Numbered Cave Fillomino
(Published on 27. December 2022, 09:00 by Agent)
Rules
- Shade some cells in the grid such that the final shading of the grid resembles a valid cave (all unshaded cells are orthogonally connected and all shaded cells are orthogonally connected by other shaded cells to an edge of the grid).
- Divide the grid into orthogonally connected regions such that no two regions of the same size share an edge, and enter a number into each cell equal to the size of its region.
- Each region must be entirely shaded or entirely unshaded. Further, each group of orthogonally connected shaded cells contains exactly one region.
- A small clue in the top left corner of a cell indicates the number that appears N cells away in the indicated direction, where N is the number in the indexing cell. All indexing cells must be unshaded, and all indexed cells must be shaded.
- Numbers in clue cells are also standard Cave clues. That is, the number indicates how many unshaded cells are seen orthogonally. Shaded cells block vision.
Solution code: Row 5 (from left to right) then row 13 (from left to right)
Comments
on 19. May 2024, 13:30 by Piatato
Very nice and smooth, thanks!
on 19. November 2023, 00:08 by lerroyy
Great puzzle and smooth solve, thanks!
on 31. October 2023, 09:27 by StephenR
Beautifully engineered puzzle, thanks. Very smooth, the only exception for me being the process of entering the solution code ...
on 18. August 2023, 11:16 by madhupt
A work of art! Period.
on 12. January 2023, 01:30 by Xendari
Missed a rule and spent far too long on the opening, but after that I found it very smooth and fun. Thank you for setting and sharing :)
-- Thanks Xendari! The rules are a bit unorthodox but I'm glad you liked it in the end :)
on 8. January 2023, 00:00 by dBass
that is one of a kind
-- Thanks dBass!
on 7. January 2023, 18:09 by Doziam
Absolutely phenomenal as usual.
-- Thanks Doziam!
on 1. January 2023, 14:13 by udukos
Fantastic puzzle!
-- Thanks again udukos for taking the time to test it!
on 31. December 2022, 19:22 by Agent
Thank you @Niverio @Jesper @PixelPlucker @MagnusJosefsson @Vebby @Christounet @KNT @Prutsbeest @Aaronomys @kjholt!
on 29. December 2022, 15:51 by kjholt
I had to restart because I made a simple mistake somewhere and couldn't figure it out; it was so worth restarting. This is one of my favorite puzzles of all time (not that I've been around here long but still). I'm not sure what it is about these hybrid fillomino puzzles but they hit the spot! I hope one day I can set puzzles even close to this :)
on 29. December 2022, 07:40 by Aaronomys
Never too hard, but always a lot of fun! I love the ruleset quite a lot.
on 28. December 2022, 23:28 by Prutsbeest
Wow, what a puzzle! Incredible setting! Loved it! Thank you Agent!
on 28. December 2022, 16:14 by KNT
magnifique
on 27. December 2022, 23:50 by Christounet
What a gift !!
Amazing puzzle with very interesting and fun rules ! It was quite easy for me to forget about the cave rules at some turning points when concentrating too much on fillomino.
on 27. December 2022, 20:16 by Vebby
Phenomenal!
on 27. December 2022, 17:28 by MagnusJosefsson
Superb! An extraordinary puzzle, incredibly fun and rewarding! Not too difficult for me, and also get progressively easier in the second half.
on 27. December 2022, 15:54 by PixelPlucker
Great puzzle, thanks! For me quite smooth and approachable, but with no shortage of standout moments, particularly in the second half
on 27. December 2022, 12:33 by Jesper
Awesome puzzle, thanks, that was a lot of fun :)
on 27. December 2022, 09:08 by Niverio
It was an honor and absolute pleasure to take on this gift live! It is a work of beauty, and the fact that I could actually guess that my Santa was Agent showcases how high quality of a work this one is ;)
