Hybrid Star Battle Series (013) - Fillomino
(Published on 2. April 2023, 17:43 by BenceJoful)
Intro
For this Hybrid Star Battle Series I will be sharing a new puzzle each week combining Star Battle with another puzzle genre. This week's genre is Fillomino, a classic genre with quite a few variants, even inspiring Pentominous. Sorry pentomino fans, but despite all the 5s in the grid there is no rule concerning pentomino shapes today. It seems almost a shame to use a single number for Fillomino clues, but the genre is so flexible that I'm sure many different kinds of puzzles could be built with this simple ruleset.
Once again my thanks to all who attempt these puzzles, and especially if you choose to leave a comment. I appreciate this community and am happy to be part of it :)
Rules
Standard Fillomino and Star Battle rules apply:
- Fillomino: Divide the grid into regions of orthogonally connected cells. Two regions of the same size may not share an edge. Clued cells must belong to a region containing the indicated number of cells.
- Star Battle: Shade some cells such that each row, column, and Fillomino region contains exactly 2 shaded cells. Shaded cells may not touch one another, not even diagonally.
Links
8x8 2-star Example (Penpa+ link):
Solution code: For each row, give the number of vertical region borders in between the stars. In the above example, the solution code is 21202010.
Comments
on 23. June 2023, 19:02 by MatthewDonovan
Super nice puzzle, thank you! Not too difficult, but for a rusty star battle and fillomino solver like me it was great.
on 22. June 2023, 07:04 by LibardiA
That was way, way harder than anything I have ever solved before, but I actually managed it! Thank you!
on 13. May 2023, 14:03 by marcmees
very nice. thanks.
on 3. May 2023, 17:34 by OldCaptainWZJ
Amazing puzzle! Love how Fillomino and Star Battle work with each other to create satisfying region-building deductions.
on 13. April 2023, 03:49 by mathpesto
Absolutely fantastic!
on 9. April 2023, 23:21 by CHalb
One more highlight of this great series. Very well done :-).
on 6. April 2023, 05:39 by Agent
Very fun and approachable puzzle! Really elegant how it works out.
on 4. April 2023, 02:56 by Playmaker6174
Very cool and fun puzzle! Can't blame myself for being so slow at some points, but all deductions were such a joy to find :)
on 3. April 2023, 03:44 by Xendari
Very fun, thanks!
on 2. April 2023, 22:17 by SudokuExplorer
Both puzzles were really fun, thanks! :-)
on 2. April 2023, 19:34 by wooferzfg
Cool puzzle, thanks. Solving the example helped a lot with understanding the implications of the ruleset.
