#picross 3d

[videogamepolls]

Requested by anon

[stoic--rose]

thanks for clarifying

[bowlofmie]

huge fan of these guys

[crabsinvideogames]

Picross 3D

[wirelessmousegirl]

Confess to your crush using the custom puzzle maker in #Picross 3D

[skythealmighty]

girl who is so so scared of removing the wrong block in picross 3d

[herecomestheyesmann]

Time to play Picross 3D all the way through again. WOOOOOOOOOOO

[glassmarcus]

Picross^3

*Played throughout all of 2023, Written in December 2023

It’s Picross, but in 3D. Hal Laboratories 100% understood the assignment here because this is as exact as a 3D evolution can get. Those developers are just good at converting 2D mechanics into 3D ones if Kirby and the Forgotten Land is anything to go by. Picross 3D is 1 dimension more complicated, 1 dimension more satisfying, and at times, 1 dimension more frustrating.

The same core concepts of Picross are present. Each row follows its own rules of where squares can exist. By overlapping the rules between adjacent intersecting columns, you can figure out the nature of the puzzle little by little. Here there is just an extra axis applied, but you still end up only comparing columns and rows. You just end up doing it more times because you are essentially doing multiple Nonograms stacked on top of each and next to each other. The rules for the columns and rows are a bit stricter though, as having only a number of blocks as a rule would be too vague for it to work. Instead there are limits on how many segments of blocks are allowed. The point is, you're multiplying the amount of shit you keep track of by the depth added in Picross 3D. It feels wild at first, but solving some of these were the most satisfying Picross experiences I've had.

The reason for this isn't just the increased complexity, but the very nature of 3D. Nonograms always try to be some picture. But unless the silhouette of the image is strong, you won't have a clue what some of them are until they are colored in at the end. I never had that issue in Picross 3D while I've had that happen in even the best Picross games. I always knew what the art piece at the end was before the reveal because there is no abstraction of what the shape is. In 3D you are not painting, you are sculpting. You are given a large block to chip away at rather than constructing something from scratch. Form is the most important part of the product, so it is always clear.

The change from painting to sculpting also helps better describe the core of what I find Picross to be: Exclusion. In Picross, you find what can't possibly be colored in, so you know what has to be colored in. In 3D, you find what has to be intact so you can figure out what to get rid of. In both scenarios you are chipping away at impossibilities, but in 3D it's far more literal and completely skips the beginning phase in normal Picross of trying to place the initial building blocks yourself. You are pretty much doing the same thing, but it feels more direct here.

Now it being direct does not mean it's faster to get through these. Not all. In fact that's my main issue with Picross 3D. Things take too long to do, not because it's more complicated, but because you end up spending most of your time rotating and dissecting the initial block. I started to get Kid Icarus Uprising wrist pain playing through some of these time trials. The best advice I can give when playing this game is to not even attempt to get high ranks on these puzzles. It's veeeeery easy to mis-click a block and lose your perfect streak and trying to rotate your sculpture too fast will break either your DS screen or your hand. Also, don't be like me. Once you feel like you have mastered the logic of this game, stop and go to bed. Don't continue out of obligation. These later levels take 30+ minutes and there's a lot of them. Like even more than Mario Super Picross. Not quite as much as Hatsune Miku: Logic Paint S though. This game has a lot of content, so taking a break and coming back is recommended.

Honestly….I kinda want to play this game in VR. This is coming from someone who has sandbagged Virtual Reality at every turn. 99% of the time I’d rather just have a screen and a controller. But this left over 1% is where I think Picross 3D might fall into. I require intimate interaction with this 3 dimensional object and VR might be the best way to allow for that.

I can see myself returning for the sequel, but not going as hard with it as I did this game. But for now, I'll just stick with regular Picross. It's not as stimulating, but I sure can do a lot of them in the time it takes to do one 3D one.

[skythealmighty]

AUGH I GOT TAGGED WAHOO

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[niidsch]

Pokémon Picross - 3rd evolution starters

[weirdmarioenemies]

Name: Deluxe Hot Dog Debut: Picross 3D Round 2

That's right I'm making an excuse to talk about Deluxe Hot Dog. From Picross 3D Round 2. You can't stop me! You're not my mom! Unless my mom happens to be reading this post in which case hi, mom! I didn't know you read WeirdMarioEnemies. I hope you're proud of me.

Deluxe Hot Dog is the second puzzle of the Going Gourmet book in Picross 3D Round 2, following the Fancy Cheeseburger. And I gotta say, that's a really funny way to open your set of puzzles based on Gourmet Cuisine. Just random junk food arbitrarily labelled as being Classy so it'd fit with the theming.

I almost expected the set to continue in that fashion! That's right. Premium Pizza. Posh Popcorn. Sequin Milkshake. Bow-Tie French Fry. It doesn't, but I wish it did.

But what makes Deluxe Hot Dog so special...?

It's the description. Look at this! Even the humble hot dog can become a gourmet delicacy! Even the humble hot dog! And something about that feels beautiful to me. I mean, if there's hope for the humble hot dog, then I like to think there's hope for all of us.

I like to imagine the existence of a separate Humble Hot Dog puzzle, which is the same but without the colorful 3D shapes on top. A hot dog that has yet to find the right ingredients... how tragic! And people say Nintendo games can't make them cry anymore.

I don't know if people say that, and even if they do, the Humble Hot Dog Puzzle doesn't exist. And also this game is technically by HAL Laboratories. I'm trying okay?

that's it that's the post

[crabsinvideogames]

Lobsters in Games: Picross 3D: Round 2

[skythealmighty]

not in the tags because im not a coward but here have a list

sonic.exe old stuff- more specifically exetior and gang

mias world (more recent though thats bigger on youtube than tumblr)

brandon works :')

literally my friends ocs

an object camp called House Of Cards (kills daily mail kills daily mail ki

twisted turns reboot, bfffw, a lot of other object shows tbh

the night at boberts

picross 3d

i could go on but this is probably a long enough list

what's the most obscure hyperfixation you've ever had ? tell me in the tags :3

[loopplays]

WHAT DO YOU BLINDING MEAN "CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE"???

[spiderziege]

hi do you have a good picross site or app to recommend

Picross Touch on steam is great!! its free or at least very cheap, i dont remember? definitely worth it tho. it also lets you submit your own puzzles for other people to play, so theres like over 36.000 puzzles available i think

the only browser based one i know is this one but imo its not that great. it has a lot of puzzles that can only be solved by guessing and that sucks lol

if you have a nintendo ds or a 3ds i would also recommed Colour Cross & Picross 3D (1 & 2), those are all fun

edit. also for phone apps. i played a bit of Sky Castle Nonogram, which is a pretty okay app but i just dont enjoy playing games on my phone in general so i cant really help there haha

[skythealmighty]

WAHOO YIPPEE MY OBSESSION WITH THIS GAME IS OVER (tries my hardest to ignore the sequel)