Welcome back! As promised, here are some genres (and actual puzzles!) from the most recent Logic Puzzle Open, which took place one week ago. First up on the list is an old Inaba genre called Arrow Flow. It's a genre that, while somewhat difficult to get used to, has some interesting ideas and room for exploration.
Rules: Place arrows pointing in four directions in each empty cell. The same arrows cannot be placed in adjacent cells. Starting with any cell with an arrow, following the arrows from cell to cell, a cell with a number can be reached. A cell with a number indicates a total number of arrows that leads to this cell.
The (green) edges in the solution are not required, but may help with determining the rules. (This is also why we changed the grid lines from solid to dashed for the contest.)
Below are the two Arrow Flows I wrote for LPO this year. The first is intended to be a fairly easy introduction. The second requires a deeper understanding of the type to get started.
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