Shakashaka (シャカシャカ) is a logic puzzle developed by publisher Nikoli.[1]
An example Shakashaka puzzle
The same puzzle with solution marked in teal
Rules edit
Shakashaka is played on a rectangular grid of white and black squares. Some black cells may contain a number.
The objective of the puzzle is to place triangles in some of the white cells. There are four kinds of triangles which can be put in squares: 
In the resulting grid,
- The white parts of the grid (uncovered by black triangles) must form a rectangle or a square.
- Black cells with a number must be orthogonally adjacent to the specified number of black triangles.[2]
Computational complexity edit
It is NP-complete to decide whether a given Shakashaka puzzle has a solution.[3] Furthermore, counting the number of solutions to a given Shakashaka puzzle is #P-complete.[3]
References edit
- ^ "Puzzles of nikoli.com". Nikoli. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
- ^ "Rules of Shakashaka puzzle". Nikoli. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
- ^ a b Demaine, Erik D.; Okamoto, Yoshio; Uehara, Ryuhei; Uno, Yushi (2014), "Computational complexity and an integer programming model of Shakashaka", IEICE Transactions on Fundamentals of Electronics, Communications and Computer Sciences, E97-A (6): 1213–1219, Bibcode:2014IEITF..97.1213D, doi:10.1587/transfun.E97.A.1213, hdl:10119/12147
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