutral poles do not repel, and can be adjacent to any other pole.
+
+Credit for this puzzle goes to \i{Janko} \k{janko-magnets}.
+
+Magnets was contributed to this collection by James Harvey.
+
+\B{janko-magnets}
+\W{http://www.janko.at/Raetsel/Magnete/index.htm}\cw{http://www.janko.at/Raetsel/Magnete/index.htm}
+
+\H{magnets-controls} \i{Magnets controls}
+
+\IM{Magnets controls} controls, for Magnets
+
+Left-clicking on an empty square places a magnet at that position with
+the positive pole on the square and the negative pole on the other half
+of the magnet; left-clicking again reverses the polarity, and a third
+click removes the magnet.
+
+Right-clicking on an empty square places a blank domino there.
+Right-clicking again places two question marks on the domino, signifying
+\q{this cannot be blank} (which can be useful to note deductions while
+solving), and right-clicking again empties the domino.
+
+Left-clicking a clue will mark it as done (grey it out), or unmark it if
+it is already marked.
+
+You can also use the cursor keys to move a cursor around the grid.
+Pressing the return key will lay a domino with a positive pole at that
+position; pressing again reverses the polarity and then removes the
+domino, as with left-clicking. Using the space bar allows placement
+of blank dominoes and cannot-be-blank hints, as for right-clicking.
+
+(All the actions described in \k{common-actions} are also available.)
+
+\H{magnets-parameters} \I{parameters, for Magnets}Magnets 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. There will be half \e{Width} \by \e{Height}
+dominoes in the grid: if this number is odd then one square will be blank.
+
+\lcont{
+
+(Grids with at least one odd dimension tend to be easier to solve.)
+
+}
+
+\dt \e{Difficulty}
+
+\dd Controls the difficulty of the generated puzzle. At Tricky level,
+you are required to make more deductions about empty dominoes and
+row/column counts.
+
+\dt \e{Strip clues}
+
+\dd If true, some of the clues around the grid are removed at generation
+time, making the puzzle more difficult.
+
+
+\C{signpost} \i{Signpost}
+
+\cfg{winhelp-topic}{games.signpost}
+
+You have a grid of squares; each square (except the last one)
+contains an arrow, and some squares also contain numbers. Your job
+is to connect the squares to form a continuous list of numbers
+starting at 1 and linked in the direction of the arrows \dash so the
+arrow inside the square with the number 1 will point to the square
+containing the number 2, which will point to the square containing
+the number 3, etc. Each square can be any distance away from the
+previous one, as long as it is somewhere in the direction of the
+arrow.
+
+By convention the first and last numbers are shown; one or more
+interim numbers may also appear at the beginning.
+
+Credit for this puzzle goes to \i{Janko} \k{janko-arrowpath}, who call it
+\q{Pfeilpfad} (\q{arrow path}).
+
+Signpost was contributed to this collection by James Harvey.
+
+\B{janko-arrowpath}
+\W{http://janko.at/Raetsel/Pfeilpfad/index.htm}\cw{http://janko.at/Raetsel/Pfeilpfad/index.htm}
+
+\H{signpost-controls} \I{controls, for Signpost}Signpost controls
+
+To play Signpost, you connect squares together by dragging from one
+square to another, indicating that they are adjacent in the
+sequence. Drag with the left button from a square to its successor,
+or with the right button from a square to its predecessor.
+
+If you connect together two squares in this way and one of them has
+a number in it, the appropriate number will appear in the other
+square. If you connect two non-numbered squares, they will be
+assigned temporary algebraic labels: on the first occasion, they
+will be labelled \cq{a} and \cq{a+1}, and then \cq{b} and \cq{b+1},
+and so on. Connecting more squares on to the ends of such a chain
+will cause them all to be labelled with the same letter.
+
+When you left-click or right-click in a square, the legal squares to
+connect it to will be shown.
+
+The arrow in each square starts off black, and goes grey once you
+connect the square to its successor. Also, each square which needs a
+predecessor has a small dot in the bottom left corner, which
+vanishes once you link a square to it. So your aim is always to
+connect a square with a black arrow to a square with a dot.
+
+To remove any links for a particular square (both incoming and
+outgoing), left-drag it off the grid. To remove a whole chain,
+right-drag any square in the chain off the grid.
