In a classic Liebnez/Newton situation, nonograms were invented in the late 80s by two Japanese people working independently of each other. While nonograms might not have quite the import or utility of The Calculus, they have at least offered a bit more entertainment to the puzzle-minded among us for the last 35 years or so. Most of us are familiar with nonograms through the work of Japanese game studio Jupiter, which has been creating Picross games for Nintendo since the mid-1990s. A new challenger has arrived, however! Thanks to dxdydzd, you can now play Picross directly in Athena Crisis. Instead of numbers, this Picross map uses X-fighter units with variable health. The number of X-Fighters indicates the number of unbroken lines of houses that you need to capture in that row or column. The health of each fighter indicates the number of houses in each unbroken line, with 1% health indicating no houses at all, 25% indicating one house, and so on until a 100% healthy X-fighter indicates four houses in the line. So, for instance, the fourth column has three X-fighters above it with 100% health, 25% health, and 25% health. In that column, youll need to capture four houses in a row, then have a gap of some length, then capture one more house, then another gap of some length, then capture another house. Or, for another example, in the first row from the top, there are two X-fighters with 25% health, indicating that you need to capture two houses in that row in some order, so long as there is a gap between them. If you want more tips for solving a nonogram, the Wikipedia page is a great resource! Once you have the basics down, head on over to the Picross map and give it a whirl for yourself, or you can find it by searching for "Picross" in the map selector. See if you can uncover the hidden image!

Take Command

Think Tactically

Just One More Game

Make Your Own Maps And Campaigns

Play On The Go

Key Features

• Immerse yourself in a single-player campaign with funny & memorable characters
  
• Create your own maps and campaigns and share them with friends
  
• Compete online in ranked or casual battles with up to 7 players at once
  
• Explore seven environments with unique playstyles
  
• Compare your scores with other players in online leaderboards
  
• Play on Windows, Steam Deck, or your phone, seamlessly transitioning your progress between all of your devices
  
• Full-length original soundtrack

• Processor: AnyMemory: 4 GB RAM
• Memory: 4 GB RAM

• Processor: AnyMemory: 8 GB RAM
• Memory: 8 GB RAM