Monday, 25 July 2022

Freddie Hand

Before we begin, I have an exciting announcement to make! IHNN brings you Yajilin Yacht or Yatch, the latest of the excellent daily contest series on logicmastersindia! There are as many as 16 Yajilins each to be solved over a 30-hour window. The official contest has not started yet, but there are already a few trial puzzles live to warm up with! For more information check out this link: https://discord.com/channels/709370620642852885/723891943284670484/1000797302757277727

Today's puzzle genre is a fun one to say. (It wouldn't be the first!) Hakoiri-Masashi - or Hakoiri for short - is a name which would not seem out of place in Figaro's Aria. Though I'm not sure how a barber would fare with making sure no two of the same shape touch...

Rules: Place some circles, triangles, and squares into the grid such that each cell contains at most one shape and the cells containing shapes form one orthogonally connected area. Each region must contain one of each shape. Two copies of the same shape may not touch one another, not even diagonally.

SOLVING NOTE: If you are on a keyboard-equipped device, you can type 1,2,3 to enter circle, triangle and square respectively! It's easy to remember because a circle has 1 side, a triangle has 2 sides, and a square has 3 sides!

Example (Puzz.link, from puzz.link rules page): https://tinyurl.com/y6zarxbv

Acquire a Speedy Sloth 🦥 by solving the puzzle in 3:21 or less!
Obtain a Quick Crab 🦀 by solving the puzzle in 7:00 or less!
And all solvers who complete the puzzle will be rewarded with a Polygonal Pardusco 🐦

Puzzle (Puzz.link): https://tinyurl.com/ym43dr79