Ryan's EnigMarch 2025
The Prismatic Compass

(To solve this metapuzzle, you'll need the answers from a certain subset of daily puzzles.)

The Prismatic Compass is somewhere in this maze—if you can find the right path...

This is a variation on a Masyu puzzle. As with most path puzzles, you need to connect cells in a single non-branching loop. Not all cells are necessarily part of the loop. Each colored circle is a clue for how the path passes through that cell:

Like in a normal Masyu, at a white (or off-white) circle, the path passes straight through (horizonally or vertically), but makes a 90-degree turn in at least one adjacent cell. It can turn in both adjacent cells! Below are only a couple of possible examples.

Also like in a normal Masyu, at a black (or very dark gray) circle, the path turns 90 degrees, and continues straight in both adjacent cells. Two examples (out of four possible configurations) are below.

Here come the variant rules: At an orange circle, the path passes straight through, but makes 90-degree turns on both sides. Both turns must be clockwise (or right turns, from the perspective of the circle). I like to call this an "S" path, but that's just a mnemonic device. The examples below are actually the only two ways this can go!

At a green circle, the path passes straight through, but makes 90-degree turns on both sides. Both turns must be counterclockwise (left turns from the perspective of the circle). I like to call this a "Z" path. This also has only two possible configurations.

Finally, at a purple circle, the path turns 90 degrees, but it also turns 90 degrees in the other directions in both adjacent cells, forming a three-cell zig-zag formation. We can call this either a "W" path or an "M" path. It doesn't matter, because these nicknames are not part of the puzzle! The two examples below can be flipped to produce the other two possible configurations.

When at last you claim the Prismatic Compass, you discover that it doesn't point north. What is it pointing you towards?

Answer Checker:

Hints: um, remind me to put hints here partway through EnigMarch