Go Yin Yang [YYJ Pack]
(Published on 7. February 2026, 01:00 by yttrio)
This was originally created for the Yin Yang Journey puzzle pack. The pack also included an introductory pure Yin Yang puzzle that can be played here if you wish to practice simple Yin Yang techniques.
Rules:
Yin Yang: Shade some cells such that all shaded cells are orthogonally connected, all unshaded cells are orthogonally connected, and no 2x2 area is fully shaded or fully unshaded.
For each black circle, exactly three of the surrounding four cells must be shaded. For each white circle, exactly three of the surrounding four cells must be unshaded.
Example:
The image below shows a sample puzzle and solution with the same rule set.
Play the example in SudokuPad.
Solution code: Column 5 (S for shaded and U for unshaded)
Comments
on 14. February 2026, 12:48 by firespire
Both example and main puzzle completed.
Thanks for sharing and making shorter examples for these puzzles. When the difficulty ramps up, the example puzzles are just the right length for me to tackle when I can't take on the full one.
on 13. February 2026, 13:24 by waffles_the_dog
Thanks!
on 8. February 2026, 14:54 by JVA
Yin yang puzzles are already borderline 2* by default, and the amount of work needed to determine r11c9 easily pushes it past
on 7. February 2026, 11:52 by Franjo
Thank you very much for creating and sharing another lovely bonus puzzle for an amazing journey.
on 7. February 2026, 05:08 by Nylimb
Very nice. Thanks!
on 7. February 2026, 04:34 by Calvinball
Totes adorbs!
on 7. February 2026, 02:09 by Donatello_86
Nice, fun, and smooth pencil puzzle!
