Joel Riley

Finally (after decades) started a #blog on my personal webpage. joelriley.com/hello-world

Just launched a digital logic #puzzle #zine on my site Puzzarium: puzzarium.com/p/zine/1 This issue focuses on Fillomino, with 31 playable puzzles (6 free, no Patreon needed). I'm excited to keep iterating on the Zine format, to make it as weird and wacky as the real deal.

I just made the stand alone "Every 5x5 Nonogram" game free, forever, no IAPs, no ads (other than linking to my other games): iOS: apps.apple.com/us/app/every... Android: play.google.com/store/apps/d...

I'm working on a new #logicgame engine with the eventually goal of supporting 52 different logic #puzzle games: LOGIC52 Join my Puzzarium Patreon page to follow along its development. Last drop was Fillomino. This week: Sudoku. www.patreon.com/posts/156898... Includes playable puzzle links.

Pixelogic is now officially Steam Deck verified! ✅ store.steampowered.com/verified/367...

Pixelogic: Nonograms Unlimited is 35% off during Steam's Spring Sale, starting today! store.steampowered.com/app/3677530/...

New player color: Rainbow 🌈 puzzarium.com/every-5x6-no...

In Every 5x6 Nonogram, players can have unique colors that leave a permanent mark in the puzzle grid when nonograms are solved. It's been interesting to see these "turf wars" play out. puzzarium.com/every-5x6-no...

Every 5x6 Nonogram, the collaborative, realtime logic puzzle web game, is now available for all - no account needed! puzzarium.com/every-5x6-no... Almost 4x the logic puzzles of the previous challenge, leaderboards, watch others solve in realtime, colors, and many more improvements.

Every 5x6 Nonogram now available to all members of my Puzzarium Patreon page, free or paid. I've added a lot of improvements this week: dark mode, popular sections, and leaderboards. "Guest play" is coming soon, though account play will be the best experience. puzzarium.com #nonogram #picross

My puzzle game, Pixelogic: Nonograms Unlimited, is out today on Steam! 6,000+ human-made nonograms, new puzzles every day, puzzle creator, works on Steam Deck! store.steampowered.com/app/3677530/... #nonogram #picross #steam #steamdeck #launch #flutter

Just published Making Every 5x5 Nonogram: Part 1 www.patreon.com/posts/making... In this part, I go over the idea, architecture, and launch.

Pixelogic: Nonograms Unlimited now has a Steam release date: November 12th! Wishlist or try the demo today store.steampowered.com/app/3677530/... #nonogram #picross #steam #indiegames

Pixelogic is participating in Steam Next Fest this week, an event featuring free demos of upcoming games. Try our demo and discover other awesome games; store.steampowered.com/app/3677530/... #nonogram #SteamNextFest

Neat, the Every 5x5 Nonogram game is already #51 in Top Paid Board games (my secondary category). I guess I should enjoy it while it lasts. Maybe we can get to the top 25?

Every 5x5 Nonogram, the solo game, just launched today! 🎉Available for Android and iOS. Google Play: play.google.com/store/apps/d... App Store: apps.apple.com/us/app/every... #nonograms #picross #every5x5nonogram

I updated the Pixelogic demo ahead of Steam Next Fest to add some awesome music by Techno Cinema @wearemattercell.bsky.social. Check it out! store.steampowered.com/app/3677530/...

Every 5x5 Nonogram: The Single Player Game is coming soon and is now available to pre-order! 🤖 Pre-register on Google Play (Android): play.google.com/store/apps/d...  Pre-order on App Store (iOS): apps.apple.com/us/app/every... #nonogram #picross #every5x5nonogram

Every 5x5 #Nonogram, the solo game, is now available for alpha testing on Android and iOS! www.patreon.com/posts/every-... It's for Patreon members only at the moment. Consider becoming a member if you're able, which helps me fund the next collaborative challenge.

Just released a demo for my upcoming #nonogram puzzle game Pixelogic on Steam! It's an early preview, so please check it out and give me any feedback. store.steampowered.com/app/3677530/...

The next Every Nonogram challenge has been determined: Every True 5x6 Nonogram. I write more about what that means, and how I arrived at that decision on my Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/next-n...

Is Every 6x6 Nonogram even possible? I take a deep dive on my Patreon. Available to members (free or paid). www.patreon.com/posts/is-eve... #every5x5nonogram #nonograms

So I created a Patreon page to help me make more fun puzzle experiences. Help me build the next internet thing! www.patreon.com/puzzarium

Whoops, misspelled 'Linux' as 'Linus' in my Every Nonogram Interest form. Good thing only 500+ people saw that 😅

We did it! 🎉 All 24,976,511 solvable 5x5 nonograms completed in 80 days by over 200k players. Thank you everyone who participated! Hope it was fun.

@lit.dev I wrote a realtime, collaborative nonogram web game with Lit: pixelogic.app/every-5x5-no...

Only 1 million more puzzles to go until all solvable 5x5 nonograms are complete! pixelogic.app/every-5x5-no... #nonogram #webgame

Every 5x5 #nonogram is almost 90% complete. We're in the home stretch! At the current rate, all 24,976,511 puzzles should be complete in about 10 days. Can we complete it earlier? pixelogic.app/every-5x5-no...

@v21.bsky.social Question about Downpour: is html used internally when storing games/pages locally, or is just an export format? I'm working on a sticker book type app with some overlap with Downpour (images positioned on a page).

I'm working on a new app and thinking about #data portability. This got me thinking: what are the forever file formats? Say its 50-100 years in the future, what file types can we still open and access without a lot of headache? Probably .txt, pdf, png, jpeg. Anything else?

What's more ridiculous than a web game where you collaborate to complete 25 million nonogram puzzles? A puzzle book! "Every 5x5 Nonogram" is now available on Amazon. Volume 1 of a 4,995 volume series. www.amazon.com/Every-5x5-No... #every5x5nonogram #nonogram #puzzlebook

I illustrate some, and used to post somewhat regularly on instagram (www.instagram.com/joel.draws/), though these days it feels like I'm just feeding the image generation models. Where do folks post their art these days? Mastodon, Bluesky, somewhere else?

Neat. My game "Every 5x5 Nonogram" was mentioned on @theverge.com in @davidpierce.xyz's Installer newsletter. I read The Verge every day so this is so cool! www.theverge.com/installer-ne...

By popular request, Every 5x5 Nonogram now supports dark mode.

10 million solved!

More updates to Every 5x5 Nonogram: • Click and drag to fill multiple cells (mouse only) • Click the total solved count to see a graph of solve total over time • Some backend improvements I'm going to take a break from features for a while. I'll be solving with the rest of you though!

Interesting to see which sections have been completed first on #every5x5nonogram: 1-22: Working from the front 69: Well, you know 220: ??? 420: Stoners 621: ??? 999-1000: Working from the back What section are you playing?

Just pushed a new update to the "Every 5x5 Nonogram" game: • Added a button to jump to the next unsolved puzzle, random puzzle, or specific puzzle by number. • Fix bug where sometimes the puzzle number displayed over clues • Fixed bug with janky scrolling and deep linking >600k solved. So cool!