Growing YY in the Fog Puzzle Pack
(Published yesterday, 20:13 by SennyK)
Today, after around half a year since I started, I am very happy to share with you puzzle pack which consists of 9 chapters, after solving one of them you will get a link to the next one in the completion message :-)
Firstly, I would really like to thank DubiousMobius who has grately helped me with the visuals for the whole pack!
Secondly, a huge thank you to my wonderful Testers: NicoD, Suntanman3 - Ben, FIT7Y, Kafkapharnaum and Aletheia!
This puzzle pack is given 5* difficulty not only because there are 9 puzzles, they are also very hard.
gdc has created a script, which can be installed via Tampermonkey. It allows to check in SudokuPad if centermarks/cornermarks are correct, but it also allows setters to create a solution for Yin-Yang. If you install this script, you will be able to check during your solve if your colors for Yin-Yang are correct. Here is the link to his script: Extended Checks
I hope you will enjoy and I would be really grateful for all the comments and ratings.
There are differernt rules in each chapter, however some of them are common and you can see them below:
Dynamic Fog of War: The grid is partially covered in fog. Placing correct digits reveals their own cell and may also lift fog elsewhere in the grid. No guessing is required.
Yin-Yang: Shade some cells in the grid so that all shaded cells are orthogonally connected, all unshaded cells are orthogonally connected, and no 2×2 region is entirely shaded or entirely unshaded.
Values: A shaded cell containing digit x has value ??? (differs between chapters); an unshaded cell has value equal to its digit.
Golden Clues (GC): In each puzzle, you are going to get one new clue inside a golden cage with the number of the current chapter in the top left corner. A clue consists of a digit and its shading. Each clue is going to exist somewhere in the grid in all of the following chapters. Every time you find a golden cage with the number of the one of the previous chapters in the top left corner, you can fill it right away with the digit and shade it accordingly. Every time you find a golden cage with the number of the current chapter in the top left corner, it is a new clue to be used in the following chapters.
If you liked this puzzle, I recommend trying out my other puzzles: The Erica Series:★☆☆☆☆: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 12, 15, 17, 23, 26, 27, 31, 32, 46, 47
★★☆☆☆: 3, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 18, 20, 24, 25, 29, 30, 34, 35, 38, 40, 42, 45
★★★☆☆: 9, 19, 21, 22, 28, 33, 37, 38, 41, 44, 45
★★★★☆: 36, 39, 43 German Sums Series:
★★☆☆☆: 1, 3
★★★☆☆: 2, 4 (DFM) Shading/Ying-Yang:
★★☆☆☆: Pretty Odd Shaded Area
★★★☆☆: (+5)-Yang, Negative 8 YY
★★★★☆: Aim High! (YY)
★★★★★: Why-Why?, Happ(Y) Birthda(Y), ChinStrap! Modifiers:
★☆☆☆☆: Borrower
★★★☆☆: Modified Flat Mates, Neighbourhood Watch
★★★★★: Mad Delirium Puzzle: Remarkably Beyond Crazy [16x16], Top Right Boi [CC], There's Strength in Numbers Fog of War:
★☆☆☆☆: Erica 12, Erica 17
★★☆☆☆: It's What You Do in the Dark That Puts You in the Light, Find It All, What the Fog?, Erica 20, Erica 29
★★★☆☆: Broken Flashlight in the Dark Pencil Puzzle/Sudoku Hybrid:
★★☆☆☆: Masyu (Short) Sudoku, Heyawake Sudoku (Given Regions), Way Too Hot, Are You? [Hotaru Beam]
★★★☆☆: Tetromino Sudoku
★★★★☆: Made in the Shade (Heyawake CC)
★★★★★: Heyawake Sudoku Pairometers:
★★☆☆☆: Pairometers (6x6 Pack 1), Pairometers
★★★☆☆: Pairometers (6x6 Pack 2), Pairometers (6x6 Pack 3) Various Puzzles:
★☆☆☆☆: Blown Fuses in Electrical Installation, Let Me Introduce Myself, French Wrench, GAS Regional Constraints, Quadsumes, Snack Latin Arrows, Sarah
★★☆☆☆: Symmetrical Fan, Night Club, Important Hour on the Clock, What Was the Sum Again?, Disgroup Joints, 10-Arrows, Antiking Dutch Skyscrapers, (Not so) Little Killers, Indexing Sword, Larna's HoneyMoon
★★★☆☆: Cops & Robbers, Positive Symmetry, Doppelgänger Killer 1-25, Region Whisper Line, Christmas Chaos
★★★★☆: Liars. Liars Everywhere., Sandwiched XV Squishmates, Fireworks 2025, (Yin)German Pairrows, Little Galaxy, 2x Solution
★★★★★: Any NEWS?, Potentially Pointer, Possibly Parity Party
Solution code: In Chapter 9: Second (2nd) row of the grid from left to right followed by the Golden Clues in order (with the symbol "/" marking borders between shaded and unshaded cells, e.g., 12/3/4/56/789/12/325/3/71/9, 18 digits total).
Comments
yesterday, 20:30 by Suntanman3 - Ben
Some very satisfying deductions and logic steps. Definitely worth a go even if the difficulty level intimidates. I was able to do this, and I consider myself a 4/5 solver.
