Following Suit by Erich Friedman, Naoki Inaba



## About

On @ErichFriedman's Puzzle Palace, the following suit ruleset appears in [the current presentation|https://erich-friedman.github.io/puzzle/suit/] (undated).
The same ruleset also appears as [アンイーブン (Uneven)|http://inabapuzzle.com/honkaku/uneven.pdf], in @NaokiInaba's Puzzlab (2005), however, using letters (more flexible, but less thematic).

This implementation generalises both rulesets by requiring every symbol to be visited, instead of every cell. This works because in those puzzles, every cell contains a symbol -- and that need not always be the case.

## Following Suit Puzzles

### @ErichFriedman

W=3&LI-SUIT=h0d1d1s1c1c1d1c1s1h1d1h1s1s1h1c1&SS=15DDDLULDLUUURDRUR&T=Example&G=following-suit

W=5x4&LI-SUIT=s0h1h1s1d1h1d1c1h1c1c1h1d1c1s1h1d1d1s1c1&SS=19LLLLDDDRUURDDRRULURU&G=following-suit
W=5x4&LI-SUIT=h0s1s1c1c1s1c1d1s1d1d1s1s1h1d1h1s1c1h1c1&SS=19LDDLUULLDRDLDRRRRUUU&G=following-suit
W=5x4&LI-SUIT=c0d1h1c1d1s1s1c1s1d1s1d1h1h1c1s1d1h1h1d1&SS=19DDDLUULLDRDLLUUURRRR&G=following-suit
W=5x4&LI-SUIT=c0s1c1s1c1s1s1h1d1c1s1d1d1c1h1h1h1d1c1h1&SS=19LLDLULDDDRURDRRULURU&G=following-suit

W=6x4&LI-SUIT=c0d1c1h1c1h1c1h1h1d1s1d1d1s1s1d1h1c1c1s1s1s1h1d1&SS=23DDDLLLLLURULURRDDRRULURR&G=following-suit
W=6x4&LI-SUIT=c0s1c1c1d1s1c1h1d1d1h1h1s1d1c1d1s1d1s1h1h1h1c1d1&G=following-suit
W=6x4&LI-SUIT=d0s1c1d1d1s1c1h1h1h1c1h1s1s1s1d1c1h1d1s1d1c1h1h1&G=following-suit
W=6x4&LI-SUIT=s0d1c1c1h1s1h1c1s1s1s1h1d1d1c1d1c1s1h1h1s1s1d1s1&G=following-suit

W=6x5&LI-SUIT=d0d1c1c1h1s1c1h1s1s1h1d1s1h1s1h1s1d1h1h1d1c1c1s1d1h1c1c1c1c1&G=following-suit
W=6x5&LI-SUIT=s0c1h1h1d1c1h1s1d1d1d1s1c1c1h1s1h1s1s1d1c1h1c1d1d1h1h1c1d1d1&G=following-suit
W=6x5&LI-SUIT=s0d1h1c1h1d1c1h1s1s1h1d1s1c1c1s1c1d1d1d1s1d1d1s1h1h1c1h1h1c1&G=following-suit
W=6x5&LI-SUIT=d0s1d1h1d1c1s1c1c1d1c1h1c1d1s1s1h1h1h1c1c1c1h1s1d1h1s1h1d1h1&G=following-suit

W=5&LI-SUIT=d0d1h1s1h1c1c1d1s1d1s1h1s1h1s1c1d1d1d1c1h1s1s1s1h1d1c1h1h1c1d1d1h1c1h1c1&G=following-suit
W=5&LI-SUIT=h0h1s1d1c1h1s1d1h1h1s1s1d1c1s1s1s1s1h1d1h1c1d1h1c1c1h1c1c1d1d1c1h1c1d1s1&G=following-suit
W=5&LI-SUIT=s0c1c1d1s1s1c1c1h1s1c1h1h1c1c1d1s1c1d1d1h1h1c1h1s1h1d1d1c1d1s1d1h1c1s1c1&G=following-suit
W=5&LI-SUIT=c0s1h1c1h1s1d1s1d1s1s1h1c1d1c1s1s1d1h1h1s1d1s1s1c1c1d1s1d1h1c1h1d1h1c1c1&G=following-suit

((A=ErichFriedman))


### @NaokiInaba

The アンイーブン set was kindly transcribed by @PinkHoodie, upon discovering it. Its presentation was changed to suits, to enable interactivity.

