Twilight Cave Fillomino
(Published on 14. February 2023, 09:00 by Agent)
Here is another Cave / Fillomino hybrid, inspired from the Twilight Cave variant. I think it's easier than most of my puzzles, but still has some fairly unique logic. I hope you will enjoy!
Rules
Fillomino: 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.
Cave: Shade some cells in the grid such that all unshaded cells are orthogonally connected, and all shaded cells are orthogonally connected by other shaded cells to an edge of the grid.
Variant:
- Each region must either be entirely shaded or entirely unshaded.
- If a clued cell is unshaded, the clue indicates the sum of numbers seen orthogonally from that cell. Region borders block vision.
- If a clued cell is shaded, the clue indicates the total sum of numbers in its group of orthogonally connected shaded cells (which could include more than one region).
Solution code: Enter the numbers in the two main diagonals: top-left to bottom-right and top-right to bottom-left.
Comments
on 15. May 2024, 21:06 by StephenR
Brilliant ending, and the preceding bits weren't half bad too. Thanks.
on 15. January 2024, 10:09 by CHalb
Strange feeling for me while solving and big fun with a new way of interpreting clues :). Even midway through I wasn't really sure about following the rules correctly.
on 17. April 2023, 11:03 by Yann
Wow, very smooth puzzle with a nice flow, especially towards the end, that part had me laughing for a while.
Thanks Agent, for creating this.
on 16. April 2023, 21:38 by Playmaker6174
Such a great fun and interesting approachable puzzle, that ending though x)
on 16. April 2023, 21:20 by wooferzfg
Shockingly smooth!
on 16. April 2023, 21:14 by zetamath
Question: Can puzzles have humor?
Agent: Yes.
on 30. March 2023, 20:38 by Knickolas
I was totally unprepared for how incredible this puzzle would be. Once I got my mind wrapped around the rules it solved quite elegantly. And then there's the ending which just blew my mind! Easiest 100% rating I've given to a non-sudoku puzzle. Thanks for the amazing set :)
on 14. March 2023, 12:13 by Oripy
Loved the ending! Nice puzzle!
on 10. March 2023, 15:13 by MagnusJosefsson
Great fun and easy puzzle!
on 22. February 2023, 14:48 by Christounet
Excellent ! Great way of disambiguating at the end ! Thanks.
-- Thank you Christounet!
on 19. February 2023, 06:31 by stayal
Such a fun solve! the sample was very helpful and the logic flowed very well. Thank you!
-- Thank you stayal!
on 19. February 2023, 03:19 by szabog
Thank you! Everything I would write was written before me, so... just thank you :)
-- Thank you szabog!
on 18. February 2023, 00:00 by Agent
Thanks everyone for the kind comments! As always, I appreciate every one of them :)
on 17. February 2023, 21:00 by lupo
Cool!
on 17. February 2023, 16:41 by Elliptical
Really good puzzle. And not as hard as it seemed at first.
on 15. February 2023, 19:09 by thoughtbyte
Excellent puzzle, thanks!
on 15. February 2023, 13:26 by ONeill
Very nice :)
on 15. February 2023, 04:00 by twobear
Super fun solve. Thank you!
on 15. February 2023, 00:42 by RJBlarmo
Very enjoyable to solve, love the main ideas in this puzzle!
on 15. February 2023, 00:03 by Xendari
Very lovely! Really enjoyed the r2c2 clue :)
on 14. February 2023, 23:25 by Piatato
Easy, fun, and super elegant as usual. :)
on 14. February 2023, 22:54 by Phistomefel
Very nice and approachable puzzle! Thank you, Agent!
on 14. February 2023, 21:47 by Jesper
Lovely, thanks!
on 14. February 2023, 18:51 by polar
Marvellous! Thank you :)
on 14. February 2023, 17:47 by Vebby
Lovely puzzle, especially the ending! :)
on 14. February 2023, 17:20 by Euclid
Had a lot of fun with this one. Not too difficult, but beautiful logic throughout, and a really nice finish.
on 14. February 2023, 16:15 by KNT
Like you say, assuredly easier than the typical Agent puzzle, but no less fun and engaging. Delightful surprising moments throughout, thanks!
