How to play
- Goal
- Shade or clear entire outlined tiles so every rightward and downward clue counts exactly the shaded cells before the next plaque or board edge.
- How it ends
- The chart is solved as soon as all clue counts agree; there is no loss state.
- Record
- The fastest first solve of each chart is kept as a public record, with its holder's name.
- Tap any square to shade or clear its entire outlined tile. A split brass plaque stays clear. Its upper-right number counts shaded squares to its right; its lower-left number counts shaded squares below it. Each sightline stops before the next plaque or the board edge.
- In the worked example, one bent tile crosses both counted lines twice. Filling that whole tile makes both plaques show two of two. The large number is the target and the small badge is your current count; jade means exact and red means over.
- Leave unused tiles clear; no X marks or Check button are needed. Undo restores a move. Restart clears ink without resetting the first-opening clock. A chart completes automatically when every sightline agrees; there is no loss state. Replays are untimed practice. Returning to the atlas in the same page keeps the clock and public record chance; reloading an unfinished chart keeps its marks but makes its first finish local only.
Controls
| Tap / click a tile | Shade or clear its entire outlined tile |
|---|---|
| Tap / click a plaque | Highlight its sightlines and read their counts |
| Arrow keys | Move focus through the chart |
| Space / Enter | Toggle a focused tile or inspect a focused plaque |
| 0 / 1 | Clear or shade a focused tile |
| Undo / Z | Restore the previous shading |
| Restart | Clear all shades without resetting the first clock |
| Escape | Close a panel or return to the atlas |
All 160 fixed charts have one independently verified answer, distinct solution silhouettes and a local-deduction trace of at most five rounds. The split plaque clues and whole-tile rule each matter on every chart. Private witnesses do not ship. Saves use morass.tilepaint.v1; sound follows the shared site setting. No ads or analytics run inside the game.
About Tilepaint
Inside a star-filled observatory, restore 160 enamel mosaics by shading complete outlined tiles. Split brass plaques measure the dark squares along each sightline.
Every chart has one independently verified answer and a route made of local deductions. Four open shelves let you choose any chart immediately.
Your first finish time stays in this browser. An uninterrupted first solve can claim the named public best shown on each chart card.
