Anableps (Aquarium + Myopia)
(Published on 17. February 2025, 17:38 by sfushidahardy)
Anableps
Made for round one of the Pencil Puzzle Madness tournament. I hope you enjoy the puzzle!
- Standard myopia rules apply: draw a loop which travels along edges of the grid, and does not branch or cross itself. Arrows point toward the loop segments closest to the clue. If a clue has multiple arrowheads, the distance to the closest loop segment must be the same in each direction.
- Aquarium variant: The numbers around the grid indicate the number of shaded (water) cells in that row/column. Water can only be inside of the myopia loop, and water must have a loop segment or another water cell below it. Water follows the laws of physics: i.e. each orthogonally connected body of water must have the same surface level everywhere (including in U-shaped areas).
Other puzzles I've made for the tournament:
Round two: Canyonlands.
Round three: Zombie!.
Semi-final: Amoeba Festival.
Final: Janus.
Solution code: Each arrow clue is either air (A), water (W), or outside (O). Give the arrow-types, in reading order (left-to-right, top-to-bottom). E.g. WAWOOWAOWWWWO.
Comments
on 13. July 2025, 16:04 by rubbeng
Fantastic puzzle! Hard and fun. Thank you
on 28. May 2025, 11:11 by Christounet
Great puzzle ! Same as the others, it felt like it was broken around some steps, and then the tiniest option appears around the corner and makes it not broken. That's how intuition gets defeated in the best way. Thanks :)
on 1. May 2025, 02:58 by askaksaksask
Sublime. The number of times I rewound something thinking I was wrong, to realize later I was correct...whew. Tricky puzzle, but very rewarding. Some really precise setting here, very impressive. Thank you!
on 11. April 2025, 22:52 by tuace
Great combination and puzzle!
on 4. March 2025, 01:34 by Nell Gwyn
That solution code was how I felt at several points while solving this, but it was totally worth it!
on 18. February 2025, 03:15 by MaizeGator
I was certain that I'd broken it several times. An immensely fun puzzle that is full of surprises and unexpected results!
on 18. February 2025, 00:38 by Jesper
Awesome, really cool puzzle!
on 17. February 2025, 21:36 by zuzanina
Wonderful combination of rulesets!! Thanks a lot! :-)
on 17. February 2025, 18:35 by Agent
Awesome puzzle, very neat interactions, I was convinced it was broken but it just barely works!
on 17. February 2025, 18:12 by dumediat
This was both mind-bending and surprising, packed with a lot of really interesting logic. Thank you so much for the puzzle and congrats again on your round 1 win!
