Tuesday, 6 September 2022

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Today is a day in which I make @Wessel Strijkstra a very happy man. It's also another one of those days in which I spend far too long on a visual theme. 😅

It's Kouchoku! For a few tips on how to approach this genre, stick around to the end!

Rules: Draw lines connecting all clues to form a loop which travels through each clue once. Lines only travel straight from clue to clue (allowing non-orthogonal lines). Two line segments may intersect each other only exactly perpendicularly (90 degree angles). All clues containing the same letter must be connected consecutively. Clues containing different letters may not be directly connected; the loop must travel through at least one black circle between them.

As always, an example puzzle and its solution are attached to the image of today's puzzle. Solve the example here: https://puzz.link/p?kouchoku/4/4/2b0a0.0.0.0a0a0b0.0.2

To earn yourself a Speedy Sloth 🦥 solve today's puzzle in 1:30 or less!
To net yourself a Quick Crab 🦀 solve today's puzzle in 4:00 or less!
All other solvers are well-deserving of a 'Choku Chough 🐦

Tips!
1) As a consequence of drawing a loop, each clue must have exactly two lines extending from it.
2) If you're having trouble determining whether two segments are perpendicular, consider their slopes. If a segments endpoints are three cells horizontally and two cells vertically apart, the intersecting line's endpoints need to be two cells horizontally and three cells vertically apart, or some multiple of this.

Solve today's GAPP here: https://puzz.link/p?kouchoku/7/7/2.5a.0.4b4.4.b4b4.4a0c.5c2