Before beginning this post, a small update. Currently, we're on entry 65 -- it's been a long ride! However, all good things must eventually come to an end. I always planned for this series to last only a year or so, and it'd be good to end on a nice, round number. The last entry of the Spotlight series will be Entry 70. (This means that the last post will be in mid-December.)
Today's genre is Trixo! This type was invented earlier this year by PuzSQ/Discord user xetto. It's an interesting type! Feels Inaba-like, in a way. (Though I said that about Corner Disorder last week. Shrug.)
Rules: Place some shaded trominoes onto the grid to form a single diagonally connected network. All clued cells are shaded. Cells marked with a "╳" must touch another tromino diagonally. Cells marked with a "◯" must not.
The first puzzle today is antisymmetric. I'm surprised at how it just works.
The second puzzle was a pain to construct. I had 90% of the puzzle done for a long time, but the final 10% refused to die (uniqueness issues!). I ended up taking the puzzle in a slightly different direction as a result; some logical steps from previous iterations didn't quite survive, but that's what happens during construction!
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