The earliest source for this genre is Puzzle Communication Nikoli 62 (1996), under name 八方リンク, invented by となりのトロロ.

Later, in 2010, Jak Marshall [independently re-invented|http://103percent.blogspot.com/2010_09_26_archive.html] this genre, and named it Linesweeper, a name that caught on.

##[linesweeper] Puzzles

### site.author
W=10x7&L=(4)9(1)3(5)11(2)3(6)11(3)3(8)11x10x1x6x1&X=x4x1x1x5x2x6x1x2x5x2x1x2x1x1&X-E=x4x1x5x1x1x12x1x6x15x5x2x3x1&SS=54DRRDDDDLLURUULLDDLDLLLLURUUURDRRURUR&G=linesweeper&A=Pedro&D=2024-05-29&F=2&T=Missing_7

### @random8
W=10x8&L=(5)10(1)3(6)13(2)3(7)13(3)3(8)13(4)3&G=linesweeper&A=random_8&D=2024-10-05&F=3&T=7_Returns

## Variants

### ´´hex´´
V=hex

W=3x3x3&L=(1)0(2)5(4)1(5)8&SS=15DDWWLEULEER&G=linesweeper&V=hex&A=Pedro&D=2024-06-03&T=Example_II&K=direkrow,justkirb

### ´´kiki´´
V=kiki

W=4x4x4&L=(3)3(6)5(6)10(2)5(2)4(1)9&SS=20LLEELELLEEEDDEDEDDLDLDLD&G=linesweeper&V=kiki&A=PinkHoodie&D=2024-05-29&F=2&O=Kiki&T=Kiki_off_Linesweeper



### ´´grandstands-merged´´
V=grandstands-merged

W=8x8&L=(2)1(0)13(3)12(6)10(4)12(3)7(4)6&X=x5x1x1x6x2x6x1x1x4&X-E=x5x1x6x2x13x2x6x1x12&SS=38LURRDRDLDRRDDDLUULDDDLLULULLUURRRURU&G=linesweeper&V=grandstands-merged&A=PinkHoodie&D=2024-10-18&F=2&O=Grandstands&T=Grand_Sweep
W=8x8&L=(2)15(3)3(2)21(4)7(4)2(2)7&SS=3URUURRRDDLDDRRRULURUURDDDDDLLDLLLLULUU&G=linesweeper&V=grandstands-merged&A=PinkHoodie&D=2024-10-18&F=3&O=Grandstands&T=Grand_Sweep_2

## Acknowledgements and Changes
**2024-05-29** [linesweeper] released, both as genre and [variant|../variants]. 
**2024-05-29** Thanks to @monokurogreen for noticing that the ruleset is exactly the same as 八方リンク (1996). Authorship has thus been revised.
**2024-05-29**  @PinkHoodie sent a ´´kiki´´ [linesweeper] for the rollout. Thank you!
**2024-06-03** Thanks to @direkrow and @justkirb for noticing a non-uniqueness in the hex puzzle, which was thus reformulated
**2024-10-05** :::puzzletters @Random8 added the missing 7, to obtain a different puzzle with a perfect theme.
**2024-10-19** :::puzzletters @PinkHoodie sent 1 puzzle using variant ´´grandstands-merged´´!