Puzzle Maker Pro – Puzzle Publisher Starter Bundle

Description

Start (or enhance) your puzzle book publishing adventure with these puzzles.

A great set of puzzles to create sudoku books, mixed puzzle books and activity books.

Included in this bundle:

• Sudoku 9×9 Creative – create regular sudokus, image sudokus, letter sudokus and sudokus with Roman numerals
• Standard Word Search – create word search puzzles that are completely customizable – grid size, word lists, fonts and styling
• Mazes 2D Squares – a fun and easy maze generator with many styling options and different maze generator algorithms
• Regular Criss Cross – simple, engaging crossword style puzzles with your own word lists

Word Search and Criss Cross allow you to use your own word lists and target any theme, niche or event. Sudoku and Mazes are great puzzles that everybody knows and understands.

Ease of Use

With this bundle you get access to four different puzzle modules.

1 Select the puzzle type you need in the dropdown list.

2 Paste your word list or select a word list file if needed and adjust the styling

3 Create a new preview or create puzzles right away

You can update the styling and puzzle options and create new previews to see the results immediately.

Immediate Access

You can use the software right away. Just download and install the newest version of Puzzle Maker Pro from the member area, and start creating your puzzles and puzzle books.

Free Demo Version

Experience the power Of the Puzzle Maker Pro – Puzzle Publisher Starter Bundle with our free demo version. Please note that puzzles And solutions In the demo version will be watermarked. You can test all features and puzzle types.

If you want to try out the Time Saver Add-On, please contact support.

Note: Sales for Puzzle Maker Pro products are final. We strongly suggest to test compatibility with your Windows PC configuration before purchase.

Tutorials

Tutorials for this product:

• Getting Started with Standard Word Search
• How to create Criss Cross puzzles
• Getting Started with Sudoku
• Getting Started with mazes

Products in This Bundle

Puzzle Maker Pro – Sudoku 9×9 Creative

Puzzle Maker Pro – Standard Word Search

Puzzle Maker Pro – Mazes 2D Squares

Puzzle Maker Pro – Regular Criss Cross

Word Search Overview

Create Criss Cross Puzzles from Your Word Lists

Mazes 2D Squares Overview

Puzzle Maker Pro Features and Functions

Word Search

Create rectangular or square word search puzzles

Word List

Use your own (themed) word lists

Word List File

Save your word lists to txt files for easy reuse

Word Direction

Optionally use diagonals and reversed words

Multiple Algorithms

Different algorithms for sparse, dense and non-crossing word search puzzles

Remove Characters

Easily remove spaces, dashes, apostrophes and other characters

Filtered Words List

Filter words that should not appear by accident in the puzzle

Fill Letters

Set the letters or characters you want to use for the remaining spaces

Sort Order

use alphabetic or numeric sort order

Control

Control the use of diagonals and word direction

Letter Case

Optionally use only uppercase or lowercase letters in the puzzle

Styling Options

Choose any (TrueType) font on your computer, set the font and line colors, and more

Border and Inner Line Style

Set the color and line weight for the lines

Canvas Color

Set the canvas background color (only for puzzles with masks)

Cell Color

Set the background color for the cells

Criss Cross

Create Criss Cross (Crossword) puzzles from your own word lists

Word Lists

Copy/paste words or select the file with your word list

Clue Editor

Optionally edit your the clues for your words before or after creating a puzzle

Grid Size

Set your own grid size

Clue Verification

Automatically get a warning when words in the puzzles do not have clues

Remove Spaces

Optionally remove spaces and other characters from the words

Minimum Word Count

Set the minimum number of words for each puzzle

Maximum Word Count

Optionally set the maximum number of words for each puzzle

Word List Control

Specify if the word list should be reset between puzzles

Layout

Control the placement of the puzzle in the grid

Clue Titles

Customizable clue titles (Across / Down)

Standard Sudoku

Create regular 9×9 sudoku puzzles with numbers 1-9

Real Sudokus

Each Sudoku has exactly 1 good solution

7 Difficulty Levels

Create sudokus with 7 (!) difficulty levels, ranging from Very Easy to Extreme, from casual play to expert

Real Difficulty Levels

The levels are based on the logical steps used to solve the puzzle, not on the number of clues!

