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Tagged with grid-deduction puzzle-creation
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What is the smallest possible Block-party puzzle that can be created?
In a previous question, I gave an example of a Block-party puzzle.
For the purposes of this question, I will define a Block-party puzzle as follows:
The puzzle creator starts with an nxn grid and ...
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Solid border Yin-Yang
Yin-Yang is a grid deduction puzzle with the following rules:
Fill each cell with either a black circle or a white circle.
All circles of a given color must form a single orthogonally-connected ...
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How do I constrain a puzzle and keep a singular solution?
I am tinkering with a puzzle framework that has the following rules:
In a 6x6 grid of squares, arrange 8 strips of connected squares such that there exists exactly one strip of every length (i.e. a ...
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Feedback on a themed Nonogram/Hidato puzzle combo with a cell color gimmick
So, as you might know, the Christmas season is coming up. (17 days until Dec. 1 at the time of writing)
I'm thinking of posting some Christmas-themed puzzles during that season, and just want some ...
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Can experienced players tell when a Sudoku was randomly generated? Or if it's a shuffled version?
I'm trying to make a simple classic Sudoku game in JavaScript, and I'm wondering what considerations I should have in how experienced players might interpret the generated puzzles. I'm not very ...
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Can you make a puzzle that looks correct until the very last piece?
Lately I've been enjoying a little game called Flow Fit: Sudoku.
It's basically sudoku meets jigsaw. You need to place the pieces into predetermined slots, and numbers cannot repeat in the same rows/...
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Is there a puzzle that is only solvable by assuming there is a unique solution?
Is it possible to construct a puzzle that is:
Solvable if you assume there is a single unique solution
Not solvable if you do not make this assumption
My intuition says that the answer is "No&...
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How to prevent overcluing in a Statue Park?
I'm interested in making some Statue Park puzzles. This genre seems easy to accidentally overclue. I have read Deusovi's grid-deduction creation guide, but all it had to say was this:
When placing ...
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How do I construct a Japanese-style "grid deduction" puzzle? [duplicate]
Logic puzzles like Nurikabe, Slitherlink, and Battleships -- the ones we call grid-deduction puzzles -- can be a lot of fun.
How do I go about constructing them? What's the best strategy for making ...
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Hamiltonian Puzzle Algorithm
I know how to create a Hamiltonian path or circuit for a given grid size (in which all nodes are free). However I just wonder how to create specific type of puzzles like the ones given below. I'm ...
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Creating a Sudoku where all clue numbers are orthogonally connected to the edges of the puzzle
I'm one of a group of people building a big puzzle hunt. I have what I think is a pretty good idea for a puzzle, but I'm having trouble constructing it. Basically, what I need to do is make a sudoku ...
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How does one go about creating a new grid-deduction puzzle?
The grid-deduction tag covers puzzles like Sudoku, Kakuro, etc. where the goal is to fill in a grid of numbers [/letters/colours] in a unique way by logical deduction from some predetermined rules and ...
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Try to design a uniquely solvable masyu
Warning: extreme difficulty
Does there exist a 6x6 masyu puzzle with one black pearl in each row/column (without any white pearls) which is uniquely solvable? What about for 7x7 grids? In fact, what ...
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Futoshiki Puzzle with the least amount of clue
You are supposed to create a new $5$x$5$ Futoshiki puzzle with the least amount of clues possible, but this puzzle needs a unique answer. In other words,
What is the minimum number of clues for $5$x$...
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Creating a Kakuro puzzle with a unique solution
I start with a grid of black and white cells. I randomly populate the white cells from numbers (1-9) using Kakuro rules. Then I calculate the horizontal and vertical sums. I remove the numbers from ...
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