Fillomino (Checkered) by Prasanna Seshadri
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Theme: Clue Symmetry and Logic
Author/Opus: This is the 21st puzzle from our contributing puzzlemaster Prasanna Seshadri.
Rules: Standard Fillomino rules. Also, it must be possible to shade some polyominoes black so that no bordering polyominoes are the same color (in other words, the grid must allow a two-color shading). Also, see this example:
Answer String: For each cell in the marked rows/columns, enter the area of the polyomino it belongs to. Enter just the last digit for any two-digit number. Start with the 2nd row, followed by a comma, followed by the 7th column.
Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 4:30, Master = 8:00, Expert = 16:00
Solution: PDF; a solution video is available here.
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Ah, I’m very happy to see that this variation is catching on 🙂
The solve went very smoothly for me, so much so that I was quite surprised with the time standards after that. But I can see how it could take a lot longer if you’re solving the type for first time.
I solved this using the “ab G vagrefrpgvba” rule, which went pretty quickly.
06:44.
Another impressive hidden polyomino. Great puzzle.
I’m not sure whether looking at T intersections or shading the polyominoes does better, because I was stuck using T’s and only after I started shading that I noticed the next step. But it went pretty smooth.
I loved this variation. I had never seen it before, and it solved wildly differently than a normal Fillomino.
Quite satisfying to solve a Fillomino using Paint-filling (2 colors only) for a change.
New mechanic for me, I liked it a lot!
Is it a coincidence that: rkprcg sbe gur barf, nyy riraf ner purpxreobneqrq bar pbybe naq nyy bqqf ner gur bgure pbybe?
I assume it’s a coincidence, since it’s fairly easy to divide a Checkered Fillomino grid in such a way that all of the regions are odd or all of the regions are even.