Thursday, 22 September 2022

Tyrgannus

We've had a fair few unusual genres recently with multiple object placement and multiple sliding puzzles in the span of a single week. We are aware at GAPP HQ and I promise my next few cycles will utilize the more familiar territory of loop, shading, and region division puzzles. But alas, not today. Today we're going to be working in the deli and making some sammiches 🥪 🥪

Today's GAPP is a Ham Sandwich!

Rules: -Every row and every column contains two black circles (crusts) and N white circles (ham slices) where N is given outside the grid.
-A number at the edge of the grid indicates how many white circles must be placed between the two black circles in the corresponding row or column.

Note: Traditionally this genre places squares instead of black circles and if you find other puzzles in this genre, that is almost certainly the format you'll find. I decided to have it black circles to facilitate inputs so solvers don't have to switch nearly as much when solving. Furthermore, answer check on squares can be finnicky. Make sure to use the first two circle options in your circle panel when solving so the answer check pops

Tip: The solution picture for the example has some cells shaded. Shading is* not required* for answer check but could be very helpful. For this particular example, green was used in some cells a black circle couldn't go and purple was used in some cells neither circle could go. Feel free to come up with your own notation as it can help keep track where crusts can or can't go. After all, it's helpful in Sandwich sudoku as well!

Here's a link to the example puzzle https://tinyurl.com/2k3uvvau

For a Speedy Sloth🦥, finish in 5:00 or under
For a Quick Crab🦀, finish in 11:30 or under
Finish with anytime at all for a Delicatessen Donacobius 🐦

Here's a link to the main GAPP https://tinyurl.com/jbv46rsa