Fillomino Skyscraper Ring
(Published on 15. August 2023, 09:00 by Agent)
I wanted to explore the idea of having the outside clues of a puzzle defined by a Fillomino grid surrounding the puzzle. Originally the intent of this "6x6" puzzle was to get familiarized with the rules, but I think the logic was interesting enough to share on its own. I hope you enjoy, it should be approachable.
Rules
- The grid contains a standard 6x6 Skyscrapers area which must be located by the solver. The rest of the grid is a standard Fillomino. Numbers adjacent to the 6x6 Skyscrapers area are standard Skyscrapers clues.
- Fillomino: Divide the grid into orthogonally connected regions such that no two regions of the same size share an edge, and enter a number into each cell equal to the size of its region.
- Skyscrapers: Place the digits 1 to 6 once each in each row and each column. Each digit represents the height of a building. Clues outside the grid indicate the number of buildings seen from that direction. Taller buildings block the view of smaller buildings.
Puzzle links
Solution code: Row 3 (from left to right) then column 8 (from top to bottom)
Comments
on 6. October 2024, 21:03 by StephenR
Very elegant, thanks.
on 19. August 2024, 23:03 by ibag
Great fun!
on 4. October 2023, 09:28 by Playmaker6174
Plenty of fun throughout, cool to see how they all came together at the end :)
on 5. September 2023, 08:48 by wooferzfg
Really fun, thanks!
on 19. August 2023, 19:11 by konklone
This was a serious puzzle for something originally intended as an example! I was surprised at how many times I got tripped up or had to look for something subtle. Or maybe I'm just not that great at this format. =) But I loved it either way!
on 18. August 2023, 20:47 by szabog
I would just sit here and solve ten of this... Thank you :)
on 17. August 2023, 09:30 by MagnusJosefsson
Great puzzle, couldn't resist solving it :).
on 17. August 2023, 08:47 by Statistica
Sehr gelungene Umsetzung einer guten Idee!
on 16. August 2023, 22:27 by Piatato
Lovely puzzle! :)
on 16. August 2023, 14:47 by juvopa
Very intersting approach. After the first deductions more and more fun. Still very hard for me but all in all logical ;-)
on 16. August 2023, 14:41 by Agent
@Dandelo: I've renamed it to "Fillomino Skyscraper Ring". This is consistent with the naming of this puzzle, which I believe was inspired by the ones you linked:
https://logic-masters.de/Raetselportal/Raetsel/zeigen.php?id=000CDA
on 16. August 2023, 10:56 by Dandelo
Very nice. The idea and the puzzle.
Of course the author can choose the name of the puzzle as he wants.
But there are a few similar puzzles in the Rätselportal, where the name "Hochhauskern" was established. In English maybe "skyscraper core" (native speakers could have a better translation). I suggest to use unified names. And this could be the name of a new label.
Here they are:
https://logic-masters.de/Raetselportal/Suche/erweitert.php?skname=x&suchtext=Hochhauskern
on 15. August 2023, 19:50 by Christounet
Very nice ! Looking forward to the 9x9 !
on 15. August 2023, 16:05 by marcmees
Approachable & fun. thanks
on 15. August 2023, 09:16 by MicroStudy
lots of fun!
