About Conceptis

Conceptis Ltd. is the leading supplier of Sudoku and many more logic puzzle families to printed, electronic and other gaming media all over the world. On average, ten million Conceptis puzzles are printed in newspapers, magazines and books each day, while millions more are played online and on mobile phones each month. Since the company was founded in 1997, Conceptis has become the major motivating spirit, spreading awareness of logic puzzles for the benefit of puzzle fans throughout the world. Conceptis logic puzzles are also featured in games for Nintendo DS, CD-ROMs for PC, multiplayer board games, and even in daily box calendars.

With 20 people in the company, Conceptis creates each year over 20,000 new Number Logic puzzles such as Sudoku, Kakuro and Battleships, and 5,000 Picture Logic puzzles such as Pic-a-Pix, Hanjie and Paint-by-Numbers. Conceptis' team consists of professional hi-tech programmers, internationally experienced business people and innovative contemporary artists. By using hi-tech management disciplines and maintaining continuous presence at the World Puzzle and World Sudoku Championships, this team is responsible for developing computer algorithms, creating the puzzles and marketing them all over the world.

Conceptis is continuously developing new puzzle families while expanding its presence with the printed, electronic and other gaming media around the globe. By way of its Internet and partner activities, Conceptis has become the major motivating spirit, spreading awareness of these intriguing enigmas for the benefit of puzzle fans throughout the world.

Partners and Subsidiaries

Conceptis international partners consists of over 60 publishers, mobile phone and electronic game developers in 50 countries including USA, Japan, Korea, UK, Germany, Holland, France, Russia, Finland, Denmark, Poland, Israel, Hungary, Austria, Spain, Norway, Sweden, Greece, Switzerland, Belgium, Italy, Australia, Brazil, Turkey, Thailand, and more.

Some of the better known partners are King Features Syndicate Inc., part of the Hearst Entertainment & Syndication Group which syndicate Conceptis Sudoku and Conceptis Kakuro to 300 daily newspapers in North America and other countries around the world, and G-mode, Japan's premier mobile game provider offering a wide selection of Conceptis logic puzzles to 50,000 avid subscribers each month.

In Japan, the company operates through its wholly owned subsidiary Conceptis Japan Co., while in Korea, Russia, Poland, China and Brazil there are local representatives. In all other countries business is done directly from Conceptis Ltd. headquarters.

Puzzles

Conceptis puzzles are divided into three main lines: Picture Logic, Number Logic and Kids Logic. Generically dubbed as “Sudoku with pictures”, Conceptis Picture Logic puzzles are exciting, language-independent puzzles that form whimsical pixel-art pictures when solved. Challenging and deductive, these easy-to-learn puzzles offer the ultimate mix of logic, art, and fun, while providing solvers with many hours of mentally stimulating entertainment.

Conceptis Picture Logic puzzles consist of several puzzle families, all of which create pictures when solved correctly. Each family uses different rules to solve the puzzles, and thus provides an entirely different intellectual, mental and emotional experience. The most popular puzzles in the Picture Logic puzzles line are Pic-a-Pix, which were inspired by an original Japanese puzzle creation. Also known as Oekaki Logic, Hanjie, Nonograms, Paint by Numbers and many other names, these puzzles have become an important part of the international puzzle community, attracting passionate new followers wherever they appear. Other Picture Logic puzzle families are Link-a-Pix, Fill-a-Pix, Maze-a-Pix and Dot-a-Pix, all of which provide logic stimulation in endless ways.

Unlike the above yet no less fun to solve, Conceptis Number Logic puzzles consist of a wide range of smart number-based puzzles which require logic skills to solve but which don’t end up with a recognizable picture. The most popular puzzles in the Number Logic puzzles line are of course Sudoku, which were originally invented in the USA, perfected in Japan, and became a worldwide hysteria in 2005.

