Exit Exists 2025 preparation

Compiler: Andrey Bogdanov

This set contains puzzles which are similar to puzzles of the "Exit Exists" competition which is held at the 30th of March 2025. Choose the puzzle in the list and you will see the puzzle grid at the right. Press "Start" button to see clues and start solving. Most of the puzzles in this set are harder than the corresponding puzzles in the competition and so don't worry if you can't solve some of them. However, if you succeed in solving this puzzle set, then you can win the competition easily. In this case visit our archive where you can find puzzles for the champions.

Aquapelago

Author: Andrey Bogdanov

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Shade some cells so that no two shaded cells are adjacent and the unshaded cells form one orthogonally connected group. No 2×2 group of cells may be entirely unshaded. Some cells are already shaded, and the numbers in those cells indicate the number of shaded cells in the same diagonally connected group as the cell, including the cell itself.

Example puzzle

Grid control: Click the mouse button at the selected cell to change the color of the cell. Second click will put auxiliary cross, which doesn't affect correctness of the solution, but helps visually. You can also drag the content of one cell to another with the mouse. More details about grid control are at the help page.