+
+You can also use the cursor keys to move around the grid squares and
+lines. Pressing the return key when over a square starts a link
+operation, and pressing the return key again over a square will
+finish the link, if allowable. Pressing the space bar over a square
+will show the other squares pointing to it, and allow you to form a
+backward link, and pressing the space bar again cancels this.
+
+(All the actions described in \k{common-actions} are also available.)
+
+\H{signpost-parameters} \I{parameters, for Signpost}Signpost 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{Force start/end to corners}
+
+\dd If true, the start and end squares are always placed in opposite corners
+(the start at the top left, and the end at the bottom right). If false the start
+and end squares are placed randomly (although always both shown).
+
+\C{range} \i{Range}
+
+\cfg{winhelp-topic}{games.range}
+
+You have a grid of squares; some squares contain numbers. Your job is
+to colour some of the squares black, such that several criteria are
+satisfied:
+
+\b no square with a number is coloured black.
+
+\b no two black squares are adjacent (horizontally or vertically).
+
+\b for any two white squares, there is a path between them using only
+white squares.
+
+\b for each square with a number, that number denotes the total number
+of white squares reachable from that square going in a straight line
+in any horizontal or vertical direction until hitting a wall or a
+black square; the square with the number is included in the total
+(once).
+
+For instance, a square containing the number one must have four black
+squares as its neighbours by the last criterion; but then it's
+impossible for it to be connected to any outside white square, which
+violates the second to last criterion. So no square will contain the
+number one.
+
+Credit for this puzzle goes to \i{Nikoli}, who have variously called
+it \q{Kurodoko}, \q{Kuromasu} or \q{Where is Black Cells}.
+\k{nikoli-range}.
+
+Range was contributed to this collection by Jonas K\u00F6{oe}lker.
+
+\B{nikoli-range}
+\W{http://www.nikoli.co.jp/en/puzzles/where_is_black_cells.html}\cw{http://www.nikoli.co.jp/en/puzzles/where_is_black_cells.html}
+
+\H{range-controls} \I{controls, for Range}Range controls
+
+Click with the left button to paint a square black, or with the right
+button to mark a square with a dot to indicate that you are sure it
+should \e{not} be painted black. Repeated clicking with either button
+will cycle the square through the three possible states (filled,
+dotted or empty) in opposite directions.
+
+You can also use the cursor keys to move around the grid squares.
+Pressing Return does the same as clicking with the left button, while
+pressing Space does the same as a right button click. Moving with the
+cursor keys while holding Shift will place dots in all squares that
+are moved through.
+
+
+(All the actions described in \k{common-actions} are also available.)
+
+\H{range-parameters} \I{parameters, for Range}Range 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.
+
+\C{pearl} \i{Pearl}
+
+\cfg{winhelp-topic}{games.pearl}
+
+You have a grid of squares. Your job is to draw lines between the
+centres of horizontally or vertically adjacent squares, so that the
+lines form a single closed loop. In the resulting grid, some of the
+squares that the loop passes through will contain corners, and some
+will be straight horizontal or vertical lines. (And some squares can
+be completely empty \dash the loop doesn't have to pass through every
+square.)
+
+Some of the squares contain black and white circles, which are clues
+that the loop must satisfy.
+
+A black circle in a square indicates that that square is a corner, but
+neither of the squares adjacent to it in the loop is also a corner.
+
+A white circle indicates that the square is a straight edge, but \e{at
+least one} of the squares adjacent to it in the loop is a corner.
+
+(In both cases, the clue only constrains the two squares adjacent
+\e{in the loop}, that is, the squares that the loop passes into after
+leaving the clue square. The squares that are only adjacent \e{in the
+grid} are not constrained.)
+
+Credit for this puzzle goes to \i{Nikoli}, who call it \q{Masyu}.
+\k{nikoli-pearl}
+
+Thanks to James Harvey for assistance with the implementation.
+
+\B{nikoli-pearl}
+\W{http://www.nikoli.co.jp/en/puzzles/masyu.html}\cw{http://www.nikoli.co.jp/en/puzzles/masyu.html}
+(beware of Flash)
+
+\H{pearl-controls} \I{controls, for Pearl}Pearl controls
+
+Click with the left button on a grid edge to draw a segment of the
+loop through that edge, or to remove a segment once it is drawn.
