Puzzle enthusiasts can enter by sending a puzzle. Rules and constraints are listed below. To allow for a result, at least five entries would be required. Furthermore, entries will be published here after the submissions close without revealing the authors, for the entrants to solve, vote and decide a winner. Puzzles will be voted for such attributes like logical path to arrive at the solution, and clue symmetry. Polling method will be announced at the same time as the publishing of entries, depending on the number of puzzles. This contest is open to all. Puzzles may be sent before 11:00 pm GMT, the 30th of November, to anuragthefirst at gmail dot com. Again, contest may remain undecided if very few entries are received.
The entry has to contain a "fusion" puzzle, rules follow.
Rules: Divide the grid along the gridlines into polyominoes, so that no two polyominoes with the same area share an edge. Every cell must belong to one of the polyominoes. All numbers contained in a polyomino must repeat in that polyomino, except one number, that must be equal to the area of the polyomino, and appears exactly once in that polyomino. The above rule allows a polyomino of area equal to 1.
Rules: Divide the grid along the gridlines into polyominoes, so that no two polyominoes with the same area share an edge. Every cell must belong to one of the polyominoes. All numbers contained in a polyomino must repeat in that polyomino, except one number, that must be equal to the area of the polyomino, and appears exactly once in that polyomino. The above rule allows a polyomino of area equal to 1.
Constraints:
1. The puzzle has to use a 10x10 rectangular grid.
2. No given clue shall be equal to, or larger than the area of the largest polyomino/s.
3. While the previous constraint forces at least one cell without a given, you may leave as many empty cells as you like, which may also aid in introducing symmetry.
4. The puzzle has to have a unique solution.
5. There is no restriction on clues, but trivial puzzles are strongly discouraged. For example, a puzzle with one '99', and 98 2s may be considered trivial by definition.
4. The puzzle has to have a unique solution.
5. There is no restriction on clues, but trivial puzzles are strongly discouraged. For example, a puzzle with one '99', and 98 2s may be considered trivial by definition.
Note: Not all empty cells are required to be filled in the solution. A puzzle is not considered non-unique if cells can be filled in multiple ways as long as the polyominoes are uniquely formed. This was not mentioned in the rules paragraph.
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