Shakashaka is played on a rectangular grid of white and black squares. Some black cells may contain a number.
The objective of the puzzle is to place triangles in some of the white cells. There are four kinds of triangles which can be put in squares: 
In the resulting grid,
- The white parts of the grid (uncovered by black triangles) must form a rectangle or a square, not sharing an edge with other white squares/rectangles.
- Black cells with a number must be orthogonally adjacent to the specified number of black triangles.[2]