Just had to guess - any clues on how to even start this one? I manage the first 18 black squares but after that have no idea where to look.
Posted 16th Dec 2014 at 21:52
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@Rachel
After surrounding the 1s I started in the lower right.
There is not enough space either along the bottom or along the right side to fit the entire island from the lower right, so that island must go in both directions. The white squares from that island will start to show where the connecting black squares for the ones in that same corner must be.
From there I was able to work my way counter-clockwise around the grid as each island forced the next in sequence to go in a specific direction to meet the puzzle criteria.
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After surrounding the 1s I started in the lower right.
There is not enough space either along the bottom or along the right side to fit the entire island from the lower right, so that island must go in both directions. The white squares from that island will start to show where the connecting black squares for the ones in that same corner must be.
From there I was able to work my way counter-clockwise around the grid as each island forced the next in sequence to go in a specific direction to meet the puzzle criteria.
You can however view other players' statistics and comments in the tables above.