Square Jam

Puzz.link (easy to medium) (portrait)

Big Fillomino

Puzz.link interface

Double Choco #6

Puzz.link interface [✏️✏️✏️]

Double Choco #5

Puzz.link interface [✏️✏️✏️]

 

Double Choco #4

Puzz.link interface [✏️✏️✏️]

Double Choco #3

     I'll try using Toketa's rating system (well, with my judgment on difficulty anyway) by rating out of 5 (or 5+ if needed) with ✏️for a point in logic solving and a 🎯 for trial-and-error solving. I'll also add a + at the end of a rating if the overall difficulty is probably underestimating some steps during the solve. Also Double chocos everyday up to sunday.

Puzzle 1 [✏️+]

Puzzle 2 [✏️🎯]

Fillominovember 2024 #3

     Rules here.

Puzz.link interface

 

Fillominovember 2024 #2

     Rules here.

Puzz.link interface

Fillominovember 2024 #1

     A month of Fillominos (hopefully). Rules here.

Puzz.link interface

Symmetry area

    Symmetry area is a variant of Fillomino. The 2nd puzzle was for training for I believe a Puzzle GP. I haven't tried much on setting this genre, but it's a good fillomino add-on. Here are the rules :

    Divide the grid into regions.

- A number indicates the size of the region, in cells. Regions can have any amount of identical numbers, or none at all.
- Two regions of the same size cannot be orthogonally adjacent.
- Every region must have 180° rotational symmetry around its center.

Rules taken from puzz.link - click here for a solved example.

    Thanks to WSPC France discord for testing and feedback on 2nd puzzle.

Puzzle 1 - Puzzle 2

 

Fillomino N-C

     Non-consecutive fillomino. You can find an older one here. (don't forget that puzz.link doesn't enforce the n-c rule.)

    Thanks to Muhorka and Wessel for testing and feedback.

Puzz.link interface - Pzv (no auto borders)

Araf 👿

      Araf is a regdiv genre with clues that come in pairs. While the same means "Hell", the genre allows for all difficulties of puzzles (but it can get very hard). Here are the rules :

Draw lines over the dotted lines to divide the board into several blocks.

- Each block contains exactly two numbers.
- The size of the block must be between the two numbers, excluding both numbers.
- Question marks can be replaced by any number.

Rules taken from puzz.link - click here for a solved example.

    I'm liking the idea of 2 puzzles per post, a small and a regular one (or easy - medium/hard). I'll see if I can stick to this format.

Puzzle 1 - Puzzle 2

 

Lohkous Mix

      Lohkous is a genre created by Hempuli (known for Baba is You) using an interesting way of defining regions in regdiv genres. I am very much not good at Lokhous myself, but I created these small puzzles to dabble in its logic. Here are the rules :

Draw lines over the dotted lines to divide the board into several blocks.

- Each block must contain exactly one square with one or more numbers on it.
- All lines must be used to divide two regions, there can not be any dead-ends.
- When dividing a block into horizontal segments, each segment must have a length specified by one of the clue numbers. The same applies when dividing the block into vertical segments.
- Each number must be represented at least once by a horizontal or vertical segment in the same block.
- A question mark can replace any number, as long as no number is repeated in that cell.

Rules taken from puzz.link - click here for a solved example.

    Today, 2 variants are added : Scattered (Pairs) and Coded.

Scattered Pairs : Each region contains exactly 2 numbers. "Scattered" idea from Dohz.

Coded : Each letter represent a different number. Same letters represent the same number.

    Thanks to Kays, Menderbug and Teal for testing and fedback.

Classic - Scattered (Pairs) - Coded

Square Jam #2

    2 more Square Jams. I find this genre among those I use to introduce people to puzzle solving, as it has easy to understand rules and plenty of fun to have. Both puzzle are  tricky but not many hard steps to catch.

    Thanks to Lazycrus for test-solving.

Puzzle 1 - Puzzle 2

 

Double Choco #2

    2 Double Choco for today. I worked with the same layout for both grids, and exploited 2 different ideas from the same pattern. Second puzzle is harder than the first. Rules here.

Puzzle 1 - Puzzle 2

Fillomino 🪣

    Here a big Fillomino puzzle. It's a bit tedious to set, plus the fact that I always forget a region that ends up too small and need to fix the puzzle; that can take quite a while to do... Expect some tricky logic, but nothing too astronomical. I also tend to stick to single-digit clues to make it more pleasing to the eyes, and it's funny to hide double-digit regions in these puzzle. Rules here.

Puzz.link interface - Pzv3 (no auto borders) interface

 

FillomiNovember : the last puzzles !

    After a long break on this blog, I will try to pick it up again, with a very slow pace at first but I will do my best to go back to the usual rhythm before (1 post per 2 days). Here are all the Fillominos you haven't seen from the FillomiNovember series.

Fillomino Day 24

Fillomino Day 25

Fillomino Day 26

Fillomino Day 27 (Variant All evens)

Fillomino Day 28 (Variant Terra X : 4 different regions meeting at a corner must sum to 10.)

Fillomino Day 29

Fillomino Day 30 (Variant No Rectangle) (huge !)

FillomiNovember : #23 (Variant)

    Variant Non Consecutive: Regions orthogonally adjacent may not have areas of consecutive values.

            Rules here.

Puzz.link interface

FillomiNovember : #22 (Variant)

Variant Non rectangle : No region may be of rectangular shape (a square is a special rectangle). 

              Rules here.

Puzz.link interface

FillomiNovember : #21

              Rules here.

Puzz.link interface