Starmie (Masyu-Star Battle Hybrid)
(Published on 18. February 2025, 03:12 by MaizeGator)
Rules:
Masyu: Draw a closed, non-branching, non-crossing loop along dotted gridlines. The loop must visit all given circles and follow these rules for movements:
The loop must turn on black circles, and go straight through at least one vertex on both sides of the turn.
The loop must go straight through white circles. It must also turn on at least one of the vertices it visits on either side of the white circle.
Gray circles act as either a black or a white circle (the solver must deduce which).Star Battle: The Masyu loop divides the grid into regions. Place exactly one star into each row, column, and region, such that no two stars touch, not even diagonally.
Solution code: The column index of every star, from top-to-bottom.
Comments
on 20. February 2025, 22:04 by hopppe
Brilliant!
on 19. February 2025, 10:30 by MagnusJosefsson
Fun and smooth!
on 19. February 2025, 06:11 by etoler
Sooo many tricks I didn't know going into this. Such a cool puzzle, though! I can't wait to see what 90s-themed puzzle comes along next!
on 18. February 2025, 23:17 by Christounet
Déjà-vu ;)
Glad you managed to use that setup in another puzzle. Well done!
on 18. February 2025, 21:16 by Jesper
Very nice!
on 18. February 2025, 16:28 by MaizeGator
I've made a short solution video for "Starmie" and posted it as a hidden comment
on 18. February 2025, 16:08 by Agent
Lovely puzzle, very smooth!
on 18. February 2025, 05:06 by sfushidahardy
Really fun combination of rulesets! It felt like a chaos construction without the irregular sudoku at the end.
