Taste the Tension
(Eingestellt am 27. Oktober 2025, 11:54 Uhr von GameWorksRP)
This puzzle is a successor to Shady Showdown, which had a similar ruleset. There I was not fully able to remove every digit and make the puzzle how I wanted it. This one I think I did manage to do that, but things can always be improved on of course. This one did turn out slightly easier than the last one I think, but should still be a bit of challenge for people inexperienced with Yin-Yang. Setting this puzzle was a lot of fun and I want to work more on bigger puzzles like this one. For my next project I am looking at loop puzzles, but I am not fully certain yet.
Check out my other puzzles: Published puzzles
Rules:
Normal sudoku rules apply, place the digits 1-9 in every row column and box.
Yin-Yang: Shade some cells such that no shaded or unshaded cells form a 2x2, and each consists of one orthogonally connected region.
Cages: Shaded cells within a cage have the same sum as the unshaded cells within that cage. Digits cannot repeat within a cage.
The puzzle
This puzzle was created as a series on my channel. Any feedback on the puzzle or the method of setting is highly appreciated!
Lösungscode: Row six digits with the same shading as the first digit. No spaces or separations. (For example: 56314)
Kommentare
am 13. Januar 2026, 19:08 Uhr von yttrio
Simply fantastic puzzle! I absolutely love when a relatively simple idea is able to work this well.
I'm pretty experienced with Yin Yang, so nothing from that side of the logic felt too difficult. Rather, most of the difficulty for me was all of the consistently great math logic, which was a joy to solve!
am 5. November 2025, 07:26 Uhr von Norkas
That was very enjoyable. Maybe I'm rusty with yin yang, but it had a few yin yang related steps that felt more intricate than what most puzzles use it for and I wasn't really on the lookout for.
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I am glad you enjoyed the puzzle! Yin Yang is one of my favorite rulesets, so I tried to make it as much as possible a part of the solve instead of an afterthought. This does make it less approachable for people though, so I am glad to hear people still enjoy the challenge!
am 4. November 2025, 09:03 Uhr von oskode
Awesome puzzle! A lot of fun ”Aha”-moments sprinkled throughout, very cool setting. Thank you for sharing!
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Thank you for the kind words. Also I am a great fan of your puzzles!
am 29. Oktober 2025, 19:29 Uhr von War
I think your original 3* rating is correct. As long as you know the border rules for YY and since the borders have lots of cages, it is very approachable. - Also you're right, I am very very cool
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It's very hard to estimate difficulty when you create the logic, so I am happy the solvers give their rating.
Thank you for trying it out!
am 28. Oktober 2025, 21:02 Uhr von Chaka
Quite a tough puzzle for me but also very nice setting! Definitely one of the more difficult YY puzzles.
Thanks a lot for sharing!
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Thank you for trying out my puzzle!
am 28. Oktober 2025, 11:15 Uhr von GameWorksRP
Set difficulty to 4*
am 28. Oktober 2025, 09:34 Uhr von VitP
as a general rule, any yy puzzle is automatically level 3.
THIS one is much harder than a basic yy, so must be level 4 at least.
specifically, you need to know all the basic yy tricks just to get SOME shading started. so it's definitely an "experts only" puzzle. after that, a couple of the cages allow you to write in some candidates, but 80% of the cages give basically zero information.
i wasn't able to find even ONE digit, after an hour of searching
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I changed the difficulty to 4*, I intended it as a 3* puzzle but it became harder than expected to make a solvable puzzle without an extra constaint. Thank you for the feedback!
