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Yin Yang Squares

(Published on 21. January 2023, 00:04 by Celery)


Yin Yang Squares

Rules:

  • Normal Sudoku rules apply. 
  • Shade some cells so that all shaded cells are orthogonally connected and all unshaded cells are orthogonally connected. No 2x2 area may be fully shaded or unshaded. 
  • Cells separated by a square must contain a shaded and an unshaded cell, and them cells must sum to the value within the square. Additionally, a square separating two cells will reveal two coordinates (Row X Column Y and Row Y Column X) with X and Y being the digits within them two cells separated by the square. A grey square indicates both coordinates are shaded. A green square indicates both coordinates are unshaded. A red square indicates one coordinate is shaded, and the other is unshaded. 
  • All orthogonal unshaded cells must differ by at least 5.


Links -->
CtC App: https://tinyurl.com/3nd7sm4p
F-Puzzles: https://f-puzzles.com/?id=2mds9ewx


Ying Yang Shapes (Colour-blind Friendly Version)

  • Normal Sudoku rules apply. 
  • Shade some cells so that all shaded cells are orthogonally connected and all unshaded cells are orthogonally connected. No 2x2 area may be fully shaded or unshaded. 
  • Cells separated by a shape (circle, square or diamond) must contain a shaded and an unshaded cell, and them cells must sum to the value within the shape. Additionally, a shape separating two cells will reveal two coordinates (Row X Column Y and Row Y Column X) with X and Y being the digits within them two cells separated by the shape. An orange circle indicates both coordinates are shaded. A pink square indicates both coordinates are unshaded. A blue diamond indicates one coordinate is shaded, and the other is unshaded. 
  • All orthogonal unshaded cells must differ by at least 5.

Links -->
CtC App: https://tinyurl.com/3xrtnfk4

Solution code: Row 6 from left to right, THEN row 3 from left to right.

Last changed on on 28. January 2023, 22:55

Solved by Steven R, AvonD, panthchesh, tryote, Leira, Mrtn, Snookerfan, MaizeGator, jkuo7, RockDoc, Tank, Jubedu, tobymgk, SSG, Dentones, Reenolex, picoton, sgerstenberger, madhupt, Apathetic Husk, elpadrinoIV, Calesch, lovely7998, widjo, bansalsaab, ginkgo, Baklin, hogoo26
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Comments

on 11. August 2023, 10:32 by elpadrinoIV
I struggled at the beginning, but awesome puzzle (I'm liking more and more Ying-Yang sudokus).

Last changed on 16. February 2023, 05:47

on 16. February 2023, 05:47 by picoton
quick question: why is the solution code in decrescent order of rows? that confused me... anyways, i loved the puzzle! thanks

on 28. January 2023, 22:55 by Celery
Picture was incorrect for colour blind version. Fixed!

on 26. January 2023, 06:36 by Tank
Loved this puzzle, challenging but can be approached through some clever deductions

on 25. January 2023, 18:55 by Blobz
Is that a typo in the ColorBlindFriendly screenshot?
R89C2 diamond contains a 6, but the red square in the original contains a 9.

on 25. January 2023, 05:02 by RockDoc
This was really fun, love the rule set and was satifying solve path.

on 22. January 2023, 13:36 by Celery
Added Colour-Blind Friendly Versions

on 21. January 2023, 17:36 by Snookerfan
What a gem! Loved it very much, thank you

on 21. January 2023, 07:52 by tryote
very nice!

Difficulty:4
Rating:94 %
Solved:28 times
Observed:6 times
ID:000CO8

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