Galaxies – Divide the Grid – Puzzle Game

Galaxies

Galaxies

This game is an implementation of Tentai Show, a puzzle invented by Nikoli, a puzzle magazine published in Japan.  The name “Tentai Show” has the double meaning of two fold rotational symmetry and astronomical show. In Japanese “Ten” means dot, “tai-Show” means symmetry, and “Tentai” means things astronomical.

You have a rectangular grid containing a number of dots. Your aim is to draw edges along the grid lines which divide the rectangle into regions in such a way that every region is 180° rotationally symmetric, and contains exactly one dot which is located at its centre of symmetry.

Game Types:

  • 7×7 Normal
  • 7×7 Unreasonable
  • 10×10 Normal
  • 15×15 Normal
  • Custom mode – define the width and height, set the level of difficulty: Normal or Unreasonable

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.

OSSupportedNotes
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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