+
+Drag with the left button through a series of squares to draw more
+than one segment of the loop in one go. Alternatively, drag over an
+existing part of the loop to undraw it, or to undraw part of it and
+then go in a different direction.
+
+Click with the right button on a grid edge to mark it with a cross,
+indicating that you are sure the loop does not go through that edge.
+(For instance, if you have decided which of the squares adjacent to a
+white clue has to be a corner, but don't yet know which way the corner
+turns, you might mark the one way it \e{can't} go with a cross.)
+
+Alternatively, use the cursor keys to move the cursor. Use the Enter
+key to begin and end keyboard \q{drag} operations. Use the Space,
+Escape or Backspace keys to cancel the drag. Or, hold Control while
+dragging with the cursor keys to toggle segments as you move between
+squares.
+
+Pressing Control-Shift-arrowkey or Shift-arrowkey simulates a left or
+right click, respectively, on the edge in the direction of the key.
+
+(All the actions described in \k{common-actions} are also available.)
+
+\H{pearl-parameters} \I{parameters, for Pearl}Pearl parameters
+
+These parameters are available from the \q{Custom...} option on the
+\q{Type} menu.
+
+\C{undead} \i{Undead}
+
+\cfg{winhelp-topic}{games.undead}
+
+You are given a grid of squares, some of which contain diagonal
+mirrors. Every square which is not a mirror must be filled with one of
+three types of undead monster: a ghost, a vampire, or a zombie.
+
+Vampires can be seen directly, but are invisible when reflected in
+mirrors. Ghosts are the opposite way round: they can be seen in
+mirrors, but are invisible when looked at directly. Zombies are
+visible by any means.
+
+You are also told the total number of each type of monster in the
+grid. Also around the edge of the grid are written numbers, which
+indicate how many monsters can be seen if you look into the grid along
+a row or column starting from that position. (The diagonal mirrors are
+reflective on both sides. If your reflected line of sight crosses the
+same monster more than once, the number will count it each time it is
+visible, not just once.)
+
+This puzzle type was invented by David Millar, under the name
+\q{Haunted Mirror Maze}. See \k{janko-undead} for more details.
+
+Undead was contributed to this collection by Steffen Bauer.
+
+\B{janko-undead}
+\W{http://www.janko.at/Raetsel/Spukschloss/index.htm}\cw{http://www.janko.at/Raetsel/Spukschloss/index.htm}
+
+\H{undead-controls} \I{controls, for Undead}Undead controls
+
+Undead has a similar control system to Solo, Unequal and Keen.
+
+To play Undead, click the mouse in any empty square and then type a
+letter on the keyboard indicating the type of monster: \q{G} for a
+ghost, \q{V} for a vampire, or \q{Z} for a zombie. If you make a
+mistake, click the mouse in the incorrect square and press Space to
+clear it again (or use the Undo feature).
+
+If you \e{right}-click in a square and then type a letter, the
+corresponding monster will be shown in reduced size in that square, as
+a \q{pencil mark}. You can have pencil marks for multiple monsters in
+the same square. A square containing a full-size monster cannot also
+contain pencil marks.
+
+The game pays no attention to pencil marks, so exactly what you use
+them for is up to you: you can use them as reminders that a particular
+square needs to be re-examined once you know more about a particular
+monster, or you can use them as lists of the possible monster in a
+given square, or anything else you feel like.
+
+To erase a single pencil mark, right-click in the square and type
+the same letter again.
+
+All pencil marks in a square are erased when you left-click and type a
+monster letter, or when you left-click and press Space. Right-clicking
+and pressing space will also erase pencil marks.
+
+As for Solo, the cursor keys can be used in conjunction with the letter
+keys to place monsters or pencil marks. Use the cursor keys to move a
+highlight around the grid, and type a monster letter to enter it in
+the highlighted square. Pressing return toggles the highlight into a
+mode in which you can enter or remove pencil marks.
+
+If you prefer plain letters of the alphabet to cute monster pictures,
+you can press \q{A} to toggle between showing the monsters as monsters or
+showing them as letters.
