{"rewrite":{"id":"r_f2a5f6f1f256323632608c54","clusterId":"c_f9d41439cd43092b0cc9103b","slug":"station-name-browser-puzzle-nesgoshi-released-free-with-600-lines-mapped","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Station-Name Browser Puzzle 'Nesgoshi' Released Free With 600 Lines Mapped","summary":"Developer Pocke released 'Nesgoshi' on September 4, a free browser game where players guess a station's name from a route map with station and line names hidden. It ships with three modes: a daily shared puzzle, a free-play mode with Easy, Normal, and Hard settings plus custom hints, and a roam mode that reveals names. The developer says the data spans roughly 600 lines and 8,800 stations.","whyItMatters":"A solo developer using public railway data has built a daily-ritual puzzle around Japanese transit literacy itself, and the map only makes sense to people who already know how the network is shaped.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe game opens on an unfamiliar station after you oversleep. Only your current position, the tracks running out from it, and the next stations are drawn; names arrive as dotted hints or not at all on Hard, and picking a station off the visible map pulls the tracks further out until you hit a transfer or a terminus.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWrong guesses cost nothing beyond an \u0026#39;overtouch,\u0026#39; and answering a station near where you started counts toward the score alongside solving in few turns. Custom settings let you decide which hints, such as a station\u0026#39;s first letter or a direction, are shown before you begin.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Nesgoshi's daily puzzle hands every player the same map, so the challenge is shared knowledge of Japan's rail network, and Pocke's hint system hands out track instead of letters.","twitterPost":"Nesgoshi's hint currency is track: wrong guesses widen your map, not your letter count.","threadsPost":"Nesgoshi swaps Wordle's letter grid for a rail map, and Pocke makes the hint itself diegetic: miss a station and the puzzle lays more track instead of revealing a character. With 600 lines and 8,800 stations, that design leans on the same shared daily map for every player.","newsletterBlurb":"Pocke released 'Nesgoshi' for free in browser on September 4. You wake at an unknown station and work outward from a map where station and line names are hidden, guessing any station that has surfaced rather than only where you started. The developer says the data covers about 600 lines and 8,800 stations, drawn to real coordinates.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Automaton\",\"url\":\"https://automaton-media.com/articles/newsjp/20260910-466518/\",\"title\":\"Game Where You Guess Station Names From a Route Map Alone, 'Nesgoshi,' Released for Free; Wordle-Style Rules Where You Expand the Tracks When Stumped, Covering 600 Lines Across Japan, Incomprehensible to Laypeople\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4662,"outputTokens":634,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1789022682,"createdAt":"2026-09-10T06:40:22.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-09-10T06:43:25.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-10T06:43:25.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_f9d41439cd43092b0cc9103b","canonicalTitle":"路線図だけみて駅名当てゲーム『ネスゴシ』無料公開。わからなかったら線路を広げる「Wordle」風ルールで日本全国600路線、素人には意味不明","representativeArticleId":"a_6131761cd444dd891a4864bd","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Nesgoshi\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Pocke\"],\"type\":\"release\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-10T05:53:39.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-10T05:53:39.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-10T06:43:20.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Automaton","url":"https://automaton-media.com/articles/newsjp/20260910-466518/","title":"路線図だけみて駅名当てゲーム『ネスゴシ』無料公開。わからなかったら線路を広げる「Wordle」風ルールで日本全国600路線、素人には意味不明"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Nesgoshi"],"studios":[],"people":["Pocke"],"type":"release","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}