Nuri-Maze 1
(Published on 31. December 2025, 17:52 by mellowrobinson)
- The grid is divided into tiles. Shade some tiles so that each tile is entirely shaded or unshaded, and no 2x2 square is entirely shaded or unshaded.
- Tiles containing a clue cannot be shaded.
- Unshaded tiles are all orthogonally connected, and form the pathways of a maze, where shaded tiles are the walls. The maze may have branches and dead ends, but it never loops.
- There is exactly one path from S to G which doesn't require backtracking, and must pass through every circle but not visit any triangles.
Puzz.Link | Penpa+ | Sudokupad
I've been challenging myself to solve and set puzzle genres I hadn't heard of, and I'm quite enjoying Nuri-Maze. Since I'm still a beginner this puzzle should be fairly friendly, despite its size. If you're also new, check out the rules on puzz.link which include a helpful visual explainer.
Note: puzz.link has the best interface for solving this, but beware that closing the tab or going back will lose your progress.
- More Nuri-Maze:
- Nuri-Maze by Myxo 000GJC
- Nuri-Maze 2 by me 000QY8
Solution code: Row 14 (third from the bottom), S for shaded cells and U for unshaded cells.
Comments
on 12. January 2026, 04:33 by mellowrobinson
updated rules and list
on 11. January 2026, 02:33 by mellowrobinson
updated rules
on 6. January 2026, 15:17 by QuiltyAsCharged
Neat puzzle! I found the rules hard to follow. Here's my attempt to reword them, in case it helps anyone.
Color each tile one of two colors, representing paths and walls. Each tile is entirely one color. There is never a 2x2 square of a single color.
Make a path from the start (S) to the goal (G). This path may have branches and dead ends, but it never loops.
All path tiles must join together as a single contiguous region. All clues are on the path.
There is exactly one path between S and G that doesn't require backtracking. Circles must be part of this path, while triangles must not.
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Thank you for writing that out. It helped me to reword the rules. I only prefer shadedness instead of two colors because it feels more intuitive to me personally, but I'll admit it's a bit more wordy :)
-mellow
on 5. January 2026, 10:31 by sorryimLate
Nice puzzle, thanks! The rules were a bit confusing before going to puzz.link because they never really say that the path is formed by (only) unshaded cells and the shaded cells form the maze.
on 31. December 2025, 22:39 by firespire
Nice one, I like pencil puzzles set at a level I can achieve. Important to record my solve here because the puzzle won't. Took a screenshot just incase I lost it when coming back here.
on 31. December 2025, 20:37 by KNT
Always happy to see a new nonsudoku setter. More please!
on 31. December 2025, 18:26 by Christounet
Fun puzzle. Thanks :)