Balanced Levels

Difficulty levels have been balanced and calibrated, see our F.A.Q.

Innovative Sudokus

Create innovative 9×9 sudoku puzzles using letters, Roman numericals or images

Batch Creation

Create up to 5000 puzzles with a single-mouse-click

Letter Sudokus

Instead of numbers, you can use letters – choose your own letters to create the sudoku puzzles

Image Sudokus

Instead of numbers, you can use your own images to create sudokus

Roman Numericals

Instead of numbers, you can use Roman numericals to create sudokus

Customize Font

You can change the font to any TrueType font on your computer

Customize Colors

You can change the font, line and background colors

Mazes

Create mazes with squares

Maze Algorithm

Choose different maze generation algorithms – fairly straight to complex and meandering

Solutions

Includes Puzzle Solutions

Wall/Line Width

Set the wall/line width and optionally randomize it

Passage/Door Width

Set the passage/door width and optionally randomize it

Passage/Door Position

Optionally randomize the position of the passages

Solution Line Style

Set the solution line style to straight or curved, dashed or continuous

Start/End Points

Use letters or images for the Start and End points of the maze

Start/End Points Open

Optionally leave the outer border of the Start and End points open

Select Your Fonts

You can use the TrueType fonts on your computer

Customize Font Position

Using our included font editor, you can optimize the font position and size

Customize Colors

Using our included color setup, you can change font, line and background colors

Preview Puzzle

You can preview the puzzle with your custom styling settings, and zoom in / out to verify the details

Preview Solution

You can also preview the solution details

Create Puzzles on Your Computer

Puzzles and Solutions will be stored on your computer. No need for downloads

Local Storage

Nobody else can spy on your puzzles, everything is stored on your own computer

Presets

You can save and load your own presets for each puzzle, to work in several sessions and preserve styling consistency

Puzzle Output Size

Set your own puzzle size, up to 3000 pixels (10” at 300 DPI), for maximum flexibility and efficiency

Puzzle Output Format

Save your puzzles in JPG, PNG or Transparent PNG format (optionally in 4bit format for smaller size)

Custom Output Location

Set up your own output folder structure, including date and custom name placeholders, to manage your projects

Personal License

You can create and print puzzles for your own use, share with your kids and family, in your classroom or with your team

POD License

You can create and print puzzles and puzzle books and sell on Print on Demand platforms such as KDP, or sell as printables

Copyright

You are responsible for the rights for images you add to the puzzles or puzzle books – you have complete rights for the puzzle books

Optimized for Windows (10/11)

The software can be used on MS Windows 7 or higher.

Options for Mac

Puzzle Maker Pro will only work on a Mac when you use Virtualbox, Parallels or another virtual Windows platform

Instant Puzzle Books

Includes with each Puzzle Maker Pro module – Create Puzzle Books with one mouse-click

Output Formats

Your puzzle book can be created in Powerpoint or PDF format, or even as JPG files

Custom DPI Settings

Use 300 DPI for KDP compliant commercial print books, 96 DPI for printables

Default Page Layout

By default a 1×1 layout grid is used for the page layouts

Advanced Page Layout

With the Time Saver Add-On (additional purchase) you can set up your own grid layout, up to 10×10 puzzles

Puzzle Numbering

Puzzles and solutions are numbered and matched in your puzzle book

Custom Puzzle Numbering

Use custom puzzle numbering, to create parts of puzzle books that can be combined later

Trim Size

Set up your own trim size, from 1×1 to 15×15 inch, including KDP formats 6×9, 8×10 and 8.5×11

Margins

Set your own page margins to comply with KDP or create your own custom layout

Mirrored Margins

Optionally use mirrored margins, for equal inner and outer margins on left and right pages

Title Setup

Various options to set up titles for your puzzles in your Instant Puzzle Books

Page Layout Customization

With the Time Saver Add-On (additional purchase) you can customize padding between rows and columns in the Instant Puzzle Book