Loop Aquarium
(Published on 23. October 2022, 20:25 by wooferzfg)
This puzzle was created by Jakhob and wooferzfg.
This puzzle is a combination of a Touching Slitherlink and an Aquarium. The Touching Slitherlink loop divides the grid into regions for the Aquarium.
Touching Slitherlink: Draw a line along the edges of some cells to form a single non-intersecting loop. Clues inside the grid indicate the number of times the loop visits the set of edges and vertices adjacent to the clued cell.
Aquarium: Fill some cells with water. If a cell is filled with water, all other cells within the same region that are in the same or a lower row have to be filled with water as well. Clues outside the grid indicate the number of water cells in the corresponding row or column.
Here is a reference sheet for Touching Slitherlink clues.
Here is a 6x6 example puzzle:
Solution code: For each column from left to right, the number of air (non-water) cells inside the loop
Comments
on 27. July 2024, 08:17 by lll333
Thank you for this puzzle. It was really fun and my first 5*:)
on 16. February 2023, 20:25 by VolkerNö
Aquarium was new for me, so i struggled a bit with the rules. But the combination is great - was fun to solv it.
on 21. December 2022, 00:48 by Agent
Really great hybrid, some very interesting and fresh logic in this one. Thanks!
on 11. November 2022, 22:02 by Phistomefel
I loved the idea of combining slitherlink and aquarium and the puzzle itself was phenomenal. Thank you so much you two, for creating this beauty!
on 28. October 2022, 15:02 by Christounet
Looping in this aquarium was a lot of fun ! The geometry of the whole thing is a work of art. Thanks to both of you for this !
on 27. October 2022, 02:13 by cdwg2000
Very nice!
on 24. October 2022, 22:40 by KNT
Very challenging, fascinating interactions between the constraints. I particularly liked the opening phases!
on 24. October 2022, 22:01 by Jesper
Great combination, thanks!
on 24. October 2022, 21:24 by Aspartagcus
Having no experience with touching slitherlink, this one took me a while to get into, but once I did the logic was great and the two genres really work well together. Fabulous puzzle, enjoyed it a lot!
on 24. October 2022, 19:34 by r45
Wonderful puzzle.
on 24. October 2022, 16:21 by Dandelo
Very nice, the combination of rules as well as the puzzle.
on 24. October 2022, 15:32 by MagnusJosefsson
Wonderful puzzle! Very original combination, and it works extremely well. I enjoyed it a lot, thanks!
