Star Nurikabe #1
(Published on 31. August 2021, 18:00 by BenceJoful)
- Shade some cells so that all shaded cells form one connected area.
- No three shaded cells may be grouped together, such that they share a corner/vertex.
- Each clue is unshaded, and represents the size of the unshaded area it is in.
- Each unshaded area contains exactly 1 clue and 2 stars, and each line of cells contains 2 stars (on each of the three axes).
- Stars must be unshaded, and cannot touch each other or overlap a clue.
Penpa+ link with solution check (using Surface for shading and Composite/Object/StarBattle)
Special thanks to Udukos for suggesting this puzzle type combination.
Example (with 1 star per axis):
Solution code: Along lines A and B: for each continuous set of shaded cells, put the length of the set. For a star, put *.
In the above example, the solution code is 3*1211*.
Comments
on 22. April 2025, 22:58 by Piatato
Lovely!
on 4. March 2024, 21:31 by BenceJoful
Fixed broken links.
on 25. July 2022, 20:57 by professorX
Cool puzzle ... nice flow to it.
on 31. August 2021, 23:07 by CHalb
Very good idea and I'm really looking forward to solving the other two of this kind! Have you tried to create one on a square grid? I'm not sure if that might be more or less interesting than a hex grid.
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Thank you! I have not tried on a square grid. I'm sure there are plenty of interesting deductions one could make; I should try that soon. --Bence
