This is an entry for Fortnightly Topic Challenge #44: Introduce a new grid deduction genre to the community
This is a Tatamibari puzzle, where you divide the grid into rectangles and squares.
Rules taken from Wikipedia:
- Every partition must contain exactly one symbol in it.
- A + symbol must be contained in a square.
- A | symbol must be contained in a rectangle with a greater height than width.
- A - symbol must be contained in a rectangle with a greater width than height.
- Four pieces may never share the same corner.
An example puzzle and its solution:
Now, solve this puzzle:
Here is the puzzle in a playable form. The link leads to a puzz.link editor (which has a timer, if you care about that).
First answer with a full logical solution path gets the checkmark.
CSV version:
,,,,,,,,,|
,,,,,,,,,
,,,,-,,-,,,
,,-,-,,,|,,,
,,,,,,,,,|
+,,,,,,,,,
,,,+,,,+,+,,
,,,|,,+,,,,
,,,,,,,,,
-,,,,,,,,,