Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Masyu[First Seen turn]



This is another of my several innovative attempts on adding twists to classics.Starting up with a small example,just to make the rules clear.
Rules: Draw a single closed loop following regular masyu rules.symbols outside the grid indicate that the turn first seen in that direction was either in a black pearl ( indicated by the symbol 'B') ,or was right next(this is strictly a white pearl turn and not any turn that is just next to the cell containing the white pearl) to a white pearl (symbol "W") , or 'N', a turn that could neither qualify as a W nor as a B.



Saturday, April 14, 2012

Thursday, April 12, 2012

Masyu


I make great masyus.


Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Heterocut (Cut the cake)



This puzzle marks my birthday.The clues are designed to look like some figures.
The range of areas for polyominos is given below the puzzle.


Monday, April 9, 2012

LITS and more



Another new variation.
Rules: Shade some cells so that every outlined region contains a pentomino and all shaded cells form a single polyomino.No two pentominos of the same shape can be edge-adjacent.No 2x2 squares of shaded cells are allowed.


Thursday, March 29, 2012

Make Room for Tapa



Rules: Follow regular tapa rules.the grid is divided into some areas.Every area must contain exactly 5 shaded cells.





TVC XII - Twilight



Adding twilight tapa now.This worked well,particularly the clue placement .

Akari(Row totals)




This is next in a series of new Akari variations I have designed.I think this could be another very interesting variation,if the example below gives any idea.

Rules: a row with a number outside should contain as many bulbs.All standard akari rules stand good.


Tuesday, March 27, 2012

TVC XII




I am not quite happy with the the loop and wire puzzles appearing at TVC XII,not only that they are boring,but i would also need a printer.Compass is my favourite,though i would prefer calling it "navigator" tapa.Borders is another nice variation.
I also constructed a few.More will come later. The sweeper puzzle below uses the sweeper logic only a couple of times ,but it is brilliant as a tapa itself.I did not work much on the loop,so you wont find enough tapaness there, while the loop logic dominates throughout and you also have multiple openings to choose from,which means anywhere you look at the grid,you are off to a start(didnt i say i didnt like seeing this at a TVC?) .Compass also is a simple one.I might do a better one later.


Sweeper:






Compass:




Borders:





Loop:


Saturday, March 24, 2012