Saturday, 19 February 2022

shyeheya

Very recently we hit the milestone of 100 different GAPP genres, and not long after that, we reached 1000 solvers who picked up the Daily Pencil Puzzles role! It's wonderful to see how far this project has come and how many of you have been solving regularly since the beginning, which has got me in a reflective mood 🪞

So as we always do on Supersized Saturday, we're going to revisit a previously covered genre and shed some more light on it 💡
Today's puzzle 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 straight in a cardinal direction, reflecting 90° off of any diagonals 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 times the beam reflected off diagonal lines. Every diagonal line must be used by at least one beam.

Lots of details in the rules but its mostly just explaining how the mechanics of it work ⚙️ the logic is much more palatable. To make sure youve got a good grasp of it try the example puzzle provided, or if you missed it, go back in time to try Tyrgannus' wonderful first offering!
Example Puzzle: https://tinyurl.com/kfkr8m3f
Tyrg's GAPP: https://discord.com/channels/709370620642852885/911691996366786600/932834120839610469

A lightspeed solve thats faster than or equal to 5:00 gets you the Speedy Sloth 🦥
A shimmering solve which matches or beats 12:00 gets you the Quick Crab 🦀
And reflect on the puzzle, solving in any time at all for a Kinky Kandt's Waxbill 🐦

Play on Puzz.Link: https://tinyurl.com/mryd6nk9