Creating a Gridogram: Hiding a Sentence in a Compact Grid of Letters
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The post describes the process of creating a Gridogram, a word game where a hidden quote is encoded in a grid of letters, and the discussion revolves around the interesting algorithmic approach and potential language limitations.
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There's a bit of logic involved, a bit of maths with undirected graphs... hopefully it's of interest! Oh, and there's an interactive bit where you can try creating a grid for a quote, which in itself is kind of a fun challenge.