## About this variant

This is a variant of @ZacharyTalis' [Ionic Squares|ionic-squares], with a single exception: squares may be drawn freely in any direction, as long as all vertices are on the grid. It arose as site.author was testing different input modes for that genre.

## Tectonic Squares Puzzles


W=7x7&L=d46d2d2d56d54&SS=3DR2DDR3UUUR1RU1RRU1DL6UL1RRRD1RRU1LLD3RRD1UUL1UUL3LLLU4DDL2DDR2UUR2DDDL1LLD6LLU&T=Untidy&D=11/08/2022&N=109&F=4&K=Karoo&G=tectonic-squares
W=6x6&L=d14d11d19d56d5&SS=1UUUR1UUUR1DDDR3RRRU4RRRD1RRRD2RRD3RRU2LLLU1LLLU1UUL1DDL1LLLD2UUR1UUUL2DDDL1DDDL1DDR3LLU1LLD&T=Messy&D=11/08/2022&N=110&F=3&G=tectonic-squares
W=9x10&L=x0x2x14x2x22x2x14x2d11x11x2x14x2d11x11x2x14x2d11x27x2d11d15d25d21d4x66x2&SS=4RRU8UUL3RRD9RRU1DDR2DDL5UUL1LLD1UUR1RRD7RRU1UUR2DDR1LLU1DDL3UUL3LLD1UUR1RRD1RRU1RRD5LLU1DDR1UUL2LLU3DDL2LLD3DDL2UUR1DDR8LLD3LLU&P1=1&P2=1&A=Pedro&D=2022-08-12&F=4&N=111&T=Misaligned&K=dohz&G=tectonic-squares
W=9x10&L=x0x2x2x2x2x8x2d175d19d21&SS=5RRRRD7RRRRRDD7DDDDL18DDDDDLL7UUUUR13RRU1LLLLU2UUUUURR5UUL13DDR7LLLLLUU1LLD&P1=1&P2=1&A=Pedro&D=2022-08-26&F=1&N=112&T=Cutout&G=tectonic-squares
((authored))

## Acknowledgements

Thanks to @ZacharyTalis for designing Ionic Squares, and to @Karoo, @Deusovi and @Dohz for pointing out [Taj Mahal|https://puzsq.logicpuzzle.app/?kind=253] as an example genre with similar type of input.

### Post-release changes

*16/02/2023* Clarification of the "non-crossing rule", with thanks to [pzdc|https://pzdc.hatenablog.com/entry/2023/02/12/174909]