Example:

W=4x4&L-SUIT=h0d1h1c1s1c1s1d1h1s1d1c1c1h1s1d1&SS=2DDRRRULLURRULLLD&G=following-suit&A=Naoki_Inaba&B=PinkHoodie&D=2005-07-10&N=1&O=Example&T=アンイーブン&U=inabapuzzle.com/honkaku/uneven.pdf

Puzzles:

W=6x6&L-SUIT=h0d1h1s1h1c1c1h1s1d1c1d1d1c1h1c1s1h1h1c1s1d1c1d1h1s1d1c1d1s1c1s1c1h1s1c1&SS=24RUUUUULDLULLLDRRDRRDDLULLULDDDRURDRR&G=following-suit&A=Naoki_Inaba&B=PinkHoodie&D=2005-07-10&N=1&T=アンイーブン&U=inabapuzzle.com/honkaku/uneven.pdf
W=8x8&L-SUIT=d0s1c1c1h1s1c1d1h1h1s1d1s1d1c1d1s1c1d1h1c1d1s1h1s1d1h1s1h1s1c1h1c1d1s1c1h1d1h1s1h1s1c1s1h1s1d1h1d1c1h1d1d1h1s1d1h1d1s1h1c1c1d1c1&SS=29ULLLURRRRDDRRULURRDDDLDRDDDLUULDDLLLLLURULURRDDRRULURRULLLLLURRR&G=following-suit&A=Naoki_Inaba&B=PinkHoodie&D=2005-07-10&N=2&T=アンイーブン&U=inabapuzzle.com/honkaku/uneven.pdf
W=8x8&L-SUIT=h0h1d1c1h1s1c1c1h1s1h1c1h1d1h1c1d1h1d1d1s1c1d1h1s1c1c1d1h1h1c1d1c1s1s1h1d1s1h1s1d1h1c1s1c1h1d1h1s1c1s1d1h1s1s1d1s1s1d1h1c1c1d1d1&SS=38DDDLULDDLDRDLLUUURULUUURDDRRULURRRRRDDDLDRDDDLLLLUURDRRULUUURULL&G=following-suit&A=Naoki_Inaba&B=PinkHoodie&D=2005-07-10&N=3&T=アンイーブン&U=inabapuzzle.com/honkaku/uneven.pdf
W=10x10&L-SUIT=c0d1d1s1s1h1s1c1d1c1h1h1s1h1c1c1d1s1h1d1d1s1d1c1h1h1d1h1d1h1c1h1c1h1s1d1s1c1c1s1h1c1h1d1h1s1h1h1s1c1s1s1d1s1c1h1d1h1c1d1c1s1c1h1s1c1s1h1s1s1h1c1s1c1c1d1c1s1d1h1d1s1d1h1c1h1s1c1h1s1c1c1h1d1s1h1d1c1s1s1&SS=68URDRURDDDLULDLULDDRRRRDLLDRRDDDLUULLDRDLLUUURULLUULDDDRDLLUULDDDRRRDLLLLUUUUURRULLUUURRDLDRRRULURRDR&G=following-suit&A=Naoki_Inaba&B=PinkHoodie&D=2005-07-10&N=4&T=アンイーブン&U=inabapuzzle.com/honkaku/uneven.pdf



