bakpao's puzzles

Another La Paz! I was quite surprised this puzzle was unique with just these clues - while setting it felt like it would've needed at least a couple more. It has a surprisingly smooth solve path too, apart from one or two trickier deductions. Difficulty: 3/5 (rules from Puzzle Rules ) Shade some cells so that no two shaded cells are orthogonally adjacent and divide the remaining unshaded cells into two-cell regions. Clued cells cannot be shaded. A clue indicates the number of shaded cells which lie entirely within the same row or column as the region containing the clue. Play on pzprxs https://pzprxs.vercel.app/p?lapaz/9/9/l2g1r2h3g2s0s1g2h1r3g4l

Forgetful is a great variant, not just for Rail Pool but for other genres as well. I've used it before on Rassi Silai  and, in a more global fashion, Sashigane . I'm quite happy with how this puzzle came out, but setting it caused some frustration - an earlier iteration had a full region used right after the break-in and I didn't notice until an hour later. Difficulty: 3.5/5 (rules from Puzzle Rules ) Draw a non-intersecting loop through the centers of all cells, except for exactly one in each region. Clues represent the different lengths of the straight line segments that are at least partially contained within the region. Each number within a region must be represented by at least one line segment. Play on penpa https://tinyurl.com/24wlfwr3

    Surprise surprise, it's another chained block! This one has some subtle logic and  overall   is on the tricky side, but should be manageable. Difficulty: 3.5/5 (rules from Puzzle Rules ) Shade some cells such that each connected group of shaded cells contains exactly one clue. Clues must be shaded, and indicate the size of their group of shaded cells. Each group of shaded cells must be connected by a corner to at least one other, forming networks. Two shaded groups belonging to the same network may not have the same shape and size, counting rotations and reflections as the same. Play on pzprxs https://pzprxs.vercel.app/p?chainedb/11/11/h2i5i2q8i9y6i3i3q1i1i3y5i6q2i1i4h

A Choco Banana I wrote a few days ago, trying to get a theme of consecutive blocks to work out. On the easier side. Difficulty: 2.5/5 (rules from Puzzle Rules ) Shade some cells so that all areas of orthogonally connected shaded cells are rectangular and all areas of orthogonally connected unshaded cells are not rectangular. A clue represents the size of its group of shaded/unshaded cells. Play on pzprxs https://pzprxs.vercel.app/p?cbanana/11/11/m35o64h24o53r4zk4r25o43h54o36m