XNurikabe

Current version: alpha

This is a simple X11 programm to play nurikabe.

How to use

A nurikabe is passed via the command line as comma separated string of numbers:

nurikabe 2,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,2,0,2,0,0

This produces the following nurikabe:

2
		1
			2
	2

The shape can be modified by passing the -s flag followed by WIDTHxHEIGHT specification.

nurikabe -s 4x3 2,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1

which produces the following nurikabe:

2
	1
		1

Clicking on a cell changes its state and right-clicking marks the cell with a dot. Marked cells are treated as white cells by the checker.

Pressing the space bar checks whether the current puzzle is solved and displays ok or wrong in the left upper corner.

Pressing s saves the current state in memory and pressing l loads the last saved state.

Pressing q quits the programm.

Installation

To compile the programm run make and move the resulting nurikabe binary into your $PATH.

Dependencies

X11
freetype2

Where to find nurikabe puzzles

There are a lot of puzzle sites that make nurikabe puzzles available online.

The author of this program does not like the web interfaces for solving these puzzles which lead to the creation of this program. You can always manually or programmatically transcribe the puzzles and feed them to the program.