Yin Yang Icebarn
(Published on 28. September 2022, 00:06 by Jay Dyer)
A bit of experimentation with pencil puzzle hybrids. This one's a mix of icebarn (or a slight variant at least) with yin-yang shading for determining where the ice is.
Rules
- Yin Yang: Shade some cells such that all shaded cells are connected, all unshaded cells are connected, and no 2x2 area is either fully shaded or fully unshaded.
- Icebarn: Draw a path through the grid, entering and exiting at the arrows outside the grid, and passing through all arrows within the grid in the direction indicated. The path visits all unshaded cells, cannot cross itself except on shaded cells, and cannot turn on shaded cells.
Solve in Penpa+
Solution code: The number of shaded cells in each row, from top to bottom (no separators between numbers).
Comments
on 3. January 2023, 23:24 by Mark Sweep
Fun and smooth puzzle. Thanks for this nice idea!
on 9. November 2022, 00:30 by meixia
Great puzzle, very inventive fusion. I found it quite difficult, likely due to inexperience with the rules.
on 30. September 2022, 22:14 by MagnusJosefsson
Fantastic puzzle! Such an unlikely combination, but yet it works so well. It was a lot of fun, thanks!
on 28. September 2022, 14:27 by Dandelo
I think 3-4 stars is ok, I've rated it 4 stars. Sometimes you have to carefully scan the whole grid to find the next step, but no step is very hard to find. Experience in both puzzle types helps a lot of course.
on 28. September 2022, 10:44 by Dandelo
Very nice. But you have to be concentrated all the time. It's so easy to make a mistake.
on 28. September 2022, 10:09 by polar
Loved it! Thank you :)
