Yin Yang Vaults
(Eingestellt am 1. September 2022, 22:19 Uhr von Schwupel)
Rules:
Place the digits 1 to 9 once each into every row, column and region.
Shade some cells in the grid such that all shaded cells are connected orthogonally and all unshaded cells are connected orthogonally. No 2x2 box may be fully shaded or fully unshaded. Clues outside the grid give the sum of the first continuous block of shaded cells seen from that direction.
Blue cages are "vaults". Digits MAY repeat within a vault. Any digit within a vault must not appear in any cells orthogonally adjacent to that vault. The largest digit in any given vault is equal to the number of shaded cells inside that vault.
Hints:
In the following hints are written in white. If you want too look at one, highlight the text.
Break-in:
Where do 8 and 9 go in column 6?
Hint 2:
Row 3.
Hint 3:
Either still row 3 or check your vault borders. You might have missed something.
Hint 4:
Did you get some pairs? You might want to color them.
Lösungscode: Column 2 from top to bottom followed by row 5 from left to right.
Kommentare
am 28. September 2022, 12:07 Uhr von Christounet
Very fun puzzle ! I think I made it harder than it should have been by not spotting the intended break-in deduction right away but later in the game. Instead, I initially focused on the Yin Yang perimeter, where the magic usually happens. This led me quite far in the solve, but steered me away from that obvious and powerful deduction. Had a great time nonetheless !! Thanks.
* Yes, I intentionally made this break-in not about the perimeter. Just to be unusual I guess. If you manage to spot the intended solve path, each individual step is not very hard. Nevertheless, most solvers seemed to have problems with that.
am 14. September 2022, 23:53 Uhr von Bootenks
Very cool rule set. It was a pleasure to solve it.
am 5. September 2022, 17:19 Uhr von ymhsbmbesitwf
All the rules and clues used to the max, very clever construction!
am 5. September 2022, 05:50 Uhr von MatthewDonovan
Nice puzzle, I quite enjoyed the logic. Thanks!
am 4. September 2022, 13:52 Uhr von Schwupel
Added some hints to ease the solving if you get stuck.
am 3. September 2022, 00:51 Uhr von Niverio
Beautiful implementation of both rulesets!
am 2. September 2022, 13:49 Uhr von Agent
Great puzzle with some clever ideas! The vault constraint was surprisingly powerful.
am 2. September 2022, 00:04 Uhr von Jesper
Good one, enjoyed it, thanks!
am 1. September 2022, 23:27 Uhr von roonerspize
This was a fun shading puzzle. The fun continued even through my first three failed attempts at solving it before lucky #4.
am 1. September 2022, 22:23 Uhr von the_cogito
Really enjoyed this puzzle, nicely done :)
