LogTek Puzzle Maker

Before modern entertainment methods, there were tons of activities with which to kill time and have fun. Pictures are built into puzzles, which can be of different types. For instance, LogTek Puzzle Maker helps you create Nonograms either from scratch, or by loading an existing picture to transform it.

The canvas is blank by default, so you either need to start a new project from scratch, or import an existing picture. It can’t be dropped over the main window, and you need to use the browse dialog to load formats like BMP, GIF, JPG, ICO, and CUR.

However, the pictures you load are resized and transformed if too large, and only eight colors are available, so the puzzle slightly resembles the original image. Once it’s generated, you get control over areas to add more details.

A small color palette lets you assign tints to both mouse buttons, and draw on the interactive canvas. The picture size can be changed by specifying width and height values, while a different option turns the picture to negative colors.

The puzzle can either be printed on a sheet of paper, or saved to file under the PPM (Color Bitmap) file type. Just to make sure you’re happy with the current puzzle configuration you can take it for a spin.

A new window shows up when launching the Test mode. The layout is a Nonograms representation, and the puzzle can either be manually completed, or have the computer do it for you.

There’s also a dedicated executable file to launch the test mode directly. This mode doesn’t let you edit any parameters, but simply to have fun with puzzles you create or find over the web under the PPM format.

All things considered, we come to the conclusion that LogTek Puzzle Maker is a neat application you can use to create Nonograms. You’re free to start building an image from scratch, or transform an existing one. When done, you can check how fast you can solve it in a dedicated play mode.