Light and Shadow by Serkan Yürekli
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Theme: Clue Symmetry and Logic
Author/Opus: This is the 48th puzzle from our contributing puzzlemaster Serkan Yürekli.
Rules: Divide the grid into gray and white regions, each containing exactly one number and with an area equal to that number. Numbers in white cells are part of white regions; numbers in gray cells are part of gray regions. Same colored regions cannot share an edge.
This example image should help:
Answer String: Enter the length in cells of each group (white and gray) in the marked rows. Separate the rows with a comma. For the Example, this is “13,121”.
Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 2:15, Master = 4:00, Expert = 8:00
Solution: PDF
Interesting puzzle type. While there’s a bit of a feel of things like Nurikabe and Fillomino, it’s got a unique style to it. It probably helped that I was a little paranoid and didn’t go down any blind alleys, but that also meant I was pretty slow.
I can definitely see the potential for some good puzzles here.
04:32 for a new puzzle style. Oops for not practicing the example first, I guess.
Great new genre. I can only echo the comments of other people that this has good potential for wonderful puzzles.