Star SLICY
(Published on 2. December 2020, 02:32 by BenceJoful)
You are given a hexagonal grid, divided by borders into regions.
- Place 2 stars in each region and line (along each of the three axes), such that no stars are adjacent to one another.
- In each region, shade in 4 cells to make a S, L, I, C, or Y shape (i.e. tetrahex), as seen above the grid. Shaded cells must not contain stars.
- When two tetrahexes touch, they may not be the same shape (e.g. S may touch L, but not another S).
- All shaded cells connect into a single continuous network.
- No three shaded cells may be grouped together, such that they share a corner/vertex.
Penpa+ link with solution check (using Surface for SLICY and Composite/Object/StarBattle)
Example (with 1 star per region/axis):
Solution code: For each cell along lines A and B: if the cell is part of a tetrahex, put the shape of that tetrahex. If the cell has a star, put *.
In the above example, the solution code is L*YLLCYS*I.
Comments
on 21. March 2024, 21:33 by AaronB
I wish I could rate this puzzle 'extremely nice'.
on 27. November 2023, 21:14 by BenceJoful
Updated previously dead link
on 16. November 2023, 04:28 by Aeneryss
The link doesn't work for me :<
on 15. March 2021, 18:51 by StefanSch
From the rules it is not clear, if a closed loop of shaded cells is allowed or forbidden. It seems to be allowed.
Clever construction!
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Bence: Yes, you may have a closed loop/ring of shaded cells as long as the other rules are followed. Thanks!
on 2. December 2020, 15:45 by jessica6
nice hex variant of LITS and even as a combo with Starbattle
