Hashi Star Battle
(Published on 31. May 2023, 12:21 by Grausbert)
Disclaimer
This puzzle is heavily inspired by the great 'Hybrid Star Battle Series' by the amazing BenceJoful.
Since this is my first puzzle, feedback is highly appreciated!
Rules
Standard Hashi rules apply.
- Hashi
- All islands have to be connected through bridges (every island has to be reachable from every other island). The bridges may only be built horizontally or vertically and may neighter cross other bridges nor islands. Between two island there are at maximum two bridges. The numbers in the island give the number of bridges that are connected to this island.
- Empty islands also need to be connected to the other islands.
- Islands that share a letter have the same number of bridges connected to them.
- Star Battle
- Place stars in some cells such that each row, column and connected area (i.e. cells that are connected to each other via orthogonally connected cells that are not separated by any bridges) contains exactly two stars. Stars may not touch each other, even diagonally.
- Exception: Stars separated by double bridges are allowed to touch each other (see graphic bellow).
In these examples, stars can be placed in the green cells because of a double bridge separating them from the central star. The red cells are not separated from it, hence no star can be placed there.
Links
6x6 1-star Example (Penpa+ link):
Solution code: For all rows (top to bottom) from left to right:
1 for a single vertical bridge
2 for a double vertical bridge
* for a star
(for the exaple the code is 2**2*11*211*1*1)
Comments
on 17. August 2026, 16:14 by Jodelbanane
The solution code is just crazy, almost harder than the puzzle itself. But the puzzle is great, solves very fluently and has just the right amount of hardness for me. Thank you!
on 4. June 2023, 09:49 by ropeko
Great puzzle!
on 3. June 2023, 01:13 by NIGHTCRAULER
Sick puzzle with interesting mechanics, a great tribute to BenceJoful's series which I also love.
