Dot-a-Pix Interactive

Dot-a-Pix puzzles can be played interactively on the computer, offering many features and advantages compared to pencil and paper. This section explains everything about how to play Dot-a-Pix on the computer. If you are not yet familiar with the puzzle rules, please go to Dot-a-Pix rules.

Drawing lines

Dot-a-Pix interactive is played by connecting the dots in ascending order starting with 1 and ending with the highest number. To draw a line, click mouse on a dot, drag, and click again on the next dot. To delete a line, double click mouse anywhere along the line. To delete two lines connected to the same dot, double click mouse on the dot.

Toolbar

All game functions are accessed through the toolbar. For some toolbar buttons, keyboard shortcut keys are also available as listed below. Toolbar may be positioned horizontally or vertically using the rotate button on the left edge, and relocated anywhere in the game by dragging its frame.

Zoom in

Enlarge small puzzles for best viewing on your screen.

Zoom out

Reduce large puzzles for best fit on your screen.

Undo (Keyboard: U)

Go back as many steps in the game as you want.

Redo (Keyboard: R)

Go forward after using Undo as many steps as you want.

Restart puzzle

Restart puzzle to solve from the beginning.

Progress

Show preview and elapsed solving time.

Check puzzle (Keyboard: C)

Check the lines for errors.

Show solution

Show solution of the puzzle. Using this button will also end the game.

Preferences

Open Preferences dialog box. New preferences will be automatically saved on the computer.

Hide completed numbers: Check this box to hide completed numbers.
Sound on: Check this box to turn sound on.
Line thickness: Select line thickness while solving the puzzle.

About

Open About dialog box to see puzzle size, difficulty, ID, title and other information.

Help

Open How to play Dot-a-Pix page you are reading now.

Print options

Open Print dialog box. New print options will be automatically saved on the computer.

Print

Puzzle: Select to print puzzle.
Solution: Select to print solution.
Current state: Select to print current solution state.

Solution numbers

Show: Select to print solution with numbers.
Hide: Select to print solution without numbers

Scaling

Preferred image scale: Reduce or enlarge printout.
Attempt to reduce to page: Check this box to automatically fit large puzzles on a single page. When this box is unchecked, large puzzles will print in multiple pages according to selected scaling.
Attempt to enlarge to page: Check this box to automatically enlarge small puzzles to fit on a whole page. When this box is unchecked, small puzzles will print according to selected scaling.
Select optimal orientation: Check this box to automatically select puzzle orientation.