Tuesday, 16 January 2024

shyeheya

Walkthrough for yesterday's Pearl Necklace, explained by bakpao:
https://youtu.be/eUFPntXX9Pk

When solving regular Heyawake, the first thing I look for is any numbered region where the shaded cells in it have only one working configuration. But in the variant Ayeheya, which often doesn't even need numbered regions, there is a different deduction I always start with 👀

Rules: Shade some cells so that no two shaded cells are orthogonally adjacent and the remaining unshaded cells form one orthogonally connected area. The shaded cells within a region must have 180° rotational symmetry around the region’s center. A line of consecutive unshaded cells may not cross more than one bold border
Example Puzzle: http://tinyurl.com/bde7dunk

Solve the puzzle in 2:45 or less for a Speedy Sloth 🦥
Solve the puzzle in 4:45 or less for a Quick Crab 🦀
And all other correct solves earn an Ajaja Ajaja 🐦

Solve on Puzz.Link: http://tinyurl.com/yvxkvzmx