Two Symbols. A Handful of Givens. The Rest Is Deduction.
Look Inside is two symbols, a handful of givens, and a lot of blank. No boxes. No cages. The rule is short enough to print under the title: no three identical symbols in a row or a column, and every row and every column splits 50/50. That is the whole game.
Takuzu, Binairo, or Unruly on the cover is the same file. Fresh Create starts on two letters. Set the pair to numbers when the series is already a number book, or to two colors or two images when the cover is a theme. Every board has one solution, and the matching key fills the cells you never have to complete by hand.
Try the free demo and theme an 8×8 pair first.
Why Binary Earns a Place in Your Catalog
The rule set is short enough that a first-timer starts from the cover line, and an 8×8 still holds. The page is two states, not a boxed 9×9.
The page is two states. Day and night on the cover can still be day and night on the grid. A and B. Two brand marks. Two classroom letters. The solver still reads two symbols. The pair is what shoppers see on Look Inside.
I wanted a two-symbol book that could wear a theme without becoming a different engine. Binary is the module I open when the grid has to wear the cover.
What You Can Create
The same two-symbol rule writes a 6×6 letter pack, an 8×8 number book, and a 16×16 in two colors:
- Standalone Binary books for KDP and other print-on-demand platforms, unsolved boards in the front, filled keys in the back
- Graded collections that open on 6×6 Easy and close on 16×16 Hard
- A letter-pair series, a number-pair series, and a two-color series from the same rule
- Themed image pairs when the cover is already a subject
- Two-symbol printables for Etsy, Teachers Pay Teachers, or a store you run
- Mixed logic books that sit Binary beside your other Puzzle Maker Pro types
- A live lesson from the same unsolved board, when you turn on Puzzle Slides. The tiles follow the pair you chose.
Create writes two images: two symbols and a few givens on the puzzle, every cell filled on the key.
Why Create It with Puzzle Maker Pro?
Proving the pair is fair used to stop the listing: no three in a line, every row and column 50/50, one answer.
Every two-symbol board has one solution. Givens on the puzzle image. The rest filled on the solution image. Quantity 1 to 1000 writes that many puzzle files, each with its matching filled key, from the size, difficulty, and pair you chose.
Key Creation Workflows
Pick an even grid, then pick Easy or Hard A 6×6 is the short page. The default 8×8 is the everyday page. A 16×16 is the large board. Even squares from 6×6 to 16×16. Easy or Hard is a separate choice, so a small Hard and a large Easy are two different products, not one slider.
Set the pair the shopper sees Fresh Create starts on two letters. Set the pair to numbers when the series is already a number book. Switch to two color shapes when you want the page to read as a pattern, not a cipher. Switch to two images when the cover is a theme: day and night, two animals, two brand marks. Letters or two images on a worksheet still use the same two-symbol rule.
Keep the series look Fonts, cell fill, canvas, and borders stay with the rest of the catalog. Titles can say Binary Puzzle, with the grid size filled in, or your own line. Save the pair as a preset and the next Binary book opens on that pair.
From One Puzzle to a Full Book
An 8×8 is a cover. A Binary book needs 6×6 at the front, 16×16 at the back, and a filled key for every pair.
Instant Puzzle Books lays the unsolved pairs first, then the filled keys, with front matter and a footer that names the answer page. An interactive PDF book from Instant Puzzle Books or Puzzle Book Studio lets the two-symbol page open its filled key.
Puzzle Book Studio edits the collection. On Binary Puzzles it is this one collection, full book design. On Binary Puzzles Productivity it combines several collections into one title.
Time Saver, on Binary Puzzles Productivity, queues a row per size, difficulty, and pair, then drops those collections into one title.
Output Formats and Publishing Options
The pair you chose has to print as a book page or a worksheet without a redraw. Binary writes JPG, PNG, transparent PNG, and SVG for the givens page and the filled key.
Binary Puzzles is the full generator: even grids from 6 to 16, Easy or Hard, numbers / letters / colors / images, Instant Puzzle Books, Puzzle Book Studio for this one collection, and Puzzle Slides with tiles that follow the pair you chose.
