Puzzle Description:

...on a blue heart

#1: Bryan (Cyclone) on Jan 6, 2014

I don't like solving the big puzzles online, so I must confess I peeked at the solution and have no comments on solvability. This is one larger puzzle that is not a waste of time. The result is definitely a nice one. I will create a printout version for myself by exporting the clues so that it's at a readable size, then try it that way.

It is very beautiful, but too large for me, and unfortunately for a lot of other people, too as a lot of people now work with smaller screens.

I'm about 2/3 done. The picture is pretty and the solving would have been fun, but I can honestly say that in this case a smaller screen has nothing to do with it. I use a 24-inch screen, and the scrolling is brutal.

The scrolling is less brutal when you realize that, other than an extra black column on the left side, the puzzle is left/right symmetrical. I was going to pass on this one because of the size, but am working it instead. (I already saw the final picture which is how I know it's symmetrical, but have otherwise not referred back to it.) Just work the left side, then copy your pattern to the right side without having to reference the clues. Work from top to bottom, moving the clues at top to the bottom when needed. I'm not at that point yet.

1/3 done with the blue, haven't touched the red yet. it is definitely pretty so far but it's more a task of keeping track of where you are in a row than heavy logic.

From looking at the puzzle, it seems the blue is the major part of the puzzle. You can see easily that the black solves itself since there are full horizontal rows, meaning that every black clue is solved within moments of starting the puzzle. At that point, it's a counting task with the blue, and the red should not even be touched as the gaps are 6 wide (vertical AND horizontal) with the highest clue number being a 3 - something I figured out while converting the puzzle and not finding a red 4, 5, or 6 clue anywhere in the puzzle. Work the blue and then, if you run out of things to do with it, try placing some red where it fits and using it to finish the blue.

There is some white space in places as high as 11 apart, but the longer ones are in the bottom of the puzzle, so it shouldn't be too bad based on my analysis. There is one very long gap much longer, but only one.

Still working through it, but this monster isn't quite as symmetrical as I thought it was. Mostly, but not completely in the red section.

day 4 of solving this behemoth, and i finally finish. yet the save function stopped working after about 80%, and now it won't recognize the puzzle as complete.

matty, you can manually mark the puzzle as solved if you are having trouble saving the solved image. That should still work. Here is how:

1. Bring up "Find Puzzles".
2. Put the puzzle ID in the first of the two search boxes for that criteria (23500, leave the other blank).
3. Hit "Search".
4. Mouse over the puzzle ID in the "list" (one puzzle obviously) and a box of options will come up.
5. Select "Rate Puzzle" from this list.
6. Click the box to "Mark this puzzle as completed". Optionally, provide a quality and difficulty rating above this box.
7. Click Submit. The puzzle should now be tagged as solved and not appear in new puzzle searches.

I finally slogged through this one, and just finished it. Like Matty, I had trouble with the final save, but fortunately I just had about 5 rows left in the bottom third. When I re-filled in the blues and hit save (there were white spaces left that I hadn't marked), I finally got a successful save.

I use a widescreen monitor, so it all fit on the screen.

It's very pretty, but SO large.

Perfect

Beautiful, but it took a LONG time to solve.

Beautiful, but it took a LONG time to solve.

I love big puzzles, especially if the picture is this beautiful!

Took a ten year break from it. Deep breath, scrolled some more, up and down, left and right, still brutal. Also still pretty. All done.

At least it's a good use of the excessive size! :)

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