Cell Blocks

SHIKAKU

Tap two opposite corners, or drag, to draw a rectangle. Tap a block to remove it.

SHIKAKU

Cell Blocks

Each clue's shape is fixed by its divisor pairs: a highly composite number like 24 has eight possible rectangles to choose from, a prime just one — that divisor count is the whole difficulty dial.

This board can also run Fillomino, the same grid without the rectangle rule, where regions take any shape.

RULES

  • Each block holds exactly one number — its area, in cells.

CONTROLS

  • Tap two opposite corners, or drag, to draw a rectangle. Tap a block to remove it.
  • Arrow keys move the cursor; hold shift and arrow to size a block, then press enter to draw it — enter on a drawn block removes it, escape cancels a part-set block.
constructing a layout…

Related: Territory, another partition puzzle, carving the grid by clue rather than by colour, and Nurikabe, another puzzle about regions sized to match their own clue.