Anableps (Aquarium + Myopia)
(Published on 17. February 2025, 17:38 by sfushidahardy)
Anableps
Made for round one of the Pencil Puzzle Madness tournament.
- Standard myopia rules apply: draw a loop which travels along edges of the grid, and does not branch or cross itself. Arrows point toward the loop segments closest to the clue. If a clue has multiple arrowheads, the distance to the closest loop segment must be the same in each direction.
- Aquarium variant: The numbers around the grid indicate the number of shaded (water) cells in that row/column. Water can only be inside of the myopia loop, and water must have a loop segment or another water cell below it. Water follows the laws of physics: i.e. each orthogonally connected body of water must have the same surface level everywhere (including in U-shaped areas).
I hope you enjoy the puzzle!
Solution code: Each arrow clue is either air (A), water (W), or outside (O). Give the arrow-types, in reading order (left-to-right, top-to-bottom). E.g. WAWOOWAOWWWWO.
Comments
on 18. February 2025, 03:15 by MaizeGator
I was certain that I'd broken it several times. An immensely fun puzzle that is full of surprises and unexpected results!
on 18. February 2025, 00:38 by Jesper
Awesome, really cool puzzle!
on 17. February 2025, 21:36 by zuzanina
Wonderful combination of rulesets!! Thanks a lot! :-)
on 17. February 2025, 18:35 by Agent
Awesome puzzle, very neat interactions, I was convinced it was broken but it just barely works!
on 17. February 2025, 18:12 by dumediat
This was both mind-bending and surprising, packed with a lot of really interesting logic. Thank you so much for the puzzle and congrats again on your round 1 win!
