NookGrid
A downloadable game
Where does the park go?
NookGrid is a free daily brain game for iPhone and iPad. Arrange nine places on a 3×3 grid to match the neighborhood plan. Each puzzle has one solution, and everyone gets the same puzzle for the day.
Try the guided Tutorial in the app, then build today’s neighborhood. Play at your own pace with hints, undo, saved progress, and spoiler-free result sharing.
HOW TO PLAY
Drag a place onto a square, or tap a place and then a square. Keyboard controls are included.
Use the neighborhood plan to work out where everything belongs.
Move pieces around as you solve. Use a hint whenever you need a nudge.
Free on the App Store. No player account required. Progress is saved in the app. Existing browser progress does not transfer to the app.
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solved today's #14 in 0:07, no hints, all seven clues went green. the clue set is tight and there's no guessing, which is what a daily should be. i like that it hands you one puzzle and one number (1-day streak) instead of a leaderboard.
two small things. (1) the clue list repeats "Required places are not placed yet." under every line, so before you place anything it's seven identical sentences of noise. one banner for the whole list would read cleaner. (2) "Bakery touches sides with Cafe" is the only clue using a side-touch verb; the rest are above / same row, so that one takes an extra beat to parse. consistent phrasing would make the whole set scan faster.
nice work, i'll be back tomorrow.
Solved #12, all nine placed. This is the cleanest thing I've played in this jam: every clue validates on its own line the second it is true (Matches the plan.), so I never had to guess whether a placement was legal, only whether it was right. That is the whole game and it holds up.
Three small things. 1) Hint (0) reads as no hints left; it is actually you have used 0. I nearly did not tap it, and it is the only button that tells a stuck player the game can help them. 2) All seven clues start as Required places are not placed yet, so there are seven identical grey lines of zero information before the first move. Silence until a clue is relevant would read calmer. 3) On a 390x844 phone the grid and the tray both fit with no scrolling, which is rarer than it should be; but help and menu are icon-only, and the help dialog is where occupied squares swap places and Put back live. I found those by digging.
I read the clues for a couple of minutes before my first click and the result still said Solved in 0:07, so the clock starts on the first move, not at load. Small thing, but it would have felt unfair the other way.
Keyboard path (Tab / Enter / Space) is written down and works. Thanks for that.
- kang-dae
Thanks for the detailed playthrough. You're right that Hint (0) can read as no hints left; it counts hints used. I've noted that wording, the repeated pending-clue descriptions, and making swap and Put back easier to discover. Glad the compact layout and keyboard controls worked well.