+
+Left-clicking a clue will mark it as done (grey it out), or unmark it
+if it is already marked.
+
+(All the actions described in \k{common-actions} are also available.)
+
+\H{undead-parameters} \I{parameters, for Undead}Undead 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.
+
+\C{unruly} \i{Unruly}
+
+\cfg{winhelp-topic}{games.unruly}
+
+You are given a grid of squares, which you must colour either black or
+white. Some squares are provided as clues; the rest are left for you
+to fill in. Each row and column must contain the same number of black
+and white squares, and no row or column may contain three consecutive
+squares of the same colour.
+
+This puzzle type was invented by Adolfo Zanellati, under the name
+\q{Tohu wa Vohu}. See \k{janko-unruly} for more details.
+
+Unruly was contributed to this collection by Lennard Sprong.
+
+\B{janko-unruly}
+\W{http://www.janko.at/Raetsel/Tohu-Wa-Vohu/index.htm}\cw{http://www.janko.at/Raetsel/Tohu-Wa-Vohu/index.htm}
+
+\H{unruly-controls} \I{controls, for Unruly}Unruly controls
+
+To play Unruly, click the mouse in a square to change its colour.
+Left-clicking an empty square will turn it black, and right-clicking
+will turn it white. Keep clicking the same button to cycle through the
+three possible states for the square. If you middle-click in a square
+it will be reset to empty.
+
+You can also use the cursor keys to move around the grid. Pressing the
+return or space keys will turn an empty square black or white
+respectively (and then cycle the colours in the same way as the mouse
+buttons), and pressing Backspace will reset a square to empty.
+
+(All the actions described in \k{common-actions} are also available.)
+
+\H{unruly-parameters} \I{parameters, for Unruly}Unruly 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. (Note that the rules of the game require
+both the width and height to be even numbers.)
+
+\dt \e{Difficulty}
+
+\dd Controls the difficulty of the generated puzzle.
+
+\dt \e{Unique rows and columns}
+
+\dd If enabled, no two rows are permitted to have exactly the same
+pattern, and likewise columns. (A row and a column can match, though.)
+
+\C{flood} \i{Flood}
+
+\cfg{winhelp-topic}{games.flood}
+
+You are given a grid of squares, coloured at random in multiple
+colours. In each move, you can flood-fill the top left square in a
+colour of your choice (i.e. every square reachable from the starting
+square by an orthogonally connected path of squares all the same
+colour will be filled in the new colour). As you do this, more and
+more of the grid becomes connected to the starting square.
+
+Your aim is to make the whole grid the same colour, in as few moves as
+possible. The game will set a limit on the number of moves, based on
+running its own internal solver. You win if you can make the whole
+grid the same colour in that many moves or fewer.
+
+I saw this game (with a fixed grid size, fixed number of colours, and
+fixed move limit) at http://floodit.appspot.com (no longer accessible).
+
+\H{flood-controls} \I{controls, for Flood}Flood controls
+
+To play Flood, click the mouse in a square. The top left corner and
+everything connected to it will be flood-filled with the colour of the
+square you clicked. Clicking a square the same colour as the top left
+corner has no effect, and therefore does not count as a move.
+
+You can also use the cursor keys to move a cursor (outline black
+square) around the grid. Pressing the return key will fill the top
+left corner in the colour of the square under the cursor.
+
+(All the actions described in \k{common-actions} are also available.)
+
+\H{flood-parameters} \I{parameters, for Flood}Flood parameters
+
+These parameters are available from the \q{Custom...} option on the
+\q{Type} menu.
+
+\dt \e{Width}, \e{Height}
+
+\dd Size of the grid, in squares.
+
+\dt \e{Colours}
+
+\dd Number of colours used to fill the grid. Must be at least 3 (with
+two colours there would only be one legal move at any stage, hence no
+choice to make at all), and at most 10.
+
+\dt \e{Extra moves permitted}
+
+\dd Controls the difficulty of the puzzle, by increasing the move
+limit. In each new grid, Flood will run an internal solver to generate
+its own solution, and then the value in this field will be added to
+the length of Flood's solution to generate the game's move limit. So a
+value of 0 requires you to be just as efficient as Flood's automated
+solver, and a larger value makes it easier.
