Starlink
(Published on 16. March 2025, 20:11 by MSDOS)
This puzzle was made for round 2 of a pencil puzzle hybrid competition on the Skunkworks Discord server. You can find my round 1 hyrid for Nurikabe and Ring-Ring here! For round 2, it was two new genres, Nuri-Uzu and Slitherlink. Once again, I had a lot of fun exploring both genres and trying to blend their rulesets. I hope you enjoy!
Rules
Nuri-Uzu:
Shade some cells such that all unshaded cells form contiguous regions that contain exactly one star (marked circles in the grid). All cells containing a star are unshaded. Unshaded regions must be rotationally symmetric about their star (circle). No 2x2 area may be entirely shaded or unshaded.
Slitherlink:
Draw lines along the edges of some cells to form a loop. The loop may not branch, or intersect itself. Digits marked in the grid indicate the number of edges surrounding the cell that are on the loop.
The loop cannot create a border between two cells that share a type (either shaded or unshaded).
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Solution code: Row 9 digits from left to right if cells are filled with a digit {0,1,2,3} that indicates the number of edges surrounding it that are on the loop.
Last changed on on 16. March 2025, 20:16
Solved by Calesch, xetto, ccotreau, SPREVVIE, Agent, Niverio, dumediat, jkuo7, simon.tressel, TheZwierz, Grausbert, trashghost, yttrio, bernhard, tuace, JustinTucker, csilva, misko, mech, werevovk, jmw, TheBestJimmy, rob, brewring, Geoteve, joeri, johnyzzh, oskode, MonsieurTRISTE, SXH, NEWS, ns08, ctaussig, wisty, dogfarts, PaganiusI, hurrdurr
Comments
on 23. August 2025, 15:27 by PaganiusI
really nice flow once you manage to find the entry point.
on 12. July 2025, 04:22 by wisty
Lovely!
on 30. March 2025, 07:15 by mech
Took me some time to get started but once it clicked it was super fun!
on 24. March 2025, 17:58 by yttrio
Very fun puzzle with a nice blend of logic between the two rule sets!
on 17. March 2025, 15:28 by dumediat
Very smooth and enjoyable puzzle!
on 16. March 2025, 22:30 by Agent
Cool puzzle! The rules interactions are neat once you under the implications.
