Logic Masters Deutschland e.V.

am 30. Juli 2024, 11:27 Uhr von Tamuha
You need to know (or figure out) some truths about the shading rule and how it interacts with the arrows and Ying Yang.
Once you do, this puzzle is so much fun! The interaction between the clues really work their magic!
Very well done! I love it.
---Thanks, as always, for your generous comment and solve.---ATK

am 30. Juli 2024, 02:54 Uhr von shteev
Very clever setting!
---Thanks for saying! ---ATK

am 29. Juli 2024, 16:02 Uhr von Chelo
I've been stuck for days, leaving it and trying it again.
After getting confidence with it finally I have found out the way, after that it was higly rewarding to solve.
Thank you again @ATK for setting and sharing it, your shading puzzles are mandatory in my favorite list.
---Yeah, the break-in can sneakily hide, glad you stuck with it. Thank you for your kind comments. ---ATK

am 28. Juli 2024, 20:45 Uhr von Calvinball
I loved everything about this puzzle. The rules, the negative constraint, the fact that you had a Yin Yang puzzle with such little information given on the perimeter. Everything.
---Thank you for very generous comment.---ATK

am 26. Juli 2024, 19:44 Uhr von henrypijames
When you say all possible arrows are given, that's only limited to orthogonal arrows and exclude possible diagonal arrows, right?
---Yes, you are right. I might seek to remove the ambiguity next time.

Thanks for the solve.
---ATK

am 25. Juli 2024, 01:24 Uhr von Voidslime
Beautiful puzzle! I got the break in relatively quickly but then still made mistakes and had to reset twice. Very straightforward and satisfying nonetheless
---Thanks for the kind comment. ---ATK

am 24. Juli 2024, 19:16 Uhr von Franjo
The combination of your special shading rule with YY again worked absolutely perfect. I really enjoyed the walk on the solving path. I give 3/5, but maybe I was lucky looking at the right spots… Thank you very much for setting and sharing this masterpiece.
---Thank you for the extremely generous comment. For what it's worth, I initialised the puzzle at 3-stars, and the solver-rating has teetered between 3- and 4-stars. ---ATK

am 24. Juli 2024, 18:57 Uhr von samuel1997
This is much much harder than I expected! It is very interesting but really brutal!
---Perhaps you missed some clues? (see my comments in the hidden comment to kamkam below). Good that you still enjoyed it.---ATK

--- Well, I did find the trick written in your hidden comment after staring at void and abyss for >= 70 minutes, and the total time I spent was >=90 minutes. Considering I can sometimes finish other setters' 5* puzzles within 60 minutes, it is fair enough for me to rate it 5*. Nonetheless, I admit nowadays in this community, there are thousands if not millions of genius that may spot the trick instantly, then it could even be a 2* puzzle for them XD!

am 24. Juli 2024, 16:01 Uhr von vitaminz
I loved thinking about 1s in this puzzle :)
---Glad you like it!---ATK

am 24. Juli 2024, 05:23 Uhr von gdc
@japanoise_breakfast It is the same number in each direction. For example: if there is an arrow pointing up and right with a 2, then there are 2 shaded cells to the right and 2 shaded cells upwards (4 = 2+2 total)

---Thanks for helping me out! ---ATK

am 24. Juli 2024, 04:18 Uhr von japanoise_breakfast
For cells with multiple arrows, is it the total number across all directions, or the same number in all directions?
---What gdc says above is correct (thanks gdc). This is also the same ruleset as my puzzle Blue Moon which I believe you have already solved. ---ATK

am 24. Juli 2024, 00:11 Uhr von PippoForte
Superb!
---So glad you liked it.---ATK

am 23. Juli 2024, 23:45 Uhr von elpadrinoIV
Very approachable and superb as usual! Thanks a lot!
---Thanks for saying.---ATK