Friday, 13 May 2022

shyeheya

Time to jumpstart the ol' GAPP bus because today we're going on a School Trip to Japan! 🇯🇵 Although of course here we would call it "shugakuryoko", or just Shugaku. It's the land of the rising sun, and the birthplace of many puzzle genres we've covered in the past 😄

Of course it wouldn't be a school trip though without any lessons would it. Now now, no complaining! First is about an old superstition... never sleep facing north! ⬆️ It's said to bring an earlier death, since funerals traditionally direct the coffin this way. There is no second lesson because I don't want this intro to be too long, now get your futons laid out class! Here's the floorplan instructions 📑

Rules: Place some 1x2 futons in the grid, each with a pillow on one side, and shade all of the remaining empty cells. All shaded cells must form one orthogonally connected area, and no 2x2 region may be entirely shaded. Each futon must be orthogonally touching the group of shaded cells. Futons may not overlap each other or shaded cells; Cells with clues cannot be shaded or contain futons; A clue indicates the number of pillows appearing in cells orthogonally adjacent to it; A vertically oriented futon must have its pillow on its bottom half.
Example Puzzle (courtesy of Freddie Hand!): https://tinyurl.com/3jsd8ufc

Some extra stuff to note:
- Placing in half of a futon can be helpful in determining info about the shaded cells! But remember to place the other half eventually.
- When a clue has its pillow requirement met, like a 0 clue, that doesnt necessarily imply the rest of the adjacent cells be shaded 👀 they could have the lower halves of a futon!
- Not all futons are required to be beside a clue, they can be anywhere!

Solve in 3:30 or faster for a Speedy Sloth 🦥
Solve in 8:30 or faster for a Quick Crab 🦀
Solve the puzzle in any time at all for a Superstitious Sunbird 🐦

Play on Puzz.Link: https://tinyurl.com/36tabbjj