#A52: Yajisan-Sokoban and Exercise

I'd seen the ruleset of Yajisan-Sokoban before, but I don't recall solving any besides the example in the rules, and this was my first time setting it. I expect the first half of the name to be a reference to Yajisan-Kazusan due to the rule about boxes covering clues, but the second half likely reflects the translation of "warehouse manager" rather than the base mechanics of the well-established sokoban puzzle genre. I found it difficult to set due to a combination of inexperience with genres where objects move in a single direction and an insistence on a tight theme, but both of these are personal reasons, so I don't doubt that this genre has potential for difficult puzzles that combine logic from its inspirations effectively.

Exercise is so obscure that the only puzzle of its kind on Puzzle Square JP that was uploaded before this month is the example, uploaded last month, despite the ruleset being sourced from a puzzle championship from last year. Yet, over the course of setting, I really enjoyed how this genre manages to feel like sokoban. I think the current lack of an editor specifically for this genre to show box motion may be holding it back.

Puzzle Square JP page (contains rules)

Since these were on the same day, it felt natural to try to combine the rulesets.

Yajisan-Exercise