Logic Masters Deutschland e.V.

Psithurism (Clockwork masyu)

(Published on 15. August 2024, 01:16 by dumediat)

This is a puzzle that I created for wisty's birthday, and they were kind enough to suggest that I share with all of you as well. This puzzle is an adaptation of wisty's Clockwork yajilin genre, and I highly recommend checking out their series of puzzles using it!

Ratings, comments, and feedback are much appreciated! Please feel free to reach out to me on Discord if you have any comments or questions. Please also feel free to try my other puzzles here.

Rules:

  • Draw a non-intersecting loop through the centers of some cells that passes through every circle. The loop must turn on black circles and travel straight through the cells on either side. The loop must go straight through white circles, and turn in at least one of the cells on either side.
  • Gears visited by the loop must alternate inside and outside (or vice versa). A gear is visited whenever the loop travels directly from a cell not touching that gear to a cell touching that gear. All gears must be visited by the loop.

As a visual example to clarify how gear "visits" work, the following image shows a gear that is visited twice by the loop; once in the yellow cell, and again in the blue cell. Note that this example would violate the rules of clockwork masyu, since the loop visits the gear twice on the same side of the loop before touching another gear.

Penpa+: https://tinyurl.com/28as6547

Solution code: Column 6, using I for straight loop segments, L for loop turns, and X for empty cells.

Last changed on on 15. August 2024, 01:19

Solved by wisty, Piatato, Mr_tn, tuturitu, CHalb, ONeill, jkuo7, MaizeGator, filuta, Jesper, Bellsita, Niverio, Agent, Franjo, Paletron, misko, Christounet, OGRussHood, Sewerin, Echatsum, Torvelo, Uhu
Full list

Comments

on 21. August 2024, 01:10 by Christounet
Cool :) Thanks !

on 16. August 2024, 13:05 by Niverio
Pretty nice flow!

on 15. August 2024, 01:40 by Piatato
Awesome puzzle, great fun!

on 15. August 2024, 01:21 by wisty
so cool!!!!! :D

Difficulty:3
Rating:95 %
Solved:22 times
Observed:0 times
ID:000JD5

Puzzle variant New Online solving tool Path puzzle

Enter solution

Solution code:

Login