Wednesday, 28 September 2022

Freddie Hand

Today's puzzle comes with another smaller puzzle - which cells are land and which are sea in this Land and Sea puzzle? Hopefully after reading the rules you will be able to figure this out.

Rules: Draw a non-intersecting loop through the centers of all cells. The loop may not travel through more than two white cells consecutively.

Time for another episode of GAPP 101...

GAPP 101: See the spoilered image. What line segment can you draw here, assuming the loop must pass through all cells? This is actually a baby version of a more advanced technique called "parity bouncing", but it can also be seen with a simple lookahead here.

Example (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/2pdp9xeo

Acquire a Speedy Sloth 🦥 by solving the puzzle in 2:00 or less!
Obtain a Quick Crab 🦀 by solving the puzzle in 4:30 or less!
And all solvers who complete the puzzle will be rewarded with an Seafaring Stitchbird 🐦

Puzzle (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/2lmytqya

Spoiler