Orchid
(Published on 24. September 2024, 12:34 by Abdul the Killer)
Standard Sudoku rules apply.
SHADING: In the completed grid, cells containing numbers exactly one greater than an immediate neighbour (diagonal or orthogonal) within their box are shaded (and otherwise unshaded).
YIN YANG: The shaded cells form a single orthogonally connected region, as do the unshaded cells. No 2x2 region is wholly shaded or unshaded.
ARROWS: Values in cells with arrows give the number of shaded cells in the indicated direction. All possible arrows are given.
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Solution code: Row 1
Comments
on 8. March 2025, 19:35 by VitP
absolutely brilliant.
however ...
objectively speaking, this is NOT level 2. here's why.
yin/yang ALONE makes it level 2.
the constraint whose name i don't even know, ALONE, makes it level 2.
then there's the arrow rule.
AND you have to be an expert with the first 2 variants. both can be acquired with a few minutes of TRAINING.
on 4. March 2025, 02:23 by Shuhua Milk
Nice!
on 7. November 2024, 19:31 by waffles_the_dog
Super lovely puzzle, and a really nice solve path. thanks!
on 25. September 2024, 20:29 by Franjo
Nice and smooth - just like the last one. I really enjoyed this again. Thank you very much for creating and sharing.
on 25. September 2024, 18:01 by vitaminz
Beautifully smooth!
on 24. September 2024, 20:17 by DanishDynamite
Loved it! Thanks!
---Thanks for saying, it's always appreciated. ---ATK
on 24. September 2024, 18:20 by Baklin
Thanks for another very nice puzzle. I love this rule set.
---I'm glad you like it, this is the first of four very similar but progressively difficult puzzles which I intend to publish over the next few weeks.
Thanks for the soklve and the kind commment.---ATK
