I like nonograms and I like QR codes. Both open the door to a new word when scanned or completed. That's why I created a quick and dirty python code that transfers a string into a QR-code which is then encoded into a nonogram.
To access the message (or website), the player must first fill in the nonogram, then scan it. Obviously, the longer the message, the more complicated the nonogram.
Have fun :)
In order to use the qr-gram code please do the following:
git clone https://github.com/azerty-labs/QR-Gram.git
cd QR-Gram/
python -m venv venv
source ./venv/bin/activate
python pip install itertools pyqrcode argparse
python qr-gram.py
Need help? Use the -h command to get some.
$ python qr-gram.py -h
usage: qr-gram.py [-h] [message ...]
This script change a string into a QR-Code and then convert it into a nonogram.
positional arguments:
message put the message to encode here
options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
have fun :)
This is an example of what qr-gram can do after lauching:
$ python qr-gram.py ":)"
Here we go :
$ python qr-gram.py ":)"
>>> String to encode: :)
1 1
1 3 3 1 1 1
3 1 1 3 3 1 4 3 3 1
1 1 1 2 1 7 2 1 1 1 3 7 1 1 3 1
1 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 7
7 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 2 4 1 2 3 1 1 2
3 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 1 2 2 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 1 1
7 1 1 1 1 1 7 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 4 1 1 5 2 2
7 2 1 7
1 1 4 1 1
1 3 1 3 1 1 3 1
1 3 1 1 1 1 3 1
1 3 1 1 1 1 3 1
1 1 1 1
7 1 1 1 7
1 1
2 2 2 1 2
2 1 1 1 1
3 4 1 1 1 1 1
1 3 1 4 2 1
1 1 4 1 3
3 1 2 1
7 1 2 4 1
1 1 1 1 3
1 3 1 1 2 2 2 1
1 3 1 1 2 3
1 3 1 2 3 3
1 1 2 2 1 3
Note the apparition of a neat csv file named ./my-nono.csv for easy excel and word integration!