Tool/solver to resolve fill-a-pix grids automatically. Fill-A-Pix is a logic game that using the logic of the minesweeper to find black cells in a grid.
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Fill-A-Pix Solver
Solve a Fill-A-Pix Puzzle
Answers to Questions (FAQ)
What is Fill-A-Pix? (Definition)
Fill-A-Pix is a logic puzzle similar to Minesweeper. The player must determine which square cells should be colored black and which should remain white in order to reconstruct an image.
How to solve a Fill-A-Pix grid?
Solving a Fill-A-Pix grid begins by examining the most restrictive numbers. Using the first determined cells, look for dependent cells with the most constraints, then continue the reasoning/deduction process.
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What can be deduced from cells numbered 0 and 9?
If a cell contains the number 0, no cell in its neighborhood, including the cell itself, is black: all are white.
If a cell contains the digit 9, all cells in its neighborhood, including the cell itself, are black: none is white.
NB: in a FillAPix grid, a 4 in a corner or a 6 along an edge has the same effect as a 9 for the neighboring cells within the grid: all these cells are black, none is white.
What can be deduced from side-by-side cells?
Two numbered cells placed side by side horizontally or vertically have 6 cells in their neighborhoods in common. Therefore, if their numbers differ by 3, deductions can be made about the 3 cells in each neighborhood that are not shared.
Example: A cell numbered 8 is adjacent to a cell numbered 5. The 8 indicates that 8 of the 9 cells in its neighborhood are black. The difference between the two numbers makes it possible to deduce that the 3 cells in the neighborhood of the 8 that are not shared with the neighborhood of the 5 are all black, while the 3 cells in the neighborhood of the 5 that are not shared with the neighborhood of the 8 are all white.
Two numbered cells placed diagonally have 4 cells in their neighborhoods in common. Therefore, if their numbers differ by 5, deductions can be made about the 5 cells in each neighborhood that are not shared.
What can be deduced from cells separated by one cell?
Two numbered cells separated by one cell horizontally or vertically have 3 cells in their neighborhoods in common. Therefore, if their numbers differ by 6, deductions can be made about the 6 cells in each neighborhood that are not shared.
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