Grid is a versatile software solution that can solve both griddler and triddler puzzles. It offers an efficient and effective way to solve these types of puzzles, making it a sought-after tool for puzzle enthusiasts.
The software can be compiled to almost all computer platforms.
The source code is available for review and is commented in detail.
The program is optimized for time, making it one of the fastest griddler solvers in the market.
The documentation is available in Czech as well as English.
Grid is capable of finding all the solutions (in case there are multiple) or identifies any conflicts in the puzzle.
The software can solve a variety of puzzles including: common black and white puzzles of two colors, colored puzzles (where users can declare arbitrary colors), triangle puzzles by www.griddlers.net, Triangle puzzles by the journal Mařené krížovky, Silentium s.r.o, Bratislava, and triddlers by www.griddlers.net.
The software comes with a wide range of offerings including graphical XPM file output, terminal-based character-like format printing of solutions, detailed output, printing statistics about the number of steps and line examinations to estimate the difficulty of a task, pause and hint modes for users to trace and identify bugs in their solutions, batch mode to solve multiple puzzles at the same time, and filter mode where the program can behave like a common UNIX filter.
The program is licensed under GNU GPL, making it accessible to everyone.
In the latest release, an intensive line-solver has been implemented that has a linear complexity and allows for faster and efficient solving of puzzles. The -i option has also been added, allowing users to switch to using only intensive line-solver. The -lf and -of options let users redirect the log and/or solution output to a file. The documentation has also been upgraded, including new comments about the function intensive() in the source code.
Overall, Grid is a powerful and user-friendly puzzle-solving software that is an essential tool for any puzzler enthusiast.
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