Tuesday, 18 January 2022

Tyrgannus

Did you know that today is a milestone? Today is the 84th day of GAPP and the 74th genre covered, but neither of these seem common milestones to celebrate. How about 100 though? 💯 Counting 6 each from both Mind the GAPP documents as well as the 5 puzzles instead of the usual 1 on Christmas, this is actually the 100th puzzle that the GAPP team has released🥳 🎉 (not counting example puzzles) I thought today would be a good opportunity to reflect upon where we've come in the channel, and what better way to reflect than with mirrors?🪞

Today's GAPP is a Kin-Kon-Kan!

Rules: Place a diagonal line into some cells, connecting two opposite corners. Each region must contain exactly one diagonal line. A beam of light enters the grid from each letter outside the grid and travels in a straight line, reflecting off of any diagonal lines it runs into, until it exits the grid. Each beam must exit the grid at a position marked with the same letter as its entrance, and if that letter is accompanied by a number, the number indicates how many diagonal lines the beam reflects off of. Every diagonal line must be used by at least one beam.

I just like to think of it as lasers and mirrors! As long as you remember to connect the same letter and only one mirror per region, you'll be golden 😉 . As always, here's an example puzzle https://tinyurl.com/27ekefzk

For a Speedy Sloth🦥 , finish the puzzle in 1:40
For a Quick Crab🦀 , finish the puzzle in 4:20
Finish with anytime for a Kaleidoscopic Kiwi🐦

Here's the main puzzle https://tinyurl.com/4yu4mdj7