Conceptis Sudoku come in endless beautifully-symmetrical patterns and in a wide range of difficulty levels from very easy to extremely difficult taking anything from five minutes to several hours to solve. A wide range of Sudoku variants such as Multi Sudoku, Sum Sudoku, Mega Sudoku, Irregular Sudoku, Diagonal Sudoku and Picture Sudoku enable Conceptis' publishers to spice up their Sudoku magazines and books. Other Number Logic puzzle families are Kakuro, Battleships, Hashi, Slitherlink and Hitori, which together provide a wide range of logic puzzling experiences and fun.

Can your youngsters be smarter? Kids Logic is Conceptis’ showcase of Picture Logic and Number Logic puzzles especially developed and designed for children ages 5 to 12. Conceptis’ Kids Logic consists mostly of new puzzle inventions never seen before as well as some popular puzzle concepts improved by Conceptis and presented in a brand new way. Conceptis’ Kids Logic are colorful fun to solve puzzles and activities which also improve children’s cognitive skills, logic deduction, concentration and eye-to-hand coordination. Parents and grandparents familiar with the quality and 10 years experience of Conceptis’ puzzles will be glad to recommend them to their children and grandchildren.

Website

For more than five years conceptispuzzles.com has been a puzzling heaven, a dream come true, for every logic puzzle fan across the globe. As the most comprehensive community platform for playing logic puzzles on the internet, it provides its members with the world's highest quality logic puzzles on a regular basis. Currently, all puzzles available on conceptispuzzles.com are completely free of charge.

Along with the best logic puzzles in the world, the conceptispuzzles.com website also offers comprehensive community platform, advanced forums and puzzle related news, articles and fan-stories.

Advantages

With 10 years of experience, 20 people in the company, 60 partners in 50 countries, and co-sponsoring the World Puzzle Championships since 2000, Conceptis has many advantages to offer their partners:

• Reliability and dependability: With billions of puzzle pages printed world wide, Conceptis Ltd. has proven itself as a most reliable company on which printed, electronic and other gaming media companies can depend for their continuous supply of quality puzzle content.
• Quality: After 10 years of creating hundreds of thousands of new puzzles, the quality of our products in terms of logic and art has reached the highest levels. As solver testimonials say, with Conceptis puzzles there is a different and unique experience.
• Quantity: Conceptis currently produces 20,000 new Number Logic and 5,000 new Picture Logic puzzles each year. We have a strong team of trained and experienced artists and are capable of producing even larger quantities for special projects.
• Brand name: Teaming with Conceptis, our partners benefit from an internationally recognized brand name which is associated with quality and fun.
• Service: Serving puzzles, just like doing business with Conceptis, is simple and straightforward. All puzzles are available to partners through our website Download Center, enabling publishers to download as many puzzles as they want while paying only for the ones they use.
• Convenience: All puzzles come in EPS and PDF files, ready for import into Quark Express, Illustrator or any other publishing software application. All puzzles are also available in XML data format for online, mobile phone, and other electronic game applications.
• Puzzle catalog: For easy and quick selection, all Picture Logic puzzles can be viewed in Conceptis' Puzzle Index, a thumbnail catalog containing image, title, ID number and difficulty level of each puzzle. The Puzzle Index is available in the Download Center and is updated on a regular basis.
• Cost saving: Availability of EPS/PDF files together with a Puzzle Index reduces editorial time and eliminates human errors, thus saving on the overall publication costs.
• Puzzle variance: Conceptis offers a range of Picture Logic and Number Logic puzzle families and is in the process of developing more. With some families having several variants, altogether there is a huge range of puzzles enough to satisfy any publisher or electronic game developer.
• Technology: Conceptis is a technology based company with an experienced management team coming from the high-tech industry. The company has all of the technical, marketing and financial resources necessary to make sure it continues to develop and maintain its leading position in the world.

Spirit of Conceptis

Started as a hobby for the love of puzzles and games, we could never even dream that one day our passion for logic puzzles will become the living spirit and motivating force of an internationally successful company. Just like in the old days, the spirit of Conceptis continues to be enjoying everything we do, every step of the way, while sharing this joy with as many others as possible. Driven by the love of people, rather than the love of money, Conceptis will continue its mission to bring the best puzzling experience to puzzle fans around the world.