Puzzle Collection Portable 2021.12.12 (lots of puzzles) Released

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Submitted by John T. Haller on December 16, 2021 - 9:32pm

logoA new version of Puzzle Collection Portable has been released. Puzzle Collection Portable is a collection of dozens of single-player puzzles all packaged together with an easy-to-use interface. It's packaged in PortableApps.com Format so it can easily integrate with the PortableApps.com Platform. And it's open source and completely free.

Update automatically or install from the portable app store in the PortableApps.com Platform.

Features

ScreenshotThis portable package of Simon Tatham's puzzles includes:

  • Black Box - Find the hidden balls in the box by bouncing laser beams off them
  • Bridges - Connect all the islands with a network of bridges
  • Cube - Pick up all the blue squares by rolling the cube over them
  • Dominosa - Tile the rectangle with a full set of dominoes
  • Fifteen - Slide the tiles around to arrange them into order
  • Filling - Mark every square with the area of its containing region
  • Flip - Turn the grid the same colour in as few flood fills as possible
  • Flood - Flip groups of squares to light them all up at once
  • Galaxies - Divide the grid into rotationally symmetric regions each centred on a dot
  • Guess - Guess the hidden combination of colors
  • Inertia - Collect all the gems without running into any of the mines
  • Keen - Complete the latin square in accordance with the arithmetic clues
  • Light Up - Place bulbs to light up all the squares
  • Loopy - Draw a single closed loop in accordance with the clues
  • Magnets - Place magnets to satisfy the clues and avoid like poles touching
  • Map - Color the map so that adjacent regions are never the same colour
  • Mines - Find all the mines without treading on any of them
  • Mosaic - Fill in the grid given clues about number of nearby black squares.
  • Net - Rotate each tile to reassemble the network
  • Netslide - Slide a row at a time to reassemble the network
  • Palisade - Divide the grid into equal-sized areas in accordance with the clues
  • Pattern - Fill in the pattern in the grid, given only the lengths of runs of black squares
  • Pearl - Draw a single closed loop, given clues about corner and straight squares
  • Pegs - Jump pegs over each other to remove all but one
  • Range - Place black squares to limit the visible distance from each numbered cell
  • Rectangles - Divide the grid into rectangles with areas equal to the numbers
  • Same Game - Clear the grid by removing touching groups of the same colour squares
  • Signpost - Connect the squares into a path following the arrows
  • Singles - Black out the right set of duplicate numbers
  • Sixteen - Slide a row at a time to arrange the tiles into order
  • Slant - Draw a maze of slanting lines that matches the clues
  • Solo - Fill in the grid so that each row, column and square block contains one of every digit
  • Tents - Place a tent next to each tree
  • Towers - Complete the latin square of towers in accordance with the clues
  • Tracks - Fill in the railway track according to the clues
  • Twiddle - Rotate the tiles around themselves to arrange them into order
  • Undead - Place ghosts, vampires and zombies so that the right numbers of them can be seen in mirrors
  • Unequal - Complete the latin square in accordance with the > signs
  • Unruly - Fill in the black and white grid to avoid runs of three
  • Untangle - Reposition the points so that the lines do not cross

Learn more about Simon Tatham's Portable Puzzle Collection...

PortableApps.com Installer / PortableApps.com Format

Puzzle Collection Portable is packaged in a PortableApps.com Installer so it will automatically detect an existing PortableApps.com installation when your drive is plugged in. It supports upgrades by installing right over an existing copy, preserving all settings. And it's in PortableApps.com Format, so it automatically works with the PortableApps.com Platform including the Menu and Backup Utility.

Download

Puzzle Collection Portable is available for immediate download from the Puzzle Collection Portable homepage. Get it today!

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Comments

John T. Haller's picture

New puzzles have been added and a brand new launcher is included with larger screenshots and basic instructions in the tool tips. It even works in WINE.

Sometimes, the impossible can become possible, if you're awesome!