Ominous Yajilin
(Published on 23. June 2024, 21:12 by Jay Dyer)
Rules
- Draw a loop which moves orthogonally through the centers of some cells without branches or crossings. Shade every cell which is not on the loop, leaving all loop cells unshaded.
- All arrow clues are shaded, and each orthogonally connected shaded region contains exactly one arrow. An arrow clue's value equals the size of its shaded region. The clue's value also gives the number of shaded cells in the direction of the arrow, not counting the arrow cell itself (cells in the same shaded region as the arrow may be counted).
Solution code: The number of shaded cells in each of the first six rows (no separators between them)
Comments
on 18. October 2024, 00:46 by Samish
An absolute pearl of a puzzle, especially rare for this moderate difficulty! Must-do
on 17. October 2024, 22:17 by Christounet
Enjoyed this. Thanks :)
on 25. August 2024, 20:36 by sfushidahardy
Loved it!
on 1. July 2024, 12:10 by Piatato
Wonderful!
on 29. June 2024, 14:43 by Agent
Fun puzzle, very smooth and some nice loop patterns!
on 27. June 2024, 14:52 by MaizeGator
I love puzzles with a key implication of the ruleset that the solver must discover. It's not obvious at first, but becomes second-nature by the end of the solve. This puzzle did a great job of introducing that key idea and slowly building upon the difficulty of the deductions around that idea.
on 25. June 2024, 10:14 by Snookerfan
Beautiful, thank you
on 25. June 2024, 01:45 by Piatato
May different regions touch eachother orthogonally?
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No they may not.
on 24. June 2024, 23:31 by applesauce
A lot of fun & flows very smoothly. Thanks!
