Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Anuraag's island - medium


I like the genre very much.More often,when i like a type of puzzle,i tend to try finding ways of varying it.I think this puzzle has a lot of space for interesting variations and i am presenting the best way i can see of varying it.

Rules:Fill in some cells to form a single island. The cells with numbers(houses) are part of this island. The numbers indicate how many unnumbered cells can be reached from that cell by moving horizontally or vertically. Numbered cells block access.All grey cells are part of the island. Every house has a white cell (sea) adjacent to it in atleast one direction.


2 comments:

  1. Yes, very good. I was worried for a bit, but the solution wasn't too difficult.
    A puzzle with more gray squares might look better. As this one stands, the one square is unbalanced. Yes, it forces uniqueness, but it's too obvious about it. Maybe antisymmetry between numbered and plain grays?

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  2. I dont think plain greys work well for these puzzles.

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