This web adaptation of Simon Tatham’s Portable Puzzle Collection includes some features and UI changes that are not included in the original.
This version allows you to save and return to arbitrary checkpoints within the undo history.
The command line options described in the manual are not available on the web.
However, you can provide game parameters or an ID or random seed in the
URL to particular puzzle: add ?type=params or ?id=id-or-seed. (From within
a game, look in the
Boats: Left-clicking a number clue will grey it out (similar to Magnets, Towers and Undead).
Boats: Includes a preliminary fix for a problem where easy games often couldn’t be solved with the “Solve” command. A side effect of the fix is that Boats games at higher difficulty levels cannot be shared with other puzzle collection apps by random seed. (You’ll see a different game until the fix is applied in the other apps). Share by game ID instead, which remains portable.
Rome: The “M” and “H” keys fill in pencil marks (similar to Solo, Unequal, and other puzzles that support pencil marks).
Features marked with this symbol are considered experimental. Although functional, they’re likely to change significantly in future updates. (There’s also a slight possibility they might be removed entirely.)
This feature generates non-standard saved game files. If you use it, an exported game will not be loadable by other portable puzzle collection apps.