Thursday, January 25, 2024

Puzzles #594 & #595 - WPC Practice+ (Aqre Symmetry)

My practice puzzle contribution to the US team for the 2023 WPC was - aside from the Islands of Insight notes that led the team to an absolutely crushing performance in the round - was an Aqre (Symmetry). Standard Aqre rules apply, with the additional rule that any region with a circle at its center must have rotational symmetry. No constraints exist on regions without a circle.

...yes, that is a slight deviation from the rules as written because I couldn't get the last input to the final corner to work without either breaking theme even more, or breaking the entire puzzle.

I didn't want to just post this blemished puzzle, though, so here's what was originally meant to be an 8x8 tetromino themed appetizer that grew out of control to avoid breaking theme. All symmetry on the right, no symmetry on the left.

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