As you know, we’re getting closer to release XCross on the XBLA Indie games.

If you like picross, did you ever consider to create some? Here is your chance : create nice picross, send it to me, and we will include the best in the final release of XCross for 360.

Creating a picross is a quite simple process : using your favorite image editor, just create 2 images. The first one is the picross itself, and should be black & white. This first image will be very small, since the size will be the size of the displayed picross. (For instance, if you want to design a 15×15 picross, this first image will be 15×15). The second image is the coloured version of your picross, and should be much bigger (256×256).

For instance, here is an example of a picross:

And here is the coloured version

It took about 20 minutes to produce this using Gimp. (Well, this was my test sample, when I was desperate to see what was yet to be done…)

Do you think you can do it? Try, and send me your creation. I planned to add about 50 more puzzles, from 5×5 to 30×30. If your picross is selected, your name will be added to the credit page of XCross, and you’ll receive a free token of both XCross & ArkX.