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Conceptis launched Hashi logic puzzlesFriday, October 12, 2007
Classic Hashi 8x8 Conceptis announced Hashi, an innovative bridge-connecting number-logic puzzle also known as Hashiwokakero (English: "build bridges!") and Bridges, invented by Nikoli Puzzles in Japan around 1990. Already available to publishers in Conceptis’ download center, the first Hashi release offers fourteen puzzle sizes from 8x8 up to 20x26 and seven difficulty levels from ultra easy to very hard. According to Jochen Vetter, Conceptis’ Number-Logic Product Manager, smaller ultra easy Hashi puzzles may take only five minutes to solve while larger very hard ones are promised to provide several hours of logic and fun. Starting October 12, four new Conceptis Hashi puzzles are available every week in the Free Weekly Puzzles section. “We used the same process to develop Hashi as we did for Sudoku, Kakuro, Hitori and Slitherlink with a few required adjustments” says Dave Green, president of Conceptis. “These adjustments cost us several additional months of development, but I think the proof is in the pudding and the result is what our fans and publishers always expect" he adds with a smile. Ideal ContentIn addition to creative logic situations and extra fun to solve, Conceptis delivers many more benefits to publishers such as range of difficulties and sizes, availability of EPS, PDF and data files, a long term reliable content source and much more. This makes each Conceptis Hashi puzzle ideal for magazine, book, newspaper and mobile phone content providers all over the world. According to Maxim Popov, Deputy EiC at Publishing Group Bauer Russia and Conceptis’ exclusive publisher in Russia, three 10x10 and 14x14 Conceptis Hashi puzzles are included in Zheleznaya Logika as well as two 8x8 puzzles in Sumdoku, in order to popularize the new puzzle with the help of their most popular Sudoku magazines. Also according to Popov, the company plans to increase the number of Hashi puzzles to six or seven in the next issue. "We received many enthusiastic responses for Hashi", says Popov. "Although Zheleznaya Logika has only been published about six months ago we already decided to add more and make them a regular feature in this magazine. I believe a great future is reserved for Hashi puzzles." About HashiUnlike Sudoku, Kakuro, Hitori and Slitherlink, Hashi puzzles are solved by connecting islands with bridges according to the rules so that there is a continuous path between all islands. The Hashi brand name is registered by Nikoli Puzzles in Japan. According to Wikipedia, Hashi puzzles appeared in The Times and have also been published in English under the name Bridges or Chopsticks. In France, Denmark, the Netherlands, and Belgium Hashi puzzles are published under the name Ai-Ki-Ai. Hashi puzzles first appeared September 1990 in issue 31 of Puzzle Communication Nikoli in issue, although an earlier form of the puzzle appeared December 1989 in issue 28. Related resources |
