Logic Masters Deutschland e.V.

on 30. July 2024, 11:27 by Tamuha
You need to know (or figure out) some truths about the shading rule and how it interacts with the arrows and Ying Yang.
Once you do, this puzzle is so much fun! The interaction between the clues really work their magic!
Very well done! I love it.
---Thanks, as always, for your generous comment and solve.---ATK

on 30. July 2024, 02:54 by shteev
Very clever setting!
---Thanks for saying! ---ATK

on 29. July 2024, 16:02 by Chelo
I've been stuck for days, leaving it and trying it again.
After getting confidence with it finally I have found out the way, after that it was higly rewarding to solve.
Thank you again @ATK for setting and sharing it, your shading puzzles are mandatory in my favorite list.
---Yeah, the break-in can sneakily hide, glad you stuck with it. Thank you for your kind comments. ---ATK

on 28. July 2024, 20:45 by Calvinball
I loved everything about this puzzle. The rules, the negative constraint, the fact that you had a Yin Yang puzzle with such little information given on the perimeter. Everything.
---Thank you for very generous comment.---ATK

on 26. July 2024, 19:44 by henrypijames
When you say all possible arrows are given, that's only limited to orthogonal arrows and exclude possible diagonal arrows, right?
---Yes, you are right. I might seek to remove the ambiguity next time.

Thanks for the solve.
---ATK

on 25. July 2024, 01:24 by Voidslime
Beautiful puzzle! I got the break in relatively quickly but then still made mistakes and had to reset twice. Very straightforward and satisfying nonetheless
---Thanks for the kind comment. ---ATK

on 24. July 2024, 19:16 by Franjo
The combination of your special shading rule with YY again worked absolutely perfect. I really enjoyed the walk on the solving path. I give 3/5, but maybe I was lucky looking at the right spots… Thank you very much for setting and sharing this masterpiece.
---Thank you for the extremely generous comment. For what it's worth, I initialised the puzzle at 3-stars, and the solver-rating has teetered between 3- and 4-stars. ---ATK

on 24. July 2024, 18:57 by samuel1997
This is much much harder than I expected! It is very interesting but really brutal!
---Perhaps you missed some clues? (see my comments in the hidden comment to kamkam below). Good that you still enjoyed it.---ATK

--- Well, I did find the trick written in your hidden comment after staring at void and abyss for >= 70 minutes, and the total time I spent was >=90 minutes. Considering I can sometimes finish other setters' 5* puzzles within 60 minutes, it is fair enough for me to rate it 5*. Nonetheless, I admit nowadays in this community, there are thousands if not millions of genius that may spot the trick instantly, then it could even be a 2* puzzle for them XD!

on 24. July 2024, 16:01 by vitaminz
I loved thinking about 1s in this puzzle :)
---Glad you like it!---ATK

on 24. July 2024, 05:23 by gdc
@japanoise_breakfast It is the same number in each direction. For example: if there is an arrow pointing up and right with a 2, then there are 2 shaded cells to the right and 2 shaded cells upwards (4 = 2+2 total)

---Thanks for helping me out! ---ATK

on 24. July 2024, 04:18 by japanoise_breakfast
For cells with multiple arrows, is it the total number across all directions, or the same number in all directions?
---What gdc says above is correct (thanks gdc). This is also the same ruleset as my puzzle Blue Moon which I believe you have already solved. ---ATK

on 24. July 2024, 00:11 by PippoForte
Superb!
---So glad you liked it.---ATK

on 23. July 2024, 23:45 by elpadrinoIV
Very approachable and superb as usual! Thanks a lot!
---Thanks for saying.---ATK