Puzzle No 165: Heyawake

This Puzzle was created during the speed setting contest over Cracking The Cryptic discord server within a time limit of 90 min.

Host provided two custom boards (Hash and Ring) shaped. Here are the links if you want to create one.

1. Hashtag

2. Coin with hole

More importantly, finally, this entry made me win the contest :)

Rules:

Paint some cells black. Black cells are not allowed to touch each other on the sides. The remaining white area has to be connected. The white area can't span over two consecutive boundaries in a single row or column. The numbers in the rooms indicate how many cells are to be painted black.

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Puzzle: 

Puzzle Ramayan 2015-16: Shading Round (Jan 23-26)

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About Puzzle Ramayan:
Puzzle Ramayan rounds will also serve as qualifiers for Indian Puzzle Championship for year 2016. Please check here for details (http://logicmastersindia.com/PR/2015-16pr.asp)

About this episode:
This episode has 22 puzzles, with 5 base puzzle types and 2 Instructionless puzzles based on two of the types.

Downloads:
Instructions Booklet (http://logicmastersindia.com/lmitests/dl.asp…)

Forum Page: http://logicmastersindia.com/PR/201601/discuss.asp
Contest Page: http://logicmastersindia.com/PR/201601/

Author:
Myself

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Puzzle no 23

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HEYAWAKE
This puzzle is made by me. I tried a lot to make it tough. But ended with easy puzzle.
Enjoy solving it.




Puzzle :

Unique Solution :

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Puzzle No 20

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HEYAWAKE

Puzzle :

Unique Solution :

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HEYAWAKE

HEYAWAKE

Heyawake is one of the Nikoli original puzzle. 

"Heya" means "room", "wake " means " divide". 

So, Heyawake means "divide a room".

You may feel rules are little bit complicated but once you get familiar with it, it's very interesting.

Rules : 

1) Rectangles divided by bold lines is called  "Room".

2) Shade some of the cells black in the grid.

3) Number indicates No of black cells present in that room.

4) Black cells must not be vertically or horizontally adjacent.

5) Remaining white cells should be connected to each other 

    via vertically or horizontally.

6) However, any single horizontal or vertical line of white cells

    cannot traverse more than two thick line.

Explanation :

Example :

Solution :