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Die Nachtausgabe

A daily puzzle paper in German: 13 puzzles from word games to sudoku, plus the supplement “Die Spielpause” with solitaire, mahjong and more – no account, no cookies. Our own product.

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daily puzzles plus the puzzle corner – easy on Monday, hard on Sunday

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daily puzzles plus the puzzle corner – easy on Monday, hard on Sunday

daily deals in the supplement “Die Spielpause”, the same for everyone and provably solvable

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daily deals in the supplement “Die Spielpause”, the same for everyone and provably solvable

solver tests over 365 days per game

accounts and cookies – progress stays on the device

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accounts and cookies – progress stays on the device

01Starting point

The goal: a calm daily puzzle paper in German that appears every day, is fair to solve and needs no account and no cookies – designed like a newspaper, not like an app full of prompts.

02Approach

  1. 0113 daily puzzles: word game, word ladder, honeycomb, syllable puzzle, crossword, sudoku in four levels, kakuro, bridges, nonogram, light & dark, queens, connections and daily question.
  2. 02Generators built in-house: every generated puzzle has exactly one solution that can be reached without guessing.
  3. 03Own content: 182 connections puzzles, 974 checked daily questions, 126 syllable puzzles and a custom crossword lexicon.
  4. 04Supplement “Die Spielpause”: solitaire, spider, free cell, mahjong, minesweeper, sliding tiles, chess problems and more – one deal a day for everyone plus free play. A solver checks in advance that every daily deal can be won.
  5. 05No account, no cookies: progress stays on the device; as a PWA it also works offline. Newspaper design in light and dark as “morning” and “night” edition.

03Outcome

Die Nachtausgabe is online at dienachtausgabe.de and shows how in-house generators, solvers and self-written content become a daily product that needs no user data.

  • Next.js
  • TypeScript
  • Eigene Rätselgeneratoren
  • Löser
  • Vitest
  • PWA
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