+
+\lcont{
+
+(Note that Flood's internal solver will not necessarily find the
+shortest possible solution, though I believe it's pretty close. For a
+real challenge, set this value to 0 and then try to solve a grid in
+\e{strictly fewer} moves than the limit you're given!)
+
+}
+
+\C{tracks} \i{Tracks}
+
+\cfg{winhelp-topic}{games.tracks}
+
+You are given a grid of squares, some of which are filled with train
+tracks. You need to complete the track from A to B so that the rows and
+columns contain the same number of track segments as are indicated in the
+clues to the top and right of the grid.
+
+There are only straight and 90 degree curved rails, and the track may not
+cross itself.
+
+Tracks was contributed to this collection by James Harvey.
+
+\H{tracks-controls} \I{controls, for Tracks}Tracks controls
+
+Left-clicking on an edge between two squares adds a track segment between
+the two squares. Right-clicking on an edge adds a cross on the edge,
+indicating no track is possible there.
+
+Left-clicking in a square adds a colour indicator showing that you know the
+square must contain a track, even if you don't know which edges it crosses
+yet. Right-clicking in a square adds a cross indicating it contains no
+track segment.
+
+Left- or right-dragging between squares allows you to lay a straight line
+of is-track or is-not-track indicators, useful for filling in rows or
+columns to match the clue.
+
+(All the actions described in \k{common-actions} are also available.)
+
+\H{tracks-parameters} \I{parameters, for Tracks}Tracks parameters
+
+These parameters are available from the \q{Custom...} option on the
+\q{Type} menu.
+
+\dt \e{Width}, \e{Height}
+
+\dd Size of the grid, in squares.
+
+\dt \e{Difficulty}
+
+\dd Controls the difficulty of the generated puzzle: at Tricky level,
+you are required to make more deductions regarding disregarding moves
+that would lead to impossible crossings later.
+
+\dt \e{Disallow consecutive 1 clues}
+
+\dd Controls whether the Tracks game generation permits two adjacent
+rows or columns to have a 1 clue, or permits the row or column of the
+track's endpoint to have a 1 clue. By default this is not permitted,
+to avoid long straight boring segments of track and make the games
+more twiddly and interesting. If you want to restore the possibility,
+turn this option off.
+
+
+\C{palisade} \i{Palisade}
+
+\cfg{winhelp-topic}{games.palisade}
+
+You're given a grid of squares, some of which contain numbers. Your
+goal is to subdivide the grid into contiguous regions, all of the same
+(given) size, such that each square containing a number is adjacent to
+exactly that many edges (including those between the inside and the
+outside of the grid).
+
+Credit for this puzzle goes to \i{Nikoli}, who call it \q{Five Cells}.
+\k{nikoli-palisade}.
+
+Palisade was contributed to this collection by Jonas K\u00F6{oe}lker.
+
+\B{nikoli-palisade}
+\W{http://nikoli.co.jp/en/puzzles/five_cells.html}\cw{http://nikoli.co.jp/en/puzzles/five_cells.html}
+
+\H{palisade-controls} \I{controls, for Palisade}Palisade controls
+
+Left-click to place an edge. Right-click to indicate \q{no edge}.
+Alternatively, the arrow keys will move a keyboard cursor. Holding
+Control while pressing an arrow key will place an edge. Press
+Shift-arrowkey to switch off an edge. Repeat an action to perform
+its inverse.
+
+(All the actions described in \k{common-actions} are also available.)
+
+\H{Palisade-parameters} \I{parameters, for Palisade}Palisade 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{Region size}
+
+\dd The size of the regions into which the grid must be subdivided.
+
\A{licence} \I{MIT licence}\ii{Licence}
-This software is \i{copyright} 2004-2010 Simon Tatham.
+This software is \i{copyright} 2004-2014 Simon Tatham.
Portions copyright Richard Boulton, James Harvey, Mike Pinna, Jonas
-K\u00F6{oe}lker, Dariusz Olszewski, Michael Schierl, Lambros
-Lambrou and Bernd Schmidt.
+K\u00F6{oe}lker, Dariusz Olszewski, Michael Schierl, Lambros Lambrou,
+Bernd Schmidt, Steffen Bauer, Lennard Sprong and Rogier Goossens.
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person
obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files
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