### @Pedro
W=4x4&L-SUIT=d0h3d2c1c4c2s3&SS=5RDRUUULDLULDDDRU&F=1&T=Example&D=2024-01-17&G=following-suit

###PinkHoodie

W=10x10&L-SUIT=s5d9h2h7s7c5c1c5c1c1s4s2h2h1c1s4s2d1h5h1h7s11s2d9&L=x0x1x1x1x3x1x1x1x1x1x1x5x1x1x2x1x5x1x1x10x30x2x1x5x1x1x1x1x1x5x1x1x1x1x1x1x3x1x1x1&SS=67DRRDRDLDLUULDDLLDDRURDDLLLUUULLULURURDDRRRUUULDDLUUURURDRD&G=following-suit&A=PinkHoodie&D=2024-03-18&F=2&O=Enigmarch_2024&T=Club_Games
W=10x10&L-SUIT=c0d1h1s1c1d1h1s1c1d1d1h1c1c1d1h1s1c1d1h1h1s1c1h1d1c1c1h1h1c1c1c1d1d1s1c1d1d1s1c1c1d1h1c1s1h1d1c1c1d1d1h1s1s1d1h1s1s1d1h1h1c1c1d1h1s1s1d1h1s1c1s1h1h1s1c1h1h1c1c1c1d1h1c1c1d1h1c1c1d1d1h1s1c1d1h1s1c1d1h1&SS=60RRRULLURRULURULLURRULURULLDDLUULDDDRDLLLURULURULLLLDRRDLLDRRDLLDRRRRRRRDLLDRDLLUULDDLUULLDRDLDRRRRRR&G=following-suit&A=PinkHoodie&D=2024-03-18&F=2&T=Suited_in_Stripes

These puzzles explore minimal clues:
W=6x6&L-SUIT=h0d1s1c1c3c1h1d1h17h1h1h1h3h1h1h1&SS=34LLLLDRRRRDDDLLLLLURRRRULLLLUUURRRRRD&G=following-suit&A=PinkHoodie&D=2024-03-18&F=2&T=Hearts_Overpowered
W=6x6&L-SUIT=d1s3h1d5c1s9c4&SS=26UULLLDRRDLLLUUURRRRRDDDDDLLLLLURRRRU&G=following-suit&A=PinkHoodie&D=2024-03-18&F=2&T=SubOptidpots
W=4x4&L-SUIT=s1c1d2h4d2d4&SS=14ULLLDRRDLLDRRRUU&G=following-suit&A=PinkHoodie&D=2024-03-18&F=2&T=Optidpots_Mi
W=6x6&L-SUIT=d1c4h3s9c4s9&SS=2DDRRRRRUUUUULLLDRRDDDLLLURRULLUULDDD&G=following-suit&A=PinkHoodie&D=2024-03-19&F=2&T=Optidpots


## Variants

### ´´luz-loop,full´´
V=luz-loop,full

W=8x13&L=x42x1x1x1x1x1x1x7x1x1x1x1x1x1&L-SUIT=h2s7s1d1h5c3c4h2d2h3c9s2s10h1d10c2s9c3s2c2h3h4c5d1h1h7&L-LUZ=l26z9z1u31u1u9&SS=26ULUUUUUUUUUURDDDDDDDDDRRDLDRRRRULLUUURDDRUUUUUUUUUULLLDRRDDDDDDLUUUUULLUULLLDDDDDDDDDDDDRR&G=following-suit&V=luz-loop,full&A=PinkHoodie&D=2024-10-15&F=2&N=4&O=Full_+_LUZ_Loop_+_Following_Suit:_(LUZ_Loop,_Full)_(4/5)&T=50000_Questions_for_Puzsq


## Acknowledgements and Changes

**2021-08-28** Thanks to @shark for reporting a visual issue (cause: emojis display differently across brwosers) that was solving by redrawing the symbols as svgs.
**2024-01-16** @PinkHoodie [modernised|../panels#Modern] the rule panels and found a bug in the conflict checker, which was updated. Also the genre was reencoded.
**2024-01-17** ´´following-suit´´ promoted to variant! So it can be mixed with any loop genre.
**2024-03-18** @PinkHoodie made an aptly clubs-shaped puzzle, for Enigmarch.
**2024-03-20** A further batch of 5 classics was found by @PinkHoodie, 4 while exploring minimal clues - thank you!
**2024-10-19** :::puzzletters As part of PuzzleSquare's 50000 puzzle celebration, @PinkHoodie sent 1 puzzle using variant ´´luz-loop,full´´!
**2024-11-05**  @NaokiInaba's Uneven (アンイーブン) set was added, kindly transcribed by @PinkHoodie, who discovered it was equivalent to [Following Suit]. Authorship was revised to include both authors.