Binary Puzzles Productivity adds Time Saver batch runs, Puzzle Book Studio for several collections in one book, and JSON of the two-symbol boards. Time Saver is the Binary row list. JSON is the two-symbol board file.
Teach It Live with Puzzle Slides
Three-in-a-row about to happen is a move a class can see from the back row. A row that already has half its letters is the next count. The board fills in front of the room.
Puzzle Slides writes an interactive PowerPoint of the unsolved givens. The tiles follow the pair you chose, so a day-and-night book stays day and night in the lesson. Any standard PowerPoint viewer runs it.
The printed pair and the projector pair come from the same Create.
Which Edition Should You Choose?
Pick the edition that matches the pair and the page count you need this month.
Binary Puzzles when one pair, one collection, and the occasional live lesson is the job. You get the whole module, the pair, all four export formats, Instant Puzzle Books, Puzzle Book Studio for this one collection, and Puzzle Slides.
Binary Puzzles Productivity when several pairs and sizes have to run in one batch. Everything in Binary Puzzles, plus Time Saver, Puzzle Book Studio for several collections, and JSON.
| Binary Puzzles | Binary Puzzles Productivity | |
|---|---|---|
| Two-symbol boards at every even size and difficulty | Yes | Yes |
| Numbers, letters, two colors, or two images | Yes | Yes |
| JPG, PNG, transparent PNG, SVG, puzzle and filled key | Yes | Yes |
| Instant Puzzle Books, with title page, contents, and solution cross-references | Yes | Yes |
| Interactive PDF books from Instant Puzzle Books or Puzzle Book Studio | Yes | Yes |
| Puzzle Slides, tiles following the pair you chose | Yes | Yes |
| Puzzle Book Studio | This one collection | Several collections in one book |
| Time Saver batch runs | Yes | |
| JSON of the two-symbol boards | Yes | |
| Licence to sell finished books, worksheets, and packs to your own readers | Yes | Yes |
| Licence to sell or supply generated puzzles to other publishers | Yes |
Choose the edition that matches this pair and this page count. You can move up to Binary Puzzles Productivity after you buy.
Try the free demo, then pick Binary Puzzles or Binary Puzzles Productivity at the top of this page.
Who This Is For
Publishers who can theme the pair. Look Inside is two symbols and a few givens, and the pair can match the cover.
Catalogs already in Puzzle Maker Pro. Binary inherits the trim and presets you already use. Save a pair and a look, and the next Binary collection opens on that pair.
Worksheets that have to match a unit. A 6×6 after the test. An 8×8 for the period. Letters or two images so the sheet matches the unit. Keep the filled key off the desk. Puzzle Slides puts the same board on the projector.
Theming two symbols by hand, then proving the pair is fair, is why Takuzu books stay rare. The engine already solved the pair.
Try It Before You Buy
Make an 8×8 in the free demo and see the pair before you buy. The free Puzzle Maker Pro demo includes Binary among every current puzzle module. Demo pages are watermarked. Paid pages are not.
Licensing and Commercial Use
Binary Puzzles is a one-time commercial-use licence. You may sell the two-symbol books and worksheets to your own readers on KDP, Etsy, Teachers Pay Teachers, or your own store. Paid files have no watermark.
Binary Puzzles Productivity includes that, plus you may sell or supply the generated puzzles to other publishers and sellers.
Both editions sell the Binary book. Productivity adds the pair batch and the two-symbol JSON. If you load your own images for the pair, they need to be yours, or licensed for the store you sell on.
Product Details
| Product | Puzzle Maker Pro – Binary Puzzles |
| Editions | Binary Puzzles; Binary Puzzles Productivity |
| Platform | Windows desktop |
| Internet required | No |
| Puzzle rule | Fill every cell with one of two symbols. No three identical symbols in a row or column. Each row and column is 50/50. Some cells are given. One solution per board |
| Also called | Takuzu, Binairo, Unruly. Same puzzle. Same files |
| Grid size | Even squares from 6 to 16 (default 8×8) |
| Difficulty | Easy, Hard |
| Two-symbol pair | Numbers, letters, two color shapes, or two images. Fresh Create starts on two letters |
| Presentation | Fonts, cell fill, canvas, borders. Titles with grid size or your own line |
| Quantity | 1 to 1000 puzzle files, each with a puzzle image and a matching solution image, from this size, difficulty, and look |
| Output formats | JPG, PNG, transparent PNG, SVG |
| Solution pages | Yes, a solution image generated with every puzzle |
| Puzzle books | Instant Puzzle Books on both editions; Puzzle Book Studio on Binary Puzzles (this one collection) and on Productivity (several collections); title page, table of contents, solution cross-references; interactive PDF books from Instant Puzzle Books or Puzzle Book Studio |
| Puzzle Slides | Yes, on both editions. Tiles follow the pair you chose |
| Time Saver | On Productivity. Several Binary rows in one batch, then several collections in one book |
| JSON | On Productivity |
| Upgrades | You can move up to Binary Puzzles Productivity after you buy |
| Commercial license | Sell the finished books, worksheets, and packs you make to your own readers and customers. Productivity adds selling or supplying the puzzles you generate to other publishers and sellers |
| Free demo | Yes |
| Delivery | Immediate, in your member area |
Questions Before You Buy
Is there a free demo?
Yes. The free Puzzle Maker Pro demo includes Binary among every current puzzle module and generates real two-symbol boards, so you can theme a pair before deciding. Demo pages are watermarked. Paid pages are not.
Can I upgrade later?
Yes. You can move up to Binary Puzzles Productivity after you buy. Start with Binary Puzzles when one pair and one collection is the job. That edition already includes Instant Puzzle Books, Puzzle Book Studio for this one collection, and Puzzle Slides. Productivity is Time Saver: several Binary rows in one batch, then several collections in one book, plus JSON.
How do I make a Binary puzzle?
Set Grid Size (even, 6 to 16), pick Easy or Hard, choose the two-symbol pair, and Create. The puzzle image shows the givens. The solver fills the rest so no three identical symbols sit in a row or column and each row and column is 50/50. The solution image prints the finished grid.
Is Takuzu the same as Binary?
Yes. Call it Binary, Takuzu, Binairo, or Unruly on the cover. Same puzzle. Same files. Titles can say Binary Puzzle.
Can I set my own two symbols?
Yes. Fresh Create starts on two letters. Set the pair to numbers, letters, two colors, or two images. The solver still reads two symbols. The pair is what shoppers see on Look Inside.
What does Productivity add?
Time Saver: several Binary rows, each with its own size, difficulty, and quantity, run in one batch, then several collections in one book. That edition also writes JSON of the two-symbol boards. You may also sell or supply the puzzles you generate to other publishers and sellers.
What files do I get?
A puzzle image and a matching solution image per puzzle, as JPG, PNG, transparent PNG, or SVG. Instant Puzzle Books stacks those pairs into a Binary book interior. Puzzle Slides puts the same unsolved board on the projector, with tiles that follow the pair you chose.
Where do I learn the controls?
The Binary tutorials, including how to create your first Binary puzzle.
Can I sell the finished books and worksheets I create?
Yes. Binary Puzzles lets you sell the two-symbol books and worksheets you make to your own readers. Binary Puzzles Productivity includes that, plus you may sell or supply the puzzles you generate to other publishers and sellers.
Do I need the internet to create?
No. Binary Puzzles runs on your Windows PC with no internet.
List the Page That Can Wear the Cover
A two-symbol title can wear the cover. A boxed 9×9 cannot.
Open the demo and theme an 8×8. That pair is the pair that goes in the listing. Then list a 6×6 letter pack, an 8×8 number book, and a 16×16 in two colors, with filled keys you never completed by hand.
Then choose Binary Puzzles or Binary Puzzles Productivity at the top of this page.
Two symbols and a few givens. No three identical symbols in a row or column, and every row and column splits 50/50. Theme the pair: letters, numbers, two colors, or two images. Matching filled key. Pick Binary Puzzles or Binary Puzzles Productivity below, or make one first with the free demo.
