Rectangles – Divide the Grid into Rectangles – Puzzle Game
Rectangles
You have a grid of squares, with numbers written in some (but not all) of the squares. Your task is to subdivide the grid into rectangles of various sizes, such that (a) every rectangle contains exactly one numbered square, and (b) the area of each rectangle is equal to the number written in its numbered square.
The inventor of this game is Nikoli, a Japanese publisher that specializes in games and, particularly, logic puzzles.
Game modes:
- 7×7
- 9×9
- 11×11
- 13×13
- 15×15
- 17×17
- 19×19
- Custom mode
Below is a short tutorial showing you how to download and compile the latest source code for this game, and the other 38 games in the puzzle collection. The tutorial takes place in Linux, using the Ubuntu 17.10 distribution, but the procedure will be the same, or very similar, for other Linux distributions. If you find the tutorial helpful, please give the video a like and subscribe to our YouTube channel.
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 |  | Besides the main 3 operating system, the puzzle collection has also been ported by contributors to Palm, Android, Symbian 60, iPhone, iPad, and the Windows Store. Homepage: www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/puzzles/ Developer: Simon Tatham, Richard Boulton, James Harvey, Mike Pinna, Jonas Kölker, Dariusz Olszewski, Michael Schierl, Lambros Lambrou, Bernd Schmidt, Steffen Bauer, Lennard Sprong, and Rogier Goossens License: MIT Written in: C, Java, JavaScript |
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