Here’s an interesting new puzzle game called “numbrosia.” In the game, you are presented with a 5X5 grid of numbers. The object is to get all of the numbers to zero. You do this by adding or subtracting 1 from an entire row or column and by moving rows left or right and columns up or down. It’s not difficult to get all of the numbers to zero. The real trick is doing it in the fewest possible moves.
The interface to the site is a little clunky and it requires you to view the leader board to move on to the next level. Still, the puzzle is interesting.
Tags: puzzles
If anyone is interested, I’ve released a couple of open source programs to help webmaster-minded folks create dynamic crossword puzzles and word searches. They’re at http://classhelper.org/wordfind_software.shtml and http://classhelper.org/crossword_software.shtml and freely downloadable. Have fun!
Comment by Philip Paradis — February 8, 2008 @ 12:16 am
Sounds like an interesting game…I could not the interface to work, though. I’m using Safari 3.0. Is it working for you?
Thanks,
Benjamin
Comment by Benjamin — March 22, 2008 @ 11:24 pm