Afterlife (Yin Yang Fillomino Deconstruction)
(Published on 15. November 2022, 09:00 by Agent)
Having solved so many amazing Fillominos in the past couple weeks, I couldn't help but copy-paste one of my previous rulesets and inject Fillomino in it. The resulting puzzle is a twist on Chaos Deconstruction, where cells are either divided into sudoku-like regions with no repeating digits, or into Fillomino regions. The nature of region division is defined by Yin Yang shading. I hope you will enjoy!
Rules
- Normal Yin Yang rules apply. That is, shade some cells in the grid such that all shaded cells are connected and all unshaded cells are connected. No 2x2 box may be fully shaded or fully unshaded.
- A number in a cell with arrows indicates the total number of cells (excluding itself) with the same shading as itself in the indicated directions combined.
- Divide unshaded cells into regions of 8 orthogonally connected cells that contain the digits 1 to 8 once each. Such regions cannot contain any shaded cell. In unshaded cells, digits cannot repeat in any row or column.
- Divide shaded cells into regions and enter into each shaded cell the size of its region. Such regions cannot contain any unshaded cell. A number in a shaded cell cannot repeat across an edge, not even in adjacent unshaded cells.
Solution code: Row 9 (from left to right) then row 10 (from left to right)
Comments
on 25. April 2024, 17:15 by zzw
Amazing!! So much great logic here. Impressive construction too, it seems like this must've been very tough to set.
on 29. March 2024, 18:43 by Piatato
Legitimately very hard and awesome!
on 17. November 2023, 23:33 by lerroyy
Great puzzle and construction!
on 11. November 2023, 13:26 by Snookerfan
Fantastic puzzle! Thank you
on 17. September 2023, 12:47 by StephenR
What a breathtaking puzzle. Took me quite a while to make a start, but the logic involved in that was very satisfying and it continued all the way through. Very tricky throughout, but the clues are always there even if they often appear to be hiding in plain sight.
on 25. April 2023, 08:29 by Xendari
Quite a journey! Thanks a lot for this beauty :)
on 23. January 2023, 19:58 by Samish
Amazing puzzle from start to finish!! The ruleset felt very natural. Thanks!
-- Thanks @Samish, really glad you liked it!
on 7. January 2023, 18:08 by Myxo
Amazing puzzle, thanks!
-- Thank you @Myxo!
on 27. November 2022, 19:04 by thoughtbyte
Stunning puzzle! It really is quite a feat that this flows so smoothly, you are a master of your craft. Thanks Agent!
-- Thank you @thoughtbyte!
on 18. November 2022, 01:55 by Agent
Thank you very much @polar @ONeill @Vebby @Jesper @Christounet @Mark Sweep @MagnusJosefsson @kjholt @KNT @Niverio @zwooz19 @Al Fresco for the wonderful comments! I loved playing around with this ruleset, and I'm really happy that you liked it too.
In creating this, I combined a bit of everything I know about puzzles. However, I feel like I still have so much more to learn, and I hope that as I expand my knowledge, the puzzles I create will keep on improving.
on 17. November 2022, 20:15 by Al Fresco
Half life is a great puzzle but this is on another level. Absolutely wonderful in every way. Thanks Agent
on 17. November 2022, 16:28 by zwooz19
How you managed to make such a complex puzzle flow so smoothly is incredible!
on 17. November 2022, 00:36 by Niverio
So many glorious adjectives have been used so far, let me add one more: Magnificent!
on 16. November 2022, 18:49 by KNT
Unbelievably good :)
on 16. November 2022, 12:49 by kjholt
Incredible.
on 16. November 2022, 11:02 by MagnusJosefsson
Absolutely incredible! So many great puzzle types and such a variety of fun logic all in one smoothly flowing beautiful puzzle! Thanks a lot, you should be really proud of this puzzle, Agent!
on 16. November 2022, 10:41 by Mark Sweep
Gorgeous! Had some struggles to get started, but at some point it started flowing very nicely. The variety of logic is awesome!
on 16. November 2022, 01:40 by Christounet
How ????!!
I mean, seriously, how do you make this work so well ? How do you even make it work at all for that matter ? That ruleset is so wacky... Just the perfect combination of my favorite types of puzzles (fillomino, yin yang, and a bit of chaos...) Yummy ! I wonder what new layer you might add next time...
A huge thank you for this beauty !
on 15. November 2022, 19:35 by Jesper
Fantastic! Probably my favorite of all your puzzles! I only wish I was better at scanning the unshaded cells :)
on 15. November 2022, 16:13 by Vebby
Amazing puzzle! Thanks Agent!
on 15. November 2022, 12:50 by ONeill
Extraordinary puzzle! Such a wonderful combination of rulesets. Thanks :)
on 15. November 2022, 10:55 by polar
Wow!! Absolutely loved solving this. A totally phenomenal puzzle.. The combination of logic needed and the marriage of the rules (and the larger grid) were just divine. Thanks Agent!
