Interested in pokemon-based picross puzzle?

[Submachine]

I was browsing my old disk storage on my PC and I found some Excel documents that I made in high school. They contain the Picross Challenge 2010, that is mainly pokemon-based, but it can be solved without pokemonical knowledge just for fun. I uploaded them in the second post, so if anyone is interested he/she can download and solve them anytime.

Basic rules: http://www.hanjie-star.com/picross/rules/hanjie-puzzle-picross-game-rules-1.html

Tutorial: http://www.hanjie-star.com/picross/rules/tutorial-solving-a-picross-puzzle-2.html

CuCN was the first one who sent me all the pokemon's name and type in a PM, and showed me evidence that he completed the last one (The one with mega-craft difficulty), so he got +1 reputation and a +3000 electrum reward code as a reward. (I literally watched how he fills in the hardest puzzle, it was epic)

[Submachine]

Note that the Forgiving difficulty is not really a difficulty, it just shows that there will be more solutions than one, but to make only 1 acceptable, I hid little black dots in the squares that need to be filled.

There are 2 methods to solve the same puzzles:

Spoiler for Method A:

This is the method created by CuCN and antiaverage:

• Open this link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AvcW8cFYEJt0dE9nZ1NZUDBjUmw5djRNX21YZWpaaFE#gid=0
• Click File/Make a Copy
• Click OK
• You can start solving it

In this method, if you write 1 in the yellow spaces, it will turn into a black square. If you write 0, it will turn white instead.

Spoiler for Method B:

Note that sometimes you may get a # mark instead of a number. If that happens, it is because the cell is not wide enough to show the full number, widening the cell solves the problem.

First page of the challenge: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bw_btfedWy30dVNrYnBGSjB3VlE/edit?usp=sharing
Second page of the challenge: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bw_btfedWy30UnFQQnNmeGFqLWs/edit?usp=sharing
Third page of the challenge: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bw_btfedWy30YjNzVzdiVnlrdTQ/edit?usp=sharing
Fourth page of the challenge: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bw_btfedWy30M1JjWl9fM1dTcjg/edit?usp=sharing
Fifth page of the challenge: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bw_btfedWy30UGpCLXh6ZmpLVDA/edit?usp=sharing
Sixth page of the challenge: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bw_btfedWy30WTFXTTR4eXdZS1E/edit?usp=sharing
Seventh page of the challenge: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bw_btfedWy30LXlId01LeXFRYkE/edit?usp=sharing (corrected)
(tweaked) Final page of the challenge: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bw_btfedWy30aFJvbUthVVNxNFU/edit
Only do the untweaked version if you're Hardcore Pro:
(untweaked) Final page of the challenge: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bw_btfedWy30c2o5alAweGpzQ28/edit?usp=sharing

How to download (registration is not needed):

• Open the link
• When you are in the overview mode, press Ctrl+S to download
• It is optional, but you can print it after it's downloaded

And that's all, have fun.

Solution for all puzzles in case you are stuck:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AvcW8cFYEJt0dEk4cnBHaWR5X2NqYm8zTS0zWXJfVnc&usp=drive_web#gid=0

[Rutarete]

*gasp* Hanjie! I used to be somewhat of a fanatic for those puzzles. I'll definitely be trying these out this weekend

[Submachine]

*gasp* Hanjie! I used to be somewhat of a fanatic for those puzzles. I'll definitely be trying these out this weekend

You like them too? It's good to know that there are others who loves these puzzles.
All will be uploaded in my second post soon, in order by increasing difficulty.

[antiaverage]

I have way too much love for picross. I will enjoy this.

[antiaverage]

I turned this into a spreadsheet game, because why not?
https://drive.google.com/previewtemplate?id=0AoD4EUwYVbQqdHRwQzVvZ0pheU8teTBPX2tVWHBmbFE&mode=public

You select the cells you want to color and set their background to black or white, etc. You can play it right now.

[dawn to dusk]

i have finished the first one. do we pm the answer to you or post it here?
i cant figure out what it is though X)

EDIT: 2 done, 1 of which is answered

EDIT 2: 3rd is unsolvable

[Submachine]

To make it more interesting, if you can, fill in or write down somewhere the pokemon's name and type. There will be 1 picross for each type of pokemon, so it can be figured out. The first one who will send me in a PM all the pokemon's name and type in order, and show me any kind of evidence that he completed the last one (The one with mega-craft difficulty), he will get +1 reputation as a reward and maybe a +3000 gold reward code from my old tourny wins if that is needed.

Note that sometimes you may get a # mark instead of a number. If that happens, it is because the cell is not wide enough to show the full number, widening the cell solves the problem.

EDIT 2: 3rd is unsolvable

I solved all of them before posting them.

I turned this into a spreadsheet game, because why not?
https://drive.google.com/previewtemplate?id=0AoD4EUwYVbQqdHRwQzVvZ0pheU8teTBPX2tVWHBmbFE&mode=public

You select the cells you want to color and set their background to black or white, etc. You can play it right now.

Haha, that's a good one.

[Fippe94]

3rd one is not unsolveable, I just solved it myself.

[dawn to dusk]

im a derp, i changed the rules for myself 

[Rutarete]

im a derp, i changed the rules for myself 

Silly Dawn.
@sub you don't have to make it into a contest

[Submachine]

im a derp, i changed the rules for myself 

Silly Dawn.
@sub you don't have to make it into a contest

Silly Dawn. ^^

@Ruta ok, I just wanted to give some incentive to the fun, so there will be people who try to complete the pokemon part too.   Though some of the smaller images are barely recognizable (see the first one for example). However, I will give +rep anyway to the one who manages to complete the mega-craft and find all pokemon names and types.