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rodneylives@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I haven’t checked to see if someone’s mentioned it yet (it’s a long thread!) but I want to put in a word for a piece of software I’m always touting: Simon Tatham’s Puzzle Collection!
It’s a wonder! 40 different kinds of randomly-generated puzzles, all free, all open source, and available for practically every platform. You can play it on Windows, Mac (if you compile it), Linux, iOS, Android, Java and Javascript in a web browser. It should rightfully be high up on the iOS and Android stores, but it’s completely free, has no ads, doesn’t track you and has no one paying to promote it. No one has a financial incentive to show it to you, so they don’t. But you should know about it.
scheep@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Gobbel2000@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
Yes! It’s an absolute must-have on any of my devices, and the only game installed on my phone
rodneylives@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Slant’s one of my favorites too, I also play a lot of Loopy, Dominosa and Bridges.
milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Yes!!
Love Simon Tatham’s puzzle collection. I’ve enjoyed it for years; these days I use the hardest setting on the 6x6 towers puzzle when I can’t get to sleep: see if I can solve one or two without any intermediate notes (just fixing each actual tower number, and without trying out and going back) before my brain runs out and is ready to sleep.