Lollipops/Sashigane Permaculture
(Published yesterday, 08:58 by Oripy)
This puzzle was made for round one of the March madness 2026 event on the Skunkworks Discord server.
Rules:
Permaculture: Divide the grid into two regions. One region adheres to Lollipops rules, and the other adheres to Sashigane rules.
Lollipops: Fill some cells of the grid with a symbol of one of three types: a circle, a horizontal arrow, or a vertical arrow (the side of the arrow does not matter). Symbols must form pairs consisting of a circle and an arrow extending from or pointing to it. These pairs may not exist orthogonally adjacent to one another. Two symbols of the same type may not exist in the same row or column with nothing between them. Permaculture borders blocks vision.
Sashigane: Divide the grid into regions of orthogonally connected cells. Each region must be an L shape with a width of one cell. Arrows must lie at one end of an L and point toward the bend. Circles must lie at the bend of an L.
Example:
The Puzzle:
Solution code: Number of permaculture borders in each row (would be 22220 for